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Research in Dijon

Science Explorer records 27 research institutions in Dijon, France. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Université de Bourgogne, Centre Georges François Leclerc and CHU Dijon Bourgogne.

Research institutions
27
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
40k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
602k
14.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Dijon

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 Dijon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Université de BourgogneUniversity 14,388 #1,349
2CHU Dijon BourgogneHospital / health system 3,235 #5,872
3École Nationale des GreffesUniversity 2,119 #25,011 all time
4Centre Georges François LeclercResearch facility 1,444 #3,248
5Centre InterlanguesResearch facility 1,034 #18,162
6Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherches "Sociétés, Sensibilités, Soin"Research facility 934 #21,655
7Institut de recherche sur l'éducationResearch facility 872 #14,780 all time
8CIMEOS - Communications, Médiations, Organisations, SavoirsResearch facility 296 #24,406 all time
9ESC Dijon Bourgogne, École supérieure de commerce de Dijon-BourgogneUniversity 198 #28,419 all time
10Centre Pluridisciplinaire Textes et CulturesResearch facility 184 #33,240 all time
11Centre de Recherche et d'Etude en Droit et Science PolitiqueResearch facility 175 #33,608 all time
12Centre de recherche sur le droit des marchés et des investissements internationauxResearch facility 106 not ranked
13Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie DigestiveNonprofit 96 not ranked
14NVH Medicinal (France)Company 88 not ranked
15ENSA DijonUniversity 83 not ranked
16ImViA - Imagerie et Vision ArtificielleResearch facility 74 not ranked
17Laboratoire d'Informatique de BourgogneResearch facility 58 not ranked
18Conseil Régional de BourgogneGovernment institution 27 not ranked
19Laboratoire d'économie de DijonResearch facility 20 not ranked
20Laboratoire de psychologie: dynamiques relationnelles et processus identitairesResearch facility 20 not ranked
21Genomic and Immunotherapy Medical InstituteHospital / health system 18 not ranked
22Physiopathologie et Epidémiologie Cérébro-CardiovasculairesResearch facility 16 not ranked
23Laboratoire Bio-peroxILResearch facility 12 not ranked
24Centre Innovation et DroitResearch facility 8 not ranked
25Crossject (France)Company 6 not ranked
26Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Bourgogne Franche-ComtéInstitution 1 not ranked
27Gérontopôle Pierre PfitzenmeyerInstitution 0 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.

Université de Bourgogne: 56.4%CHU Dijon Bourgogne: 12.7%École Nationale des Greffes: 8.3%Centre Georges François Leclerc: 5.7%22 others listed: 17.0%56%largest
Université de Bourgogne14k · 56.4%CHU Dijon Bourgogne3,235 · 12.7%École Nationale des Greffes2,119 · 8.3%Centre Georges François Leclerc1,444 · 5.7%22 others listed4,326 · 17.0%

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

Which fields of science does Dijon work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Dijon is in Social Sciences, 25% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,046 fractional works · 33.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,074 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 485 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 159 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 79 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 71 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 511 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArcheology: 108 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 77 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 75 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 177 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 144 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 110 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 91 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,520 fractional works · 24.5% of its workEngineering: 378 fractional works · 6.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 90 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 88 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 306 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 92 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 265 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 85 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 178 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 87 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 108 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 99 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 96 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,446 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMedicine: 1,194 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSurgery: 150 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 126 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 81 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 80 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 58 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 188 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 149 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,194 fractional works · 19.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 697 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPlant Science: 245 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 133 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 120 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 308 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 159 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 53 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 113 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 63 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDijon6,205fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences33%

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. Social Sciences2,04633.0%
    1. Social Sciences1,07417.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities5118.2%
    3. Psychology1772.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1442.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1101.8%
    6. Decision Sciences300.5%
    1. Engineering3786.1%
    2. Computer Science3064.9%
    3. Environmental Science2654.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1782.9%
    5. Materials Science1081.7%
    6. Mathematics991.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences961.6%
    8. Chemistry651.0%
    9. Energy160.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.2%
  3. Health Sciences1,44623.3%
    1. Medicine1,19419.2%
    2. Health Professions1883.0%
    3. Nursing460.7%
    4. Veterinary130.2%
    5. Dentistry50.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,19419.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences69711.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3085.0%
    3. Neuroscience1131.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology631.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Dijon strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Dijon is most concentrated in Archeology, Sensory Systems and Linguistics and Language (6.0× the world share in Archeology).

