Theme 4, The world, excl. The Netherlands (n=4,876) Geophysics, geology, geomorfology, soil sciences (41/44), Hydrology, glaciology, climatology, meteorology (46/47), Biogeography and ecology (48)
| Subject | 41/44 | 46/47 | 48 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | absolute | % | absolute | % | absolute | % |
| Imaginary world | 1 | - | 1 | 0.8 | - | - |
| Space | 32 | - | - | - | - | - |
| World | 346 | 9.7 | 40 | 5.7 | 48 | 8.0 |
| Oceans | 921 | 25.8 | 68 | 9.7 | 33 | 5.5 |
| Europe | 886 | 24.8 | 220 | 31.3 | 104 | 17.4 |
| Asia | 511 | 14.3 | 117 | 16.6 | 147 | 24.5 |
| Africa | 389 | 10.9 | 134 | 19.0 | 93 | 15.5 |
| North America | 131 | 3.7 | 36 | 5.1 | 34 | 5.7 |
| South America | 81 | 2.3 | 35 | 5.0 | 13 | 2.2 |
| Oceania | 246 | 6.9 | 43 | 6.1 | 126 | 21.0 |
| Antarctica | 29 | - | 11 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.2 |
| Total | 3,573 | 100.0 | 704 | 100.0 | 599 | 100.0 |