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Research in Haifa

Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in Haifa, Israel. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, University of Haifa and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Israel).

Research institutions
28
12 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
119k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1M
26.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Haifa

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 Haifa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyUniversity 72,498 #255
2University of HaifaUniversity 26,798 #776
3Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Israel)Company 2,883 #3,508
4Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical SciencesResearch facility 2,510 #4,027
5Carmel Medical CenterHospital / health system 2,246 #9,449
6Israel Oceanographic and Limnological ResearchResearch facility 1,775 #16,102
7Environmental and Water Resources EngineeringInstitution 1,482 #13,540
8Oranim Academic College of EducationUniversity 1,310 #7,160
9Israel Defense Forces Medical CorpsGovernment institution 1,139 #14,950
10Israel Electric (Israel)Company 756 #21,766
11Elbit Systems (Israel)Company 748 #19,187 all time
12Ministry of EnergyGovernment institution 641 #8,838
13Haifa Medical CenterHospital / health system 563 #19,584 all time
14The Arab Academic College for Education in IsraelUniversity 357 #15,026
15Meyer Children's HospitalHospital / health system 330 #25,710 all time
16IMI TAMI Institute for Research and DevelopmentResearch facility 177 #31,975 all time
17Semi Conductor Devices (Israel)Company 156 #29,338 all time
18Elisha HospitalHospital / health system 129 #34,128 all time
19Mellanox Technologies (Israel)Company 114 not ranked
20Samuel Neaman Institute for National Policy ResearchNonprofit 90 not ranked
21Pluristem Therapeutics (Israel)Company 30 not ranked
22Taro Pharmaceuticals (Israel)Company 13 not ranked
23MeMed (Israel)Company 8 not ranked
24Lumenis (Israel)Company 7 not ranked
25MadatechArchive 5 not ranked
26Lipogen (Israel)Company 3 not ranked
27Mada al-CarmelNonprofit 3 not ranked
28Israeli Association for the Study of ReligionsInstitution 2 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.

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: 62.1%University of Haifa: 22.9%Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Israel): 2.5%Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences: 2.1%24 others listed: 10.3%62%largest
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology72k · 62.1%University of Haifa27k · 22.9%Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (Israel)2,883 · 2.5%Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences2,510 · 2.1%24 others listed12k · 10.3%

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

Which fields of science does Haifa work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Haifa is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Engineering (14%), Social Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 7,395 fractional works · 44.0% of its workEngineering: 2,425 fractional works · 14.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 519 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 387 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 254 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 246 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 195 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 182 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 134 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 103 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,672 fractional works · 10.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 594 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 269 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 235 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 205 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 136 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 749 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 321 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 144 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 112 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 81 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 736 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 152 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 123 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 80 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 566 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 123 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 97 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 92 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 494 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 292 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 335 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 222 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 122 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 109 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4,116 fractional works · 24.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,854 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 653 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 338 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 217 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 80 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 62 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 158 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 1,164 fractional works · 6.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 417 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 297 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 204 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 183 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 568 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArcheology: 170 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 94 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 178 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 176 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 176 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 135 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,438 fractional works · 20.5% of its workMedicine: 3,010 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSurgery: 377 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 249 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 209 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 199 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 183 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 176 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 149 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 121 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 118 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 83 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 77 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 77 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 289 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 321 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 168 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 153 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,847 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 900 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 509 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 153 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 136 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 514 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 317 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 277 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 132 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 99 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHaifa17kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences25%

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. Engineering2,42514.4%
    2. Computer Science1,67210.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy7494.5%
    4. Environmental Science7364.4%
    5. Mathematics5663.4%
    6. Materials Science4942.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences3352.0%
    8. Chemistry2221.3%
    9. Energy1220.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering740.4%
  2. Social Sciences4,11624.5%
    1. Social Sciences1,85411.0%
    2. Psychology1,1646.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities5683.4%
    4. Decision Sciences1781.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1761.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1761.0%
  3. Health Sciences3,43820.5%
    1. Medicine3,01017.9%
    2. Health Professions3211.9%
    3. Nursing510.3%
    4. Dentistry460.3%
    5. Veterinary110.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,84711.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9005.4%
    2. Neuroscience5143.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2771.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1320.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics240.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Haifa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Haifa is most concentrated in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geometry and Topology and Numerical Analysis (5.7× the world share in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics).

