Hydrogeology Journal has acquired a large worldwide readership since its inception in 1992. The Journal's emphasis is to:Foster understanding of hydrogeology, a practical discipline aimed at bettering the human situation on earth,Describe worldwide progress in hydrogeology,And to provide an inexpensive and widely accessible forum for scientists, researchers, engineers, and practitioners in developing and industrialized countries alike.A mainstream paper in Hydrogeology Journal integrates subsurface hydrology and geology with the other supporting disciplines (such as geochemistry, geophysics, geomorphology, geobiology, surface-water hydrology, tectonics, mathematics, numerical modeling, economics, and sociology) to explain phenomena observed in the field. Hydrogeology Journal publishes peer-reviewed papers in both theoretical and applied aspects of hydrogeologic science, including:Theoretical and field studies ranging in scale from local areas and short time periods to regional or global problems and geologic time,Techniques and innovative instrumentation in the laboratory and field (for example, hydrologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mathematical),Water-resource and related mineral-resource evaluations,Reports of observed hydrogeologic phenomena,Overviews of hydrogeologic systems of interest in various regions,State-of-the-art-reviews,Philosophy of scientific methods in hydrogeology,Interaction between populations and hydrogeologic systems,Economics of hydrogeologic systems,Ramifications of hydrogeology on both environmental protection and optimal employment of natural resources,And the history of hydrogeology and biographies of eminent hydrogeologists.

自1992年成立以來(lái)，Hydrogeology Journal已經(jīng)獲得了大量的全球讀者。該雜志的重點(diǎn)是：促進(jìn)對(duì)水文地質(zhì)學(xué)的理解，這是一門旨在改善地球上人類狀況的實(shí)用學(xué)科，描述全球水文地質(zhì)學(xué)的進(jìn)展，并為發(fā)展中國(guó)家和工業(yè)化國(guó)家的科學(xué)家，研究人員，工程師和從業(yè)者提供廉價(jià)且廣泛使用的論壇。“水文地質(zhì)學(xué)報(bào)”的主流論文將地下水文學(xué)和地質(zhì)學(xué)與其他支持學(xué)科（如地球化學(xué)，地球物理學(xué)，地貌學(xué)，地球生物學(xué)，地表水文學(xué)，構(gòu)造學(xué)，數(shù)學(xué)，數(shù)值模擬，經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)和社會(huì)學(xué)）相結(jié)合，以解釋在領(lǐng)域。 Hydrogeology Journal在水文地質(zhì)科學(xué)的理論和應(yīng)用方面發(fā)表同行評(píng)審論文，包括：理論和實(shí)地研究范圍從當(dāng)?shù)睾投虝r(shí)期到區(qū)域或全球問(wèn)題和地質(zhì)時(shí)間，實(shí)驗(yàn)室和現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的技術(shù)和創(chuàng)新儀器（例如，水文，地球化學(xué)，地球物理和數(shù)學(xué)），水資源和相關(guān)的礦產(chǎn)資源評(píng)估，有關(guān)觀測(cè)到的水文地質(zhì)現(xiàn)象的報(bào)告，各地區(qū)感興趣的水文地質(zhì)系統(tǒng)概述，國(guó)家的最先進(jìn)的審閱，水文地質(zhì)科學(xué)方法哲學(xué)，人口與水文地質(zhì)系統(tǒng)之間的相互作用，水文地質(zhì)系統(tǒng)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)，水文地質(zhì)對(duì)環(huán)境保護(hù)和自然資源最佳就業(yè)的影響，以及著名水文地質(zhì)學(xué)家的水文地質(zhì)學(xué)和傳記史。