Spatial Dynamics of the Communities and the Role of Major Countries in the International Rare Earths Trade: A Complex Network Analysis

• Xibo Wang,

  Affiliation The State Key Laboratory of Management and Control for Complex Systems, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

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• Jianping Ge ,

  * E-mail: gejianping@cugb.edu.cn

  Affiliations School of Humanities and Economic Management, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China, Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Land and Resources, Beijing, 100083, China

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• Wendong Wei,

  Affiliation College of Government, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

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• Hanshi Li,

  Affiliation School of Economics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

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• Chen Wu,

  Affiliation Structural Geology Group, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China

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• Ge Zhu

  Affiliation Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Environment Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, China

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