It is our honor to present some highly cited papers published by Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2023. We would like to acknowledge the hardworking individuals and teams whose work inspires fellow researchers and influences the field of land system science. We invite you to read the outstanding works listed below:

1. “U-Net-LSTM: Time Series-Enhanced Lake Boundary Prediction Model”
by Lirong Yin, Lei Wang, Tingqiao Li, Siyu Lu, Jiawei Tian, Zhengtong Yin, Xiaolu Li and Wenfeng Zheng
Land 2023, 12(10), 1859; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101859
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/10/1859

2. “The Use of biochar in the Remediation of Pb, Cd, and Cu-Contaminated Soils. The Impact of biochar Feedstock and Preparation Conditions on Its Remediation Capacity”
by Theodora Bousdra, Sotiria G. Papadimou and Evangelia E. Golia
Land 2023, 12(2), 383; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020383
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/383

3. “Merging Green and Active Transportation Infrastructure towards an Equitable Accessibility to Green Areas: Barcelona Green Axes”
by Francesc Magrinyà, Josep Mercadé-Aloy and Borja Ruiz-Apilánez
Land 2023, 12(4), 919; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040919
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/4/919

4. “Carbon Pool Dynamic and Soil Microbial Respiration Affected by Land Use Alteration: A Case Study in Humid Subtropical Area”
by Mohammad Ghorbani, Elnaz Amirahmadi, Petr Konvalina, Jan Moudrý, Marek Kopecký and Trong Nghia Hoang
Land 2023, 12(2), 459; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020459
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/459

5. “Residents’ Satisfaction with Green Spaces and Daily Life in Small Urban Settings: Romanian Perspectives”
by Mariana Cernicova-Buca, Vasile Gherheș and Ciprian Obrad
Land 2023, 12(3), 689; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030689
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/3/689

6. “Analysis of Conditioning Factors in Cuenca, Ecuador, for Landslide Susceptibility Maps Generation Employing Machine Learning Methods”
by Esteban Bravo-López, Tomás Fernández Del Castillo, Chester Sellers and Jorge Delgado-García
Land 2023, 12(6), 1135; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061135
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/6/1135

7. “Machine Learning-Based Assessment of Watershed Morphometry in Makran”
by Reza Derakhshani, Mojtaba Zaresefat, Vahid Nikpeyman, Amin GhasemiNejad, Shahram Shafieibafti, Ahmad Rashidi, Majid Nemati and Amir Raoof
Land 2023, 12(4), 776; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040776
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/4/776

8. “Creative Tourism in Islands and Regional Sustainable Development: What Can We Learn from the Pilot Projects Implemented in the Azores Territory?”
by Rui Alexandre Castanho, Carlos Santos and Gualter Couto
Land 2023, 12(2), 498; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020498
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/498

9. “Building a Community’s Adaptive Capacity for Post-Mining Plans Based on Important Performance Analysis: Case Study from Indonesia”
by Agung Dwi Sutrisno, Yun-Ju Chen, I Wayan Koko Suryawan and Chun-Hung Lee
Land 2023, 12(7), 1285; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071285
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/7/1285

10. “Defining and Regulating Peri-Urban Areas through a Landscape Planning Approach: The Case Study of Turin Metropolitan Area (Italy)”
by Enrico Gottero, Federica Larcher and Claudia Cassatella
Land 2023, 12(1), 217; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010217
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/1/217