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2000 • 2,426 citations

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2000 • 2,241 citations

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1997 • 2,050 citations

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2002 • 1,452 citations

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2001 • 1,391 citations

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2000 • 1,361 citations

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2002 • 1,084 citations

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2000 • 991 citations

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2001 • 789 citations

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2000 • 598 citations

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2002 • 393 citations

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2001 • 310 citations

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1995 • 287 citations

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2004 • 272 citations

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2002 • 244 citations

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2001 • 226 citations

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2004 • 202 citations

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1998 • 196 citations

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1989 • 87 citations

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2001 • 75 citations

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2002 • 70 citations

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2003 • 67 citations

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1997 • 56 citations

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2003 • 48 citations

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