Geo-political Vulnerability within Academia as Viewed Through the Cartographic Representation of Nine-Dash Line

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• The research aims to examine how uncritically the nine-dash line is accepted in academic circles without international acknowledgment.
• Analyzed 25,144 scholarly articles from five geography journals on ScienceDirect.
• Extracted 242 maps depicting China and the South China Sea.
• Categorized authors into three groups based on their affiliation and analyzed the presence of the nine-dash line through logistic regression.
• Chinese researchers showed a positive relationship with the presence of the nine-dash line (adjusted odds ratio 2.44).
• Foreign researchers exhibited a negative association with the nine-dash line's presence (adjusted odds ratio 0.08).
• The current submission rules may overlook unilateral territorial adjustments, posing risks to academic integrity.