Editorial Board Members from Land Featured Among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2024

Researchers from Stanford University have recently published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

The statistical data informing these rankings cover the period from 1960 to 2024, and the data is divided into two lists: “Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking” and “2024 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking”. The “Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking” calculates the comprehensive influence of scientists during their careers, and the “2024 Annual Influence Ranking” highlights the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. The World's Top 2% Scientists rankings, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers out of more than 10 million scientists considered active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields taken into account.

We are pleased to share that 13 Editorial Board Members from Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) were featured as the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2024.

Name (listed according to the joined date)	Category	Affiliation	Interests
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Haase	Social Sciences	Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany	land-use change modelling; ecosystem services; socio-environmental justice; urban land teleconnections; urban ecology; GIS and remote sensing
Prof. Dr. Xiangzheng Deng	Social Sciences	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Mainland	land use/land cover change; ecosystem services; food security; ecological livability; urbanization
Prof. Dr. Yurui Li	Cross-Field	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Mainland	land use; land consolidation; land governance; community development; rural development; regional development; human geography
Prof. Dr. Chuanglin Fang	Cross-Field	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Mainland	urban geography and urban agglomeration development; the resource and environmental effects of urbanization
Dr. Yimin Chen	Social Sciences	Sun Yat Sen University, China Mainland	land use; urban development; geographic information system; spatial analysis; sustainability; urban planning; human geography
Prof. Dr. Fahu Chen	Geosciences	Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research CAS, China Mainland	Quaternary environmental changes (especial during Holocene); climate changes; environmental archeology; loess record; desert evolution and palaeolimnology with special focus on paleoenvironmental reconstruction; human-environment interactions in Arid Central Asia and the Tibetan Plateau
Prof. Dr. Shaojian Wang	Cross-Field	Wuhan University, China Mainland	land use and low-carbon development; land use and environmental pollution; land use policy and planning; land use expansion and urban development; land use and urban form
Prof. Dr. Heesup Han	Social Sciences	Sejong University, South Korea	sustainable tourism; green atmospherics; destination development; pro-environmental/pro-social behaviors among travelers and locals
Prof. Dr. Wenze Yue	Cross-Field	Zhejiang University, China Mainland	land use change; spatial planning; urbanization in China
Prof. Dr. Hualou Long	Social Sciences	Guangxi University, China Mainland	rural geography; rural restructuring; urban-rural development; land use change; land use transition; sustainable land use
Prof. Dr. Peng Gong	Geosciences	University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	urbanization and health; mapping and monitoring of global environmental change; modelling of environmentally related infectious diseases
Prof. Dr. Shuai Shao	Economics and Business	East China University of Science & Technology, China Mainland	energy economy and environmental policy; urban and regional sustainable development
Prof. Dr. Weiqi Zhou	Cross-Field	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Mainland	urban ecology; remote sensing; urban greenspace; spatial pattern; urban heat island; landscape ecology

The latest rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of scientists who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievement and thank them for their immense contributions to the scientific progression and development of Land.