Land is an international, cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal published monthly online by MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute). The journal focuses on land system science, landscape, soil and water, urban studies, land–climate interactions, the water–energy–land–food (WELF) nexus, biodiversity research and health nexus, land modelling and data processing, ecosystem services, multifunctionality, and sustainability.
Overview
Land was first published in 2012 and has the ISSN 2073-445X (EISSN). It is an open access journal, meaning all articles are freely available to readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
Indexing and Impact
The journal is indexed in Scopus, SSCI (Web of Science), GEOBASE, PubAg, AGRIS, GeoRef, RePEc, and other databases. As of 2024, it has a Journal Impact Factor of 3.2 (5-Year Impact Factor: 3.4). Its journal rank is JCR Q2 (Environmental Studies) and CiteScore Q1 (Nature and Landscape Conservation).
Editorial Board
The Editor-in-Chief is Prof. Dr. Christine Fürst (Department Sustainable Landscape Development, Institute for Geosciences and Geography, University of Halle, Germany). The journal has multiple Section Editors-in-Chief covering 13 sections, including Land Systems and Global Change, Landscape Ecology, Land, Soil and Water, Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues, Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions, Land–Climate Interactions, Landscape Archaeology, Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing, Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability, Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning, Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus, Land – Observation and Monitoring, and Land Planning and Landscape Architecture.
Affiliated Organizations
The International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE), International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA), European Land-use Institute (ELI), Landscape Institute (LI), and Urban Land Institute (ULI) are affiliated with Land, and their members receive discounts on article processing charges.
Publication Speed
According to the journal's description, manuscripts are peer-reviewed with a first decision provided to authors approximately 17.5 days after submission, and acceptance to publication takes a median of 2.5 days.
Sections
The journal is organized into 13 sections, each with its own Section Editor-in-Chief, covering a broad range of topics related to land systems science, from soil and water management to landscape archaeology and machine learning applications in land science.
