Announcements

Conference: 32nd International Cartographic Conference (ICC 2025)
Organization: Canadian Institute of Geomatics
Date: 17–22 Aug 2025
Location: Vancouver, Canada

The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the International Cartographic Conference is delighted to announce that the 32nd International Cartographic Conference is coming to Canada and will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 17 to 22 August 2025. The theme for this conference is “Mapping the Future: Innovation, Inclusion, and Sustainability,” and it will be hosted by the Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG). The conference aims to serve as a forum where delegates can gather insights on scientific advancements, exchange expertise, and connect with peers in their respective domains.

The following open access journals will be represented:

• IJGI;
• Remote Sensing;
• Geomatics;
• Land;
• Earth;
• Forests;
• Imaging;
• Geographies;
• Atmosphere;
• Hydrology;
• Drones;
• Heritage;
• Data;
• Urban Science;
• Sustainability.

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://icc2025.com/.

The International Day of the Tropics, observed on June 29, draws attention to the unique challenges faced by tropical regions, which cover 40% of the Earth’s surface and support nearly 80% of global biodiversity. This observance highlights the critical role tropical countries play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in combating climate change—a goal especially urgent for the Tropics due to rising sea levels, extreme weather, and ecosystem degradation threatening biodiversity, agriculture, and livelihoods.

To support awareness and research on these pressing issues, MDPI journals in the field of Environmental and Earth Sciences, such as Atmosphere, Climate, Conservation, Environments, Insects, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH), Land, Meteorology, and Wild, provide platforms