  1. ArcheologySubfield · 103.6 works6.0×
  2. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 23.4 works5.4×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 33.1 works5.1×
  4. HistorySubfield · 89.7 works4.9×
  5. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 129.1 works4.8×
← 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: 2.40× its world share, 647 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 282 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 55 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 104 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 59 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 282 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 89 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 350 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 242 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 95 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.39× its world share, 93 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.29× its world share, 164 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 174 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 1,057 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 42 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.97× its world share, 487 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 129 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 102 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 158 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 994 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.97×487 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.40×647 works
  3. Veterinary1.55×12 works
  4. Nursing1.52×42 works
  5. Mathematics1.39×93 works
  6. Social Sciences1.38×994 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.29×164 works
  8. Health Professions1.16×174 works
  9. Neuroscience1.13×104 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.00×89 works
  11. Medicine0.97×1,057 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.96×55 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×282 works
  14. Psychology0.91×158 works
  15. Environmental Science0.86×242 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×102 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×129 works
  18. Chemistry0.66×59 works
  19. Computer Science0.64×282 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×10 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.49×10 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.49×27 works
  23. Materials Science0.48×95 works
  24. Engineering0.41×350 works
  25. Energy0.28×15 works
  26. Dentistry0.16×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Dijon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Gender Studies, Social Justice, Public Policy, Climate Change and Citizen Participation.

▲ 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. Climate Change314▲ 1.86×102 topics
  2. Sustainability245▲ 1.62×86 topics
  3. Community Engagement210▲ 10×15 topics
  4. Epidemiology204▼ 0.83×128 topics
  5. Sustainable Development204▲ 2.1×67 topics
  6. Territorial Governance203▲ 28×4 topics
  7. Local Development200▲ 31×2 topics
  8. Social Justice195▲ 5.3×29 topics
  9. Globalization189▲ 1.55×106 topics
  10. Public Policy180▲ 6.1×18 topics
  11. Gender Studies165▲ 17×12 topics
  12. Citizen Participation141▲ 20×3 topics
  13. Environmental Participation140▲ 32×1 topic
  14. Proximity and Innovation140▲ 32×1 topic
  15. Identity128▲ 2.9×56 topics
  16. Gender122▲ 3.7×48 topics
  17. Smallholder Farmers116▲ 8.8×5 topics
  18. Ethnographic Research114▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Educational Policies113▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Sociological Analysis113▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Professional Practices113▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Public Action113▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Adaptation111▲ 6.0×13 topics
  24. Agroecology108▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Colonialism106▲ 3.6×39 topics
  26. Livestock Farming101▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Multifunctionality101▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Diversity100▲ 9.2×10 topics
  29. Agricultural Development96▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Work Organization92▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Social Innovation68▲ 7.1×7 topics
  32. Palliative Care68▲ 7.1×6 topics
  33. Sociolinguistics66▲ 5.8×8 topics
  34. Citizenship63▲ 8.4×7 topics
  35. Cooperatives62▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Institutionalization62▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Solidarity Economy61▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Participative Evaluation60▲ 30×1 topic
  39. End-of-Life Care56▲ 8.1×3 topics
  40. Psychological Trauma56▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Dijon?

French Urban and Social …137French Urban and Social Studies: 137 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 108 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 91 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 58 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 52 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…39Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 39 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 35 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 32 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 31 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 30 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsUrban StudiesGeneral Health Professions3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 137 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 108 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 91 works
  4. 4 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 58 works
  5. 5 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 52 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 39 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 35 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 32 works
  9. 9 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 31 works
  10. 10 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 30 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%Dijon12.2% 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 16.2% in 2010.

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