Spatiotemporal distribution of areas of interest appeared in JAGH articles which include information on the local groundwater

Abstract

Committee on survey and research in Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology (JAGH) comprehensively reviewed the articles in the journal of groundwater hydrology, and developed a geographic database on areas of interest appeared in articles which mention the information on local groundwater. In this database, these articles were sorted by groundwater basins or districts so that the list of articles and links to J-STAGE could be extracted by choosing an area of interest from a graphical map. As a result of database development, some bias was found in distribution of investigated areas and it was visualized both in time and space. It might come from the background of researches such as scientific trends and changes of social interests on development or environment problems related to groundwater. This database is published on the official website of JAGH and expected to contribute to future community activities, researches and practices related to the local groundwater.