Table 13. Fine classification of the 203 analysed articles.
Numbers in bold print show percentages of all analysed papers (matching criteria described in Section 2.2.3). Numbers in italics show percentages of all papers with “groundwater” in their titles.
| Period | Source | clearly natural sciences | most likely NS | clearly social sciences | most likely social sciences | most likely multidisciplinary | probably multidisciplinary | maybe multidisciplinary | All analysed articles | Groundwater articles per source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990–1994 | All* | 25 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 220 |
| 37% | 17.4% | 13% | 8.7% | 0% | 4.3% | 19.6% | ||||
| 90.5% | 3.6% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 0% | 0.9% | 4.1% | ||||
| SS** | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 41 | |
| 31.8% | 18.2% | 13.6% | 9.1% | 0% | 9.1% | 18.2% | ||||
| 73.2% | 9.8% | 7.3% | 4.9% | 0% | 4.9% | 9.8% | ||||
| WRR*** | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 179 | |
| 41.7% | 16.7% | 12.5% | 8.3% | 0% | 0% | 20.8% | ||||
| 94.4% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 0% | 0% | 2.8% | ||||
| 2000–2004 | All | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 168 |
| 41% | 12.8% | 10.3% | 17.9% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 12.8% | ||||
| 89.3% | 3% | 2.4% | 4.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 3% | ||||
| SS | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 58 | |
| 45.5% | 18.2% | 9.1% | 18.2% | 4.5% | 0% | 4.5% | ||||
| 86.2% | 6.9% | 3.4% | 6.9% | 1.7% | 0% | 1.7% | ||||
| WRR | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 110 | |
| 35.3% | 5.9% | 11.8% | 17.6% | 0% | 5.9% | 23.5% | ||||
| 90.9% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 2.7% | 0% | 0.9% | 3.6% | ||||
| 2010–2014 | All | 59 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 118 | 329 |
| 50% | 8.5% | 10.2% | 11% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 12.7% | ||||
| 85.1% | 3% | 3.6% | 4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 4.6% | ||||
| SS | 15 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 63 | 119 | |
| 23.8% | 9.5% | 17.5% | 20.6% | 3.2% | 7.9% | 17.5% | ||||
| 64.7% | 5% | 9.2% | 10.9% | 1.7% | 4.2% | 9.2% | ||||
| WRR | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 210 | |
| 80% | 7.3% | 1.8% | 0% | 3.6% | 0% | 7.3% | ||||
| 96.7% | 1.9% | 0.5% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1.9% | ||||
| Total | 92 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 203 | 717 | |
| 45.3% | 11.3% | 10.8% | 11.8% | 2.5% | 3.9% | 14.3% | ||||
| 87.7% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 3.3% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 4% |
* All analysed articles from the respective period.
** Articles from the group of 11 “social science” and multidisciplinary journals (see Table 5).
*** Articles from Water Resources Research.