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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).
Land announced the Travel Award winner: Mr. Michael Lathuillière.
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'.
Land announced the Travel Award Winners: Dr. Giulia Sofia and Mrs. Khadiza Begum.
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)".
Land was indexed in GEOBASE.
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".
Soil-Sediment-Water Systems was renamed as Land, Soil and Water.
Land announced the 2023 Outstanding Reviewer Award winners: Dr. Pamela Durán-Díaz, Prof. Dr. Corrado Zoppi, and Prof. Dr. Nicholas B Comerford.
Land announced the 2023 Young Investigator Award winner: Dr. Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva.
We launched the second virtual conference in October, 2024. The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Land: Land Entropy and Challenges for Restoration and Future Development will take place virtually on 4–5 September 2025.

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
 
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