  1. Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 33.7 works5.7×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 113.8 works4.7×
  3. Numerical AnalysisSubfield · 53.0 works4.2×
  4. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 238.9 works3.8×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 245 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 781 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 118 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 450 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 21 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.22× its world share, 63 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 199 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 1,487 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 290 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.78× its world share, 106 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 2,164 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 646 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 434 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.89× its world share, 505 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.05× its world share, 678 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 39 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 291 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 2,585 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 43 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 517 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 157 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 161 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 165 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.26× its world share, 1,024 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 1,674 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics2.89×505 works
  2. Psychology2.26×1,024 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.05×678 works
  4. Neuroscience1.87×450 works
  5. Computer Science1.29×1,487 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.25×290 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.22×63 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.20×517 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.12×161 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×781 works
  11. Engineering0.97×2,164 works
  12. Medicine0.91×2,585 works
  13. Social Sciences0.89×1,674 works
  14. Environmental Science0.87×646 works
  15. Chemistry0.85×199 works
  16. Materials Science0.84×434 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.79×118 works
  18. Energy0.78×106 works
  19. Health Professions0.74×291 works
  20. Nursing0.59×43 works
  21. Dentistry0.54×39 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×165 works
  23. Veterinary0.49×10 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×21 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×245 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×157 works

Which keywords describe research in Haifa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Palestine, Machine Learning, Israel, Deep Learning, Discrimination and Emotion Regulation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology634◆ 0.95×137 topics
  2. Machine Learning474▼ 0.85×83 topics
  3. Deep Learning460▼ 0.79×76 topics
  4. Mental Health403▲ 1.68×44 topics
  5. Climate Change374▼ 0.82×106 topics
  6. Neural Networks270◆ 1.04×41 topics
  7. Quality of Life262◆ 1.08×58 topics
  8. Inflammation248▼ 0.69×82 topics
  9. Globalization243▼ 0.74×124 topics
  10. Public Health233◆ 0.95×65 topics
  11. Treatment225◆ 1.10×52 topics
  12. Education223▼ 0.77×109 topics
  13. Depression206▲ 1.40×26 topics
  14. Human Rights198◆ 1.15×59 topics
  15. Biomedical Applications195◆ 0.98×35 topics
  16. Emotion Regulation170▲ 3.2×9 topics
  17. Palestine164▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Resilience164▲ 1.98×16 topics
  19. Nationalism162▲ 2.1×29 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis158▲ 1.59×20 topics
  21. Discrimination153▲ 4.3×9 topics
  22. Anxiety145▲ 1.81×12 topics
  23. Neuroscience130▲ 2.5×18 topics
  24. Israel127▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Trauma121▲ 3.5×11 topics
  26. Occupation110▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Entanglement110▲ 4.3×4 topics
  28. Ethnic Identity109▲ 5.8×5 topics
  29. Segregation105▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Settler Colonialism104▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Intifada104▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Language Development100▲ 4.8×6 topics
  33. Approximation Algorithms88▲ 7.0×5 topics
  34. Convex Optimization71▲ 5.0×5 topics
  35. Archaeological Evidence67▲ 8.5×2 topics
  36. Semitic Languages66▲ 9.8×2 topics
  37. Arabia60▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Byzantine60▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Algorithmic Applications58▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Variational Inequalities57▲ 16×2 topics

What research is done in Haifa?

Jewish and Middle Easter…97Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 97 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 56 fractional worksOptimization and Variational Analysis: 46 fractional worksReading and Literacy Development: 42 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 36 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 36 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…34Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 34 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 34 fractional worksAdvanced Optimization Algorithms Research: 33 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…33Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 33 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceArcheologyComputational Theory and MathematicsDevelopmental and Educational Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 97 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 56 works
  3. 3 Optimization and Variational Analysis Computational Theory and Mathematics 46 works
  4. 4 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 42 works
  5. 5 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 36 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 36 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 34 works
  8. 8 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 34 works
  9. 9 Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research Numerical Analysis 33 works
  10. 10 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 33 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%Haifa18.9% 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 28.7% in 2016.

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