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Research in Thiruvananthapuram

Science Explorer records 32 research institutions in Thiruvananthapuram, India. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and University of Kerala.

Research institutions
32
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
49k
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
611k
12.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Thiruvananthapuram

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 Thiruvananthapuram?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of KeralaUniversity 9,686 #8,021
2Government Medical CollegeUniversity 6,542 #17,683
3Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and TechnologyResearch facility 4,696 #13,729
4Vikram Sarabhai Space CentreResearch facility 3,645 #12,588
5Government Medical College and HospitalUniversity 2,950 #18,581
6Indian Institute of Space Science and TechnologyUniversity 2,488 #11,219
7APJ Abdul Kalam Technological UniversityUniversity 2,385 #7,962
8Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ThiruvananthapuramUniversity 1,962 #1,631
9Regional Cancer Center, ThiruvananthapuramHospital / health system 1,764 #16,770
10Centre For Development StudiesUniversity 1,421 #12,807
11Government of KeralaGovernment institution 1,077 #8,124
12Rajiv Gandhi Centre for BiotechnologyResearch facility 1,042 #16,871
13National Centre for Earth Science StudiesGovernment institution 843 #12,238
14Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research InstituteResearch facility 833 #18,790
15Kerala Institute of Medical SciencesHospital / health system 738 #16,120
16Software Training and Development CentreUniversity 665 #8,421
17Pallium IndiaNonprofit 639 #12,626
18Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, KeralaUniversity 606 #8,150
19Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and EnvironmentGovernment institution 251 #14,132
20Chaithanya Eye Hospital and Research InstituteHospital / health system 210 #21,956
21Ananthapuri Hospitals and Research InstituteHospital / health system 133 #33,612 all time
22HLL Lifecare (India)Company 128 #30,166 all time
23Health Action by PeopleNonprofit 107 not ranked
24Jothydev's Diabetes and Research CenterHospital / health system 86 not ranked
25Eram Scientific Solutions (India)Company 47 not ranked
26Zensa HospitalHospital / health system 39 not ranked
27Centre for Management DevelopmentGovernment institution 37 not ranked
28Directorate of Scheduled Tribes Development DepartmentGovernment institution 9 not ranked
29Society of Energy Engineers and ManagersNonprofit 7 not ranked
30Kerala Livestock Development BoardGovernment institution 7 not ranked
31Matha Ayurveda Eye HospitalHospital / health system 4 not ranked
32Kerala State Chalachitra AcademyNonprofit 1 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.

University of Kerala: 21.5%Government Medical College: 14.5%Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology: 10.4%Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre: 8.1%28 others listed: 45.5%22%largest
University of Kerala9,686 · 21.5%Government Medical College6,542 · 14.5%Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology4,696 · 10.4%Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre3,645 · 8.1%28 others listed20k · 45.5%

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

Which fields of science does Thiruvananthapuram work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Thiruvananthapuram is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Engineering (18%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 7,932 fractional works · 46.4% of its workEngineering: 3,015 fractional works · 17.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 851 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 431 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 318 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 316 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 234 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 176 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 143 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 120 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 114 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 103 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,316 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 385 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 297 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 191 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 174 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 114 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1,083 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 574 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 177 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 149 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 806 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 169 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 120 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 103 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 511 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 289 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 435 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 147 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 131 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 304 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 265 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 108 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 154 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4,944 fractional works · 28.9% of its workMedicine: 4,269 fractional works · 25.0% of its workSurgery: 567 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 348 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 336 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 261 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 243 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 207 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 185 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 174 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 165 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 158 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 150 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 135 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 118 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 103 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 100 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 58 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 170 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 334 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 157 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 124 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 234 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOral Surgery: 95 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2,378 fractional works · 13.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 955 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 505 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 158 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 903 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 442 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 115 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 78 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 267 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 141 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 112 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,832 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 741 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 289 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 96 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 94 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 225 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 285 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 121 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 81 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 261 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 71 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 227 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 157 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 220 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 104 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 98 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 55 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKThiruvananthapuram17kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences11%

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. Engineering3,01517.6%
    2. Computer Science1,3167.7%
    3. Materials Science1,0836.3%
    4. Environmental Science8064.7%
    5. Chemistry5113.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy4352.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences3041.8%
    8. Mathematics2651.6%
    9. Energy1540.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering440.3%
  1. Health Sciences4,94428.9%
    1. Medicine4,26925.0%
    2. Health Professions3342.0%
    3. Dentistry2341.4%
    4. Nursing910.5%
    5. Veterinary170.1%
  2. Life Sciences2,37813.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9555.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences9035.3%
    3. Neuroscience2671.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1410.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1120.7%
  3. Social Sciences1,83210.7%
    1. Social Sciences7414.3%
    2. Psychology2851.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities2611.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2271.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting2201.3%
    6. Decision Sciences980.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Thiruvananthapuram strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Thiruvananthapuram is most concentrated in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Periodontics and Oral Surgery (3.3× the world share in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry).

