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. “Research on the Impact of Digital Agriculture Development on Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity”
by Xinxin Zhou, Tong Chen and Bangbang Zhang
Land 2023, 12(1), 195; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010195
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/1/195

2. “Environmental Forest Fire Danger Rating Systems and Indices around the Globe: A Review”
Ioannis Zacharakis and Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis
Land 2023, 12(1), 194; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010194
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/1/194

3. “Nature-Based Solutions Modeling and Cost-Benefit Analysis to Face Climate Change Risks in an Urban Area: The Case of Turin (Italy)”
by Anna Biasin, Mauro Masiero, Giulia Amato and Davide Pettenella
Land 2023, 12(2), 280; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020280
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/280

4. “Assessing Changes in Land Use/Land Cover and Ecological Risk to Conserve Protected Areas in Urban–Rural Contexts”
by Isabelle D. Wolf, Parvaneh Sobhani and Hassan Esmaeilzadeh
Land 2023, 12(1), 231; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010231
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/1/231

5. “Soil Water Erosion Modeling in Tunisia Using RUSLE and GIS Integrated Approaches and Geospatial Data”
by Mohamed Moncef Serbaji, Moncef Bouaziz and Okba Weslati
Land 2023, 12(3), 548; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030548
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/3/548

6. “The Configurational Structures of Social Spaces: Space Syntax and Urban Morphology in the Context of Analytical, Evidence-Based Design”
by Kayvan Karimi
Land 2023, 12(11), 2084; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12112084
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/11/2084

7. “Identifying Visual Quality of Rural Road Landscape Character by Using Public Preference and Heatmap Analysis in Sabak Bernam, Malaysia”
by Hangyu Gao, Shamsul Abu Bakar, Suhardi Maulan, Mohd Johari Mohd Yusof, Riyadh Mundher and Khalilah Zakariya
Land 2023, 12(7), 1440; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071440
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/7/1440

8. “Assessment and Forecast of Shoreline Change Using Geo-Spatial Techniques in the Gulf of California”
by Yedid Guadalupe Zambrano-Medina, Wenseslao Plata-Rocha, Sergio Alberto Monjardin-Armenta and Cuauhtémoc Franco-Ochoa
Land 2023, 12(4), 782; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040782
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/4/782

9. “Protection of Environmental and Natural Values of Urban Areas against Investment Pressure: A Case Study of Romania and Poland”
by Paulina Legutko-Kobus, Maciej Nowak, Alexandru-Ionut Petrisor, Dan Bărbulescu, Cerasella Craciun and Atena-Ioana Gârjoabă
Land 2023, 12(1), 245; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12010245
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/1/245

10. “Thematic Comparison between ESA WorldCover 2020 Land Cover Product and a National Land Use Land Cover Map”
by Diogo Duarte, Cidália Fonte, Hugo Costa and Mário Caetano
Land 2023, 12(2), 490; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020490
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/2/490