It is our honor to present some highly cited papers published by Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2024. 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. “Spatiotemporal Evolution and Mechanisms of Habitat Quality in Nature Reserve Land: A Case Study of 18 Nature Reserves in Hubei Province”
by Ying Lin, Xian Zhang, He Zhu and Runtian Li
Land 2024, 13(3), 363; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030363
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/363

2. “Impacts of Land Use Conversion on Soil Erosion in the Urban Agglomeration on the Northern Slopes of the Tianshan Mountains”
by Ziqi Guo, Zhaojin Yan, Rong He, Hui Yang, Hui Ci and Ran Wang
Land 2024, 13(4), 550; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040550
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/4/550

3. “Ecosystem Services Supply from Peri-Urban Watersheds in Greece: Soil Conservation and Water Retention”
by Stefanos Stefanidis, Nikolaos Proutsos, Vasileios Alexandridis and Giorgos Mallinis
Land 2024, 13(6), 765; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060765
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/6/765

4. “Urban Echoes: Exploring the Dynamic Realities of Cities through Digital Twins”
by Piero Boccardo, Luigi La Riccia and Yogender Yadav
Land 2024, 13(5), 635; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050635
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/635

5. “The Role of Green Infrastructure in Providing Urban Ecosystem Services: Insights from a Bibliometric Perspective”
by Milena V. Sokolova, Brian D. Fath, Umberto Grande, Elvira Buonocore and Pier Paolo Franzese
Land 2024, 13(10), 1664; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101664
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/10/1664

6. “European Permanent Grasslands: A Systematic Review of Economic Drivers of Change, Including a Detailed Analysis of the Czech Republic, Spain, Sweden, and UK”
by John Elliott, Sophie Tindale, Samantha Outhwaite, Fiona Nicholson, Paul Newell-Price, Novieta H. Sari, Erik Hunter, Pedro Sánchez-Zamora, Shan Jin, Rosa Gallardo-Cobos et al.
Land 2024, 13(1), 116; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010116
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/1/116

7. “Tillage and Straw Management Practices Influences Soil Nutrient Distribution: A Case Study from North-Eastern Romania”
by Anca Elena Calistru, Feodor Filipov, Irina Gabriela Cara, Marius Cioboată, Denis Țopa and Gerard Jităreanu
Land 2024, 13(5), 625; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050625
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/625

8. “Contribution of Rare Earth Elements Is Key to the Economy of the Future”
by Juan-Ramón Cuadros-Muñoz, Juan-Antonio Jimber-del-Río, Rafael Sorhegui-Ortega, Michelle Zea-De la Torre and Arnaldo Vergara-Romero
Land 2024, 13(8), 1220; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081220
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/8/1220

9. “Impact of Land-Use Changes on Climate Change Mitigation Goals: The Case of Lithuania”
by Renata Dagiliūtė and Vaiva Kazanavičiūtė
Land 2024, 13(2), 131; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020131
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/131

10. “Integration of Climate Change Strategies into Policy and Planning for Regional Development: A Case Study of Greece”
by Stavros Kalogiannidis, Dimitrios Kalfas, Olympia Papaevangelou, Fotios Chatzitheodoridis, Katerina-Navsika Katsetsiadou and Efthymios Lekkas
Land 2024, 13(3), 268; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13030268
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/3/268