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On this basis, the current study firstly introduces a network-based spatiotemporal field (NSF) clustering approach to discover and identify hotspots. Our proposed method expands the notion from spatial to space\u2013time dimension and from Euclidean to network space by comparing with traditional spatial clustering analyses. In addition, a concentration index of hotspot areas is presented to refine the surface of centredness to delimitate the hotspot scope further. This index supports the quantitative depiction of hotspot areas by generating two standard deviation isolines. In the case study, we analyze the spatiotemporal dynamic patterns of hotspots at different days and times of day using the NSF method. Meanwhile, we also validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in identifying hotspots to evaluate the delimitating results. 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