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Research in Dallas

Science Explorer records 136 research institutions in Dallas, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Lung Institute and Southern Methodist University.

Research institutions
136
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
125k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9M
39.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Dallas?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterHospital / health system 60,715 #190
2Southern Methodist UniversityUniversity 16,612 #1,469
3Texas Instruments (United States)Company 12,089 #15,195
4Baylor Scott & White HealthHospital / health system 4,919 #2,730
5Lung InstituteHospital / health system 4,917 #1,410
6University of Texas Health Science Center at DallasUniversity 3,777 #9,613
7Jacobs (United States)Company 3,688 #2,685
8American Heart AssociationNonprofit 1,388 #10,423
9SIL InternationalNonprofit 1,234 #14,701
10Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system 1,065 #8,452
11Federal Reserve Bank of DallasInstitution 988 #18,857
12University of North Texas at DallasUniversity 930 #6,891
13Richland CollegeUniversity 857 #20,311
14Parkland Health & Hospital SystemHospital / health system 618 #11,690
15Mountain View CollegeUniversity 600 #13,574
16Methodist Dallas Medical CenterHospital / health system 597 #20,260
17Cooper InstituteNonprofit 482 #15,517 all time
18International Craniofacial InstituteResearch facility 430 #17,737 all time
19Retina Foundation of the SouthwestNonprofit 389 #28,275 all time
20Dallas Independent School DistrictUniversity 360 #15,959
21Medical City Dallas HospitalHospital / health system 345 #16,294 all time
22Dallas CountyInstitution 332 #17,714 all time
23Medical City Children's HospitalHospital / health system 260 #21,785 all time
24Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer FoundationNonprofit 253 #20,968 all time
25Toyota Industries (United States)Company 247 #24,769 all time
26Kimberly-Clark (United States)Company 242 #20,342 all time
27Texas NeurologyHospital / health system 233 #23,785 all time
28Dallas Nephrology AssociatesHospital / health system 231 #21,447 all time
29Parker UniversityUniversity 215 #20,564 all time
30Dallas Plastic Surgery InstituteHospital / health system 211 #24,203 all time
31Mary Crowley Cancer Research CenterNonprofit 152 #34,525 all time
32Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology InstituteResearch facility 146 #31,288 all time
33University of North Texas SystemUniversity 142 #27,088 all time
34Dallas Baptist UniversityUniversity 133 #34,384 all time
35Perot Museum of Nature and ScienceArchive 130 #34,508 all time
36Texas Retina Associates (United States)Company 128 #32,214 all time
37Dallas Theological SeminaryUniversity 123 #34,765 all time
38Glaucoma Associates of TexasInstitution 123 #31,030 all time
39Research Institute of DallasResearch facility 121 #28,634 all time
40Metroplex Clinical Research CenterResearch facility 117 not ranked
41Dallas Diabetes Research CenterHospital / health system 111 not ranked
42Propath Services (United States)Company 100 not ranked
43Oncor (United States)Company 96 not ranked
44Technical Resource Group (United States)Company 95 not ranked
45Aztec Systems (United States)Company 92 not ranked
46Tenet HealthcareHospital / health system 92 not ranked
47Dallas Surgical GroupHospital / health system 89 not ranked
48Dallas International UniversityUniversity 87 not ranked
49Construction Solutions (United States)Company 87 not ranked
50Digestive Health Associates of TexasInstitution 87 not ranked
51Ursuline Academy of DallasUniversity 80 not ranked
52Productive Rehabilitation Institute of Dallas for ErgonomicsNonprofit 77 not ranked
53Cornea Associates of TexasHospital / health system 76 not ranked
54El Centro CollegeUniversity 75 not ranked
55Dallas County Community College DistrictUniversity 68 not ranked
56Cooper ClinicHospital / health system 67 not ranked
57Dermatology Treatment & Research CenterHospital / health system 60 not ranked
58Council on Alcohol and Drugs (United States)Company 57 not ranked
59Wade CollegeUniversity 56 not ranked
60Dallas Christian CollegeUniversity 54 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: 49.7%Southern Methodist University: 13.6%Texas Instruments (United States): 9.9%Baylor Scott & White Health: 4.0%56 others listed: 22.8%50%largest
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center61k · 49.7%Southern Methodist University17k · 13.6%Texas Instruments (United States)12k · 9.9%Baylor Scott & White Health4,919 · 4.0%56 others listed28k · 22.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Dallas work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Dallas is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 10k fractional works · 54.3% of its workMedicine: 9,346 fractional works · 50.4% of its workSurgery: 1,553 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 893 fractional works · 4.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 799 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 715 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 532 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 420 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 411 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 374 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 306 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 249 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 243 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 233 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 193 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 190 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 184 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 175 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 169 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 145 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 143 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 127 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 115 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 110 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 107 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 100 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 98 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 95 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 118 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 575 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 295 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 46 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,316 fractional works · 17.9% of its workEngineering: 1,462 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 390 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 374 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 128 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 93 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 704 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 246 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 102 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 287 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiation: 90 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 254 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 189 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 201 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 122 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 154 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 102 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 94 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,721 fractional works · 14.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,710 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 936 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 290 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 161 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 119 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 161 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 480 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 159 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 115 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 346 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 280 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 134 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,425 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 980 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 302 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 152 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 108 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 82 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 224 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 504 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 217 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 111 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 92 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 310 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 239 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 286 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 161 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 242 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 104 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKDallas19kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences54%Social Sciences13%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9,34650.4%
    2. Health Professions5753.1%
    3. Nursing850.5%
    4. Dentistry490.3%
    5. Veterinary150.1%
    1. Engineering1,4627.9%
    2. Computer Science7043.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy2871.5%
    4. Environmental Science2541.4%
    5. Materials Science2011.1%
    6. Chemistry1540.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1020.5%
    8. Mathematics940.5%
    9. Energy330.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering270.1%
  1. Life Sciences2,72114.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,7109.2%
    2. Neuroscience4802.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology3461.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1340.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics510.3%
  2. Social Sciences2,42513.1%
    1. Social Sciences9805.3%
    2. Psychology5042.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3101.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities2861.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2421.3%
    6. Decision Sciences1040.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Dallas strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dallas is most concentrated in Transplantation, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Emergency Medicine (8.1× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 58.4 works8.1×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 690.3 works4.1×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 153.5 works3.9×
  4. RadiationSubfield · 82.8 works3.7×
  5. HepatologySubfield · 112.8 works3.6×
  6. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 49.6 works3.6×
  7. SurgerySubfield · 1,361.2 works3.6×
  8. Internal MedicineSubfield · 35.3 works3.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 118 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.71× its world share, 1,474 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.85× its world share, 301 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 407 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 43 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 139 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 602 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 92 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 1,324 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 221 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 177 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 78 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 256 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 42 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 500 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 8,169 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 74 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 233 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 222 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 90 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 283 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 434 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 848 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.62×8,169 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.85×301 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.71×1,474 works
  4. Neuroscience1.55×407 works
  5. Health Professions1.17×500 works
  6. Nursing0.93×74 works
  7. Psychology0.88×434 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×283 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×43 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.71×256 works
  11. Veterinary0.59×13 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.57×90 works
  13. Chemistry0.55×139 works
  14. Engineering0.54×1,324 works
  15. Dentistry0.53×42 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.50×233 works
  17. Computer Science0.48×602 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.45×25 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×222 works
  20. Mathematics0.41×78 works
  21. Social Sciences0.41×848 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×92 works
  23. Materials Science0.31×177 works
  24. Environmental Science0.27×221 works
  25. Energy0.20×30 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×118 works