  1. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 38.6 works3.3×
  2. PeriodonticsSubfield · 60.6 works3.0×
  3. Oral SurgerySubfield · 82.3 works2.9×
  4. DentistryField · 199.2 works2.8×
  5. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 159.4 works2.4×
← 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: 1.11× its world share, 784 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 847 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 121 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 227 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 94 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 37 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.96× its world share, 456 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 1,121 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 254 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.97× its world share, 132 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 2,700 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 673 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.85× its world share, 957 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.34× its world share, 234 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 386 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.77× its world share, 199 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 286 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.32× its world share, 3,760 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 81 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 189 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 188 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 80 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 203 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 242 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 574 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry2.77×199 works
  2. Chemistry1.96×456 works
  3. Materials Science1.85×957 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.80×94 works
  5. Mathematics1.34×234 works
  6. Medicine1.32×3,760 works
  7. Engineering1.21×2,700 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.17×386 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.11×784 works
  10. Nursing1.11×81 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.09×254 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.07×847 works
  13. Computer Science0.97×1,121 works
  14. Energy0.97×132 works
  15. Neuroscience0.94×227 works
  16. Environmental Science0.91×673 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×121 works
  18. Veterinary0.77×16 works
  19. Health Professions0.73×286 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.71×37 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×203 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.56×80 works
  23. Psychology0.54×242 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.44×189 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×188 works
  26. Social Sciences0.31×574 works

Which keywords describe research in Thiruvananthapuram?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles, India, Nanomaterials and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Deep Learning854▲ 1.45×83 topics
  2. Epidemiology822▲ 1.21×133 topics
  3. Machine Learning645◆ 1.13×92 topics
  4. Climate Change428◆ 0.92×96 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications407▲ 2.0×36 topics
  6. Inflammation386◆ 1.06×83 topics
  7. Nanoparticles347▲ 1.61×42 topics
  8. Environmental Impact322◆ 1.11×60 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress314◆ 1.12×63 topics
  10. Nanomaterials307▲ 1.72×21 topics
  11. Treatment292▲ 1.41×51 topics
  12. Remote Sensing277▲ 1.33×36 topics
  13. Neural Networks271◆ 1.03×39 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties256▲ 1.53×38 topics
  15. COVID-19253◆ 1.14×24 topics
  16. Quality of Life245◆ 0.99×55 topics
  17. Nanocomposites238▲ 1.76×22 topics
  18. Cancer238◆ 1.03×58 topics
  19. Diagnosis232▲ 1.45×41 topics
  20. Convolutional Neural Networks230▲ 1.85×14 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease228▲ 1.17×39 topics
  22. Tissue Engineering220▲ 2.1×13 topics
  23. Risk Factors219▲ 1.16×36 topics
  24. Graphene214▲ 1.86×12 topics
  25. Antioxidant203▲ 1.73×51 topics
  26. Drug Delivery176▲ 1.88×16 topics
  27. Catalysis174▲ 1.53×29 topics
  28. Classification172▲ 2.2×13 topics
  29. Feature Extraction165▲ 2.1×10 topics
  30. Power Electronics146▲ 2.7×8 topics
  31. Metal-Organic Frameworks143▲ 2.0×6 topics
  32. India140▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Synthesis138▲ 2.1×36 topics
  34. Renewable Energy Integration133▲ 2.4×5 topics
  35. Decentralization116▲ 3.3×4 topics
  36. Bioimaging115▲ 3.0×6 topics
  37. Economic Reforms105▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Gender Bias93▲ 6.2×4 topics
  39. Agricultural Livelihoods82▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Kerala82▲ 33×1 topic

What research is done in Thiruvananthapuram?

  1. 1 Social and Economic Development in India Sociology and Political Science 65 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 52 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 43 works
  4. 4 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 42 works
  5. 5 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 41 works
  6. 6 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 39 works
  7. 7 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 39 works
  8. 8 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 39 works
  9. 9 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 38 works
  10. 10 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 38 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Thiruvananthapuram9.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2010.

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