Spatial dynamics of the communities and the role of major countries in the international rare earths trade: A complex network analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Xibo ^a   Ge, Jianping ^b,c   Wei, Wendong ^d   Li, Hanshi ^d   Wu, Chen ^e   Zhu, Ge ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c China University of Geosciences Beijing)   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^f CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; GERMANY; JAPAN; SOUTH AMERICA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MINING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

LANTHANIDE;

INTERNATIONALITY; METALS, RARE EARTH; MINING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84969544941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154575     Document Type: Article

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