It is our honor to present the most highly cited papers published by Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2022. We would like to acknowledge the hardworking individuals and teams whose work inspires fellow researchers and influences the field of drone science. We invite you to read the outstanding works listed below:

1. “Forecasting Urban Land Use Change Based on Cellular Automata and the PLUS Model”
by Linfeng Xu, Xuan Liu, De Tong, Zhixin Liu, Lirong Yin and Wenfeng Zheng
Land 2022, 11(5), 652; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050652
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/5/652

2. “Managing Land Carrying Capacity: Key to Achieving Sustainable Production Systems for Food Security”
by Xiukang Wang
Land 2022, 11(4), 484; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11040484
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/4/484

3. “Spatiotemporal Variation in Land Use Land Cover in the Response to Local Climate Change Using Multispectral Remote Sensing Data”
by Sajjad Hussain, Linlin Lu, Muhammad Mubeen, Wajid Nasim, Shankar Karuppannan, Shah Fahad, Aqil Tariq, B. G. Mousa, Faisal Mumtaz and Muhammad Aslam
Land 2022, 11(5), 595; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11050595
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/5/595

4. “Impact of Power on Uneven Development: Evaluating Built-Up Area Changes in Chengdu Based on NPP-VIIRS Images (2015–2019)”
by Long Liu, Zhichao Li, Xinyi Fu, Xuan Liu, Zehao Li and Wenfeng Zheng
Land 2022, 11(4), 489; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11040489
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/4/489

5. “Spatiotemporal Change Analysis and Prediction of Future Land Use and Land Cover Changes Using QGIS MOLUSCE Plugin and Remote Sensing Big Data: A Case Study of Linyi, China”
by Rizwan Muhammad, Wenyin Zhang, Zaheer Abbas, Feng Guo and Luc Gwiazdzinski
Land 2022, 11(3), 419; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11030419
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/3/419

6. “Combining MSPA-MCR Model to Evaluate the Ecological Network in Wuhan, China”
by Chunguang Hu, Ziyi Wang, Yu Wang, Dongqi Sun and Jingxiang Zhang
Land 2022, 11(2), 213; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020213
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/2/213

7. “Factors Affecting Wetland Loss: A Review”
by Gastón Antonio Ballut-Dajud, Luis Carlos Sandoval Herazo, Gregorio Fernández-Lambert, José Luis Marín-Muñiz, María Cristina López Méndez and Erick Arturo Betanzo-Torres
Land 2022, 11(3), 434; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11030434
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/3/434

8. “The Effect of Land Use and Land Cover Changes on Flood Occurrence in Teunom Watershed, Aceh Jaya”
by Sugianto Sugianto, Anwar Deli, Edy Miswar, Muhammad Rusdi and Muhammad Irham
Land 2022, 11(8), 1271; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081271
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/8/1271

9. “A Review on the Overall Optimization of Production–Living–Ecological Space: Theoretical Basis and Conceptual Framework”
by by Gang Lin, Dong Jiang, Jingying Fu and Yi Zhao
Land 2022, 11(3), 345; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11030345
Available online: https://mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/3/345

10. “How Land Finance Drives Urban Expansion under Fiscal Pressure: Evidence from Chinese Cities”
by De Tong, Jun Chu, Qing Han and Xuan Liu
Land 2022, 11(2), 253; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020253
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/2/253