Table 1 The 8-topic STM results with topic labels, representative terms, and topic proportions

From: Exploring the evolution of global trends and knowledge structure in intangible cultural heritage: insights from topic modeling

Topics

Topic Labels

Representative Terms

Topic Proportion (%)

Synopsis of Topic Labels

Topic 1

Technological Exploration on ICH

Highest Prob: diet, color, natural, paper, paintings, material, health, fabric, silk, production

FREX: color, diet, paintings, health, fabric, silk, production, drawings, raw, restoration

Lift: silk, fabric, health, chemical, paintings, diet, color, raw, production, drawings

Score: silk, diet, color, fabric, paintings, health, raw, chemical, production, science

10.03

Technological approaches to the preservation and innovation of ICH

Topic 2

Risk Assessment, Environmental Impact, and Adaptive Reuse of ICH

Highest Prob: buildings, cultural, assessment, music, evaluation, risk, model, acoustic, folk, song

FREX: acoustic, buildings, assessment, music, risk, damage, sound, evaluation, folk, simulation

Lift: acoustic, damage, sound, risk, music, buildings, assessment, simulation, outcomes, aiding

Score: acoustic, music, damage, risk, sound, buildings, assessment, simulation, folk, climate

9.50

Resilient and sustainable approaches to ICH protection in the face of environmental and social challenges

Topic 3

Artificial Intelligence in ICH

Highest Prob: model, method, dance, image, deep learning, system, human, features, knowledge graph, motion

FREX: image, dance, knowledge graph, deep learning, semantics, neural network, motion, machine learning, model, training

Lift: knowledge graph, neural network, deep learning, semantics, machine learning, image, training, style, dance, motion

Score: knowledge graph, dance, motion, deep learning, image, opera, neural network, machine learning, model, semantics

12.96

Integration of artificial intelligence, deep learning, computer vision, and knowledge graphs to safeguard, analyze, and promote ICH

Topic 4

Spatial Distribution and Influencing Factors of ICH

Highest Prob: cultural, ICH, factors, China, traditional, villages, Yellow River Basin, region, national, differentiation

FREX: ICH, factors, villages, Yellow River Basin, China, Beijing, region, utilization, minority, national

Lift: Beijing, kernel, Yellow River Basin, villages, factors, Western China, ICH, minority, coupling, roads

Score: Beijing, ICH, villages, Yellow River Basin, factors, China, traditional, area, coupling, GIS

13.01

Spatial geography, environmental context, cultural diversity, and socio-political dynamics interact to shape the distribution, value, and future of ICH

Topic 5

Sustainable Development of Intangible Cultural Heritage Tourism

Highest Prob: cultural identity, ICH, value, education, case, model, intention, impact, experience, residents

FREX: theory, intention, education, cultural identity, residents, value, ICH, group, policy, case

Lift: women, intention, theory, residents, ritual, visit, evolved, belief, education, identity

Score: cultural identity, intention, residents, ICH, education, policy, consumer, value, ritual, visit

17.49

Cultural identity, consumer behavior, and community participation in the sustainable development of intangible cultural heritage tourism

Topic 6

Traditional Knowledge, Food Heritage, and Rural Community Practices with ICH

Highest Prob: traditional, local, food, rural, weaving, plant, region, social, consumer, festival

FREX: food, rural, plant, local, festival, weaving, consumer, land, memories, forest

Lift: house, food, festival, plant, root, rural, forest, land, memories

Score: house, food, plant, rural, weaving, consumer, local, traditional, festival, vegetable

8.77

Traditional knowledge, food heritage, and rural community practices in promoting cultural sustainability, rural development, and community resilience

Topic 7

Digital Innovation and Interactive Technologies for ICH

Highest Prob: digital, design, user experience, application, art, museum, innovation, system, game, craft

FREX: user experience, digital, design, museum, application, game, clothing, VR, immersive, visualization

Lift: clothing, VR, user experience, game, immersive, museum, digital, design, application, innovation

Score: clothing, digital, user experience, design, game, VR, museum, immersive, weaving, application

15.99

Digital preservation, promotion, and experiential enhancement of ICH through the integration of emerging technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and digital twin platforms.

Topic 8

Sustainable and Resilient ICH Governance

Highest Prob: management, historic, urban, site, cities, climate change, system, services, world, resilience

FREX: management, urban, site, cities, services, climate change, resilience, temple, historic, world

Lift: temple, management, urban, site, resilience, cities, services, political, climate change, mapping

Score: temple, urban, servics, management, site, cities, climate change, resilience, historic, adaptation

12.26

Management, climate adaptation, and multiscale conservation strategies for sustainable and resilient ICH