Nickel is an energy-intensive resource, and with the expansion of global demand for nickel,
the embodied carbon emissions of its industrial chain in international trade are also …

With the increasing demand for resources, the opening and stability of the key mineral
industry chain have become a key area of national security. As an important key mineral …

The global process of strengthening and harmonization of intellectual property rights (IPRs)
systems has been intensified in the last twenty five years by the signing of trade agreements …

Steel is a basic industrial raw material, and it has a wide range of applications in all areas of
production and life in the society. Countries carry out international steel trade to ensure their …

Based on statistical physics and graph theory, the research paradigm of a complex network,
which has sprung up in the last decade, provides us with new global perspective to discuss …

The international trade network (ITN) has received renewed multidisciplinary interest due to
recent advances in network theory. However, it is still unclear whether a network approach …

We propose the construction of the international trade network based on top trade relations
(ie, country i is linked to country j if j is i's top trade partner). The constructed network …

We investigate whether the gravity model (GM) can explain the statistical properties of the
International Trade Network (ITN). We fit data on trade flows with a GM using alternative …

Here, we present the World Trade Atlas 1870–2013, a collection of annual world trade maps
in which distance combines economic size and the different dimensions that affect …

International trade is essential to bridge the imbalance between supply and demand of
materials along with different nations effectively, especially for critical raw materials such as …