Which keywords describe research in Dallas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Heart Failure, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease and Guidelines.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology1,641▲ 2.2×137 topics
  2. Inflammation741▲ 1.88×83 topics
  3. Treatment626▲ 2.8×52 topics
  4. Diagnosis516▲ 3.0×41 topics
  5. Risk Factors495▲ 2.4×37 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease478▲ 2.3×39 topics
  7. Quality of Life457▲ 1.71×55 topics
  8. Heart Failure441▲ 5.3×14 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress425▲ 1.39×62 topics
  10. Cancer393▲ 1.58×57 topics
  11. Immunotherapy384▲ 2.9×19 topics
  12. Management379▲ 2.6×32 topics
  13. Guidelines339▲ 3.9×13 topics
  14. Chemotherapy336▲ 2.6×25 topics
  15. Complications330▲ 3.6×17 topics
  16. Public Health328▲ 1.21×67 topics
  17. Obesity310▲ 2.2×27 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations303▲ 3.7×23 topics
  19. Mortality276▲ 2.6×13 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome271▲ 1.81×23 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines269▲ 2.6×14 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders263▲ 2.5×20 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors253▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Clinical Trials251▲ 2.0×19 topics
  25. Echocardiography240▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Rehabilitation230▲ 3.1×13 topics
  27. Radiotherapy223▲ 3.0×13 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines222▲ 4.1×9 topics
  29. Tumor Microenvironment210▲ 2.5×8 topics
  30. Diabetes209▲ 2.2×21 topics
  31. Surgical Management209▲ 2.8×20 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk178▲ 3.1×9 topics
  33. Pathophysiology178▲ 3.3×11 topics
  34. Prognosis178▲ 2.9×9 topics
  35. Thrombosis170▲ 3.3×7 topics
  36. Myocardial Infarction169▲ 3.9×7 topics
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy161▲ 4.5×8 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention145▲ 5.8×4 topics
  39. Transplantation137▲ 7.1×4 topics
  40. Resuscitation128▲ 5.2×4 topics

What research is done in Dallas?

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 72 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 69 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 62 works
  4. 4 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 60 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 58 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 57 works
  7. 7 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 57 works
  8. 8 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 57 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 55 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 55 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Dallas16.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.6% in 2001.

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