Knowledge diffusion of geodetector: A perspective of the literature review and geotree

Spatial heterogeneity is a fundamental research topic in the field of geography, and Geodetector widely used tool for studying this phenomenon. To understand advancements knowledge diffusion trends surrounding Geodetector, we constructed an author evolutionary tree structure fusing its 847 core citations Web Science database Geotree model first time. The results our literature statistics indicated that has garnered attention 3123 authors from 48 countries since publication Ecological Indicators journal 2010, who have published papers concerning ten important topics. majority these studies focused on spatial determining factors. Our analysis data revealed significant correlation between rate scholars large teams their academic activities. chain only 2% total number contributed to over 20% scientific collaborations diffusion, they were recognized as experts research. provide comprehensive reference relevant future, summarized citing countries, five classical articles, main domains,