The evolutionary characteristics and neighbourhood mechanisms of urban innovation networks: The case of China’s sports industry

• Kun Peng,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Sports, Henan Institute of Technology, Xinxiang, China

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• Yimeng Ma,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Software

  Affiliation College of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China

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• Laibing Lu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Software, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation School of Physical Education and Sport Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, China

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• Dangsheng Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Sports, Henan Institute of Technology, Xinxiang, China

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• Dong Zhu

  Roles Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zhudcg@hnmu.edu.cn

  Affiliation Department of Sports Rehabilitation, Hunan University of Medicine, Huaihua, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0234-6463

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