Recruiting Section Editors-in-Chief for Land

Land is currently recruiting Editors-in-Chief for the following sections:

“Soil–Sediment–Water Systems”;
“Land Environmental and Policy Impact Assessment”;
“Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus”;
“Land—Observation and Monitoring”.

Land (ISSN: 2073-445X, Impact Factor 3.398) is an international and cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access journal of land system science, landscape, soil–sediment–water systems, urban study, land–climate interactions, water–energy–land–food (WELF) nexus, biodiversity research and health nexus, land modelling and data processing, ecosystem services, and multifunctionality and sustainability etc., published monthly online by MDPI. The International Association for Landscape Ecology (IALE), European Land-use Institute (ELI), Landscape Institute (LI) and Urban Land Institute (ULI) are affiliated with Land, and their members receive a discount on the article processing charge.

The Section Editor-in-Chief is a leader in their particular field of research, and is responsible for maintaining the scientific quality of a particular section of a journal. The Section Editor-in-Chief is expected to oversee the growth and development of the journal Sections and its board members. The initial term is for 2 years, which entails the following:

Acting as an ambassador for the journal, MDPI and Open Access publishing;
Making scientific decisions about the scope of their Section;
Inviting distinguished scientists to join the Editorial Board;
Suggesting topics for Special Issues;
Providing support and guidance to Editorial Board Members and editorial staff when required;
Maintaining oversight of the editorial process for individual manuscripts in their Section (mainly by making the final decision regarding whether or not a paper can be published after peer-review and revisions);
Understanding, leading and upholding MDPI’s peer review guidelines and ethics guidelines.

To apply for this position (in one of our sections), recommend potential candidates, or request further information, please contact the Land Editorial Office (land@mdpi.com) with the following two files attached:

A full academic CV;
A short cover letter that details your interest and enthusiasm for the position.

Land Editorial Office