Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) is an international, cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal on land system science, landscape, soil and water, urban study, land–climate interactions, water–energy–land–food (WELF) nexus, biodiversity research and health nexus, land modelling and data processing, ecosystem services, multifunctionality and sustainability, and is published monthly online by MDPI. More information about the journal is available at the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land.

To collect more high-quality manuscripts related to land system science, the Editorial Office invites outstanding scholars to serve as Guest Editors for these hot topics, thereby disseminating new research findings to the academic community.

The following 10 new Special Issues, published in Land, are open for new paper submissions.

For more details and to submit manuscripts, please visit the links below:

“Digital Technologies and Ecological Modelling for Land Risk Monitoring and Prediction”
Guest Editors: Li Tan and Antonio Miguel Martínez-Graña
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/W0WHQZ2S1M

“Rural–Urban Gradients: Landscape and Nature Conservation (Third Edition)”
Guest Editors: María Schmitz and Cecilia Arnaiz Schmitz
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/J8OP8K3N14

“Earth Observation and Intelligent Methods for Land System Changes”
Guest Editors: Luka Rumora, Mario Miler and Damir Medak
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/886HMI5CT4

“The Role of Cultural Heritage in Land Planning and Urban Regeneration for Sustainable Development”
Guest Editors: Pasquale De Toro, Francesca Nocca, Martina Bosone and Francesca Buglione
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/46KXWB64LF

“Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes: Genesis, Preservation and Regeneration”
Guest Editors: Filippo Brandolini, Angelo Gurgel, Assunta Florenzano, Sam Turner and Abel Ruiz-Giralt
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/0ZMYFVAWF2

“Feature Papers for “Land, Soil and Water” Section, 2nd Edition”
Guest Editor: Nick B. Comerford
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 September 2026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/UQ286K8FQ6

“Digital Transformation of Land Consolidation: Geospatial Technologies for Sustainable Land Administration”
Guest Editors: Arkadiusz Doroż and Jaroslaw Janus
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/8KP41N01H4

“Global Change and Vulnerable Land Ecosystems: Integrated Vegetation–Hydrology–Climate Responses and Policy Implications for Sustainable Land Governance”
Guest Editors: Panxing He, Jianhua Xiao, Haijun Deng and Jiejie Sun
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 November 2026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/Z53G1BL599

“New Insights into Ecosystem Services in a Changing Environment: Novel Ecosystems, New Beginnings”
Guest Editors: Gabriela Woźniak, Agnieszka Hutniczak, Roman Dychkovskyi and Jawdat Bakr
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2027
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/K518LKNBFK

“Nature-Based Solutions in Landscape Planning”
Guest Editors: Selma B. Pena, Francesca Poggi and Onumpai Samkhuntod
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/FC68ND00F4