Journal History
| 2012 | The inaugural issue was released. Land was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2013 | Land published the first successful Special Issue on Landscape Changes in Savanna Systems: Understanding the Roles of Climate, Vegetation Dynamics, Parks and Protected Areas, Resources, People and Livelihoods, edited by Land Editorial Board member, Prof. Dr. Jane Southworth, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/savanna. |
| 2014 | Land published 17 papers in the Special Issue on Landscape Perspectives on Environmental Conservation, edited by Land Editorial Board member, Prof. Dr. Kenneth R. Young, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/environmental-conservation. |
| 2015 | Land was covered by the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI – Web of Science). |
| 2016 | Land was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Land exhibited at GLP OSM in Beijing and organized the first Editorial Board meeting, chaired by EiC, Prof. Dr. Andrew Millington. |
| 2017 |
Land became an affiliated journal of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE). |
| 2018 |
Land's CiteScore 2017 (Scopus) is 1.45, which equals rank 50/124 (Q2) in the category 'Nature and Landscape Conservation' and 127/306 (Q2) in 'Ecology' and 36/65 (Q3) in 'Global and Planetary Change'. |
| 2019 |
The publication frequency changed from quarterly to monthly. Land's CiteScore (2018 Scopus data) was 2.15, which equals rank 37/140 (Q2) in the category 'Nature and Landscape Conservation' and 90/336 (Q2) in 'Ecology'. Land announced the 2019 Travel Award Winners: Dr. Catalina Munteanu and Ms. Elizabeth Tellman Land was indexed in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). The journal was divided into five topical sections: Land Systems and Global Change, Landscape Ecology, Soil–Sediment–Water Systems, Socio-Economic and Political Aspects of Contemporary and Historical Land Issues, and Urban Contexts and Urban–Rural Interactions. |
| 2020 |
A new topical section, Land–Climate Interactions, was established in Land journal. Land announced the 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Award winners: Prof. Dr. Frank Vanclay, Prof. Dr. Volker Beckmann and Dr. Antonio Santoro. Land announced the 2020 Travel Award winners: Dr. Cynthia Isley, Ms. Tzu-Hsin Karen Chen and Ms. Rebecca Riggs. Land's CiteScore (2019 Scopus data) was 2.80. Land received its first Impact Factor (2019) of 2.429, which ranks 58th out of 123 (Q2) in the category "Environmental Studies (SSCI)". Three new sections were established in Land: Landscape Archaeology, Landscape Architecture and Land Use Planning/Land Planning. Land became an affiliated journal of the European Land-use Institute (ELI). |
| 2021 |
Land's CiteScore (2020 Scopus data) was 3.0, which equals the rank of 60/177 (Q2) in "Nature and Landscape Conservation" and 138/400 (Q2) in "Ecology". Land has received the new Impact Factor (2020) of 3.395, which ranks 57th out of 125 (Q2) in the category "Environmental Studies (SSCI)". Land became an affiliated journal of the Landscape Institute (LI). Five new sections were established in Land: Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing; Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment; Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning; Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus; Land – Observation and Monitoring We launched the first virtual conference in November, 2021. The 1st International Electronic Conference on Land: Towards Land System Science will take place virtually on 17–19 May 2022. |
| 2022 |
Land became an affiliated journal of the Urban Land Institute (ULI). Land's CiteScore (2021 Scopus data) was 3.2, which means it is ranked 65/192 (Q2) in "Nature and Landscape Conservation", 161/437 (Q2) in "Ecology", and 55/109 (Q2) in "Global and Planetary Change". Land has received an increased Impact Factor (2021) of 3.905, which ranks it 56th out of 127 (Q2) in the category of "Environmental Studies (SSCI)". The year 2022 marked the 10th Anniversary of Land. |
| 2023 |
Land announced the 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award winners: Dr. Concetta Cardillo, Dr. Elisabetta Maria Venco, and Dr. Małgorzata Dudzińska. Land announced the 2022 Influential Female Research in Land System Science Award winners: Prof. Dr. Harini Nagendra and Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey. Land's CiteScore (2022 Scopus data) was 3.7, which means it is ranked 68/196 (Q2) in "Nature and Landscape Conservation" and 151/437 (Q2) in "Ecology". Land has received the new Impact Factor (2022) of 3.9, which ranks 48th out of 127 (Q2) in the category "Environmental Studies (SSCI)". |
| 2024 |
The CiteScore increased to 4.9, ranked 49/211 (Q1) in "Nature and Landscape Conservation", 110/461 (Q1) in "Ecology" and 54/120 (Q2) in "Global and Planetary Change". |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2012–2021 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andrew Millington |
| 2021–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Christine Fürst |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2019–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Erle C. Ellis for the section on Land Systems and Global Change Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Ward Anseeuw for the section on Socio-Economic and Political Aspects of Contemporary and Historical Land Issues Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Audrey L. Mayer for the section on Landscape Ecology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Christine Fürst for the section on Landscape Ecology |
| 2019–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Saskia Keesstra for the section on Soil-Sediment-Water Systems |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Haase for the section on Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heiko Balzter for the section on Land–Climate Interactions |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thomas Panagopoulos for the section on Landscape Architecture Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Le Yu for the section on Land Systems and Global Change Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hossein Azadi for the section on Socio-Economic and Political Aspects of Contemporary and Historical Land Issues Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chuanrong Zhang for the section on Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Sean Sloan for the section on Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Benjamin Burkhard for the section on Landscape Ecology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Francesca Cigna for the section on Landscape Archaeology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Paul Aplin for the section on Land – Observation and Monitoring |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Weiqi Zhou for the section on Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nick B. Comerford for the section on Soil-Sediment-Water Systems |
