Unveiling urban marathon development characteristics and urban growth strategies in China: Insights from time series analysis of Baidu Search Index

• Erchang Zheng,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Sports Institute, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, China

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• Chengbin Xue,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Management, Yang-En University, Quanzhou, China

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• Gongqiang Chen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration

  Affiliation Sports Institute, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, China

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• Yinghui Zhang,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sports Institute, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, China

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• Jinchuan Zou

  Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Zou_jinchuan@163.com

  Affiliation Sports Institute, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3208-3934

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