该数据库所涵盖的研究领域主要包括区域研究、宏观经济学、经济地理学、资源科学、环境研究以及系统生态学等。它试图从整体视角来探讨经济、环境和社会方面的问题。对于那些在授予学位的学术机构中从事研究工作的学者来说，使用该数据库是免费的。不过，所有用户都必须获得数据许可才能使用本网站提供的数据库资料。

The matrix space mainly focuses on themes including regional studies, macroeconomics, economic geography, resource sciences, environmental studies, and systems ecology, which attempts to conduct economic, environment, and sociology issues from a nexus perspective. It is free for academic (university or grant-funded) work at degree-granting institutions. All the users require a data license to use the databases shared in this website.