Table 2. Categorisation of search results from the Web of Science database (accessed 30 July 2022).
Note that individual published articles in the database may be classified under several categories. Categories with fewer than five and three published articles for “mountain systems”, and “mountain systems” and “climate change”, respectively, are not included in the table. Items in italics indicate where there is a significantly higher value recorded between the two columns of results.
| Web of Science categories | Web of Science category for the search term “mountain systems” (% of total) | Web of Science category for the search term “mountain systems” and “climate change” (% of total) |
|---|---|---|
| Ecology | 102 (13.7%) | 36 (16.8%) |
| Environmental sciences | 79 (10.6%) | 39 (18.2%) |
| Geosciences multidisciplinary | 58 (7.8%) | 16 (7.5%) |
| Geography physical | 54 (7.2%) | 15 (7.0%) |
| Plant sciences | 50 (6.7%) | 8 (3.7%) |
| Evolutionary biology | 46 (6.2%) | 13 (6.0%) |
| Zoology | 44 (5.9%) | 6 (2.8%) |
| Biodiversity conservation | 35 (4.7%) | 16 (7.5%) |
| Multidisciplinary sciences | 28 (3.7%) | 6 (2.8%) |
| Meteorology atmospheric sciences | 27 (3.6%) | 11 (5.1%) |
| Biochemistry molecular biology | 16 (2.1%) | 3 (1.4%) |
| Geography | 16 (2.1%) | 5 (2.3%) |
| Entomology | 14 (1.9%) | |
| Forestry | 14 (1.9%) | 4 (1.8%) |
| Genetics heredity | 14 (1.9%) | |
| Soil science | 13 (1.7%) | |
| Water resources | 13 (1.7%) | 6 (2.8%) |
| Environmental studies | 10 (1.3%) | 8 (3.7%) |
| Geochemistry geophysics | 10 (1.3%) | |
| Biology | 9 | 3 (1.4%) |
| Ornithology | 7 | |
| Geology | 6 | |
| Green sustainable science technology | 6 | 3 (1.4%) |
| Marine freshwater biology | 6 | |
| Oceanography | 6 | |
| Imaging science photographic technology | 5 | 3 (1.4%) |
| Remote sensing | 5 | |
| (Other categories) | 52 (7.0%) | 13 (6.0%) |
| Total | 744 | 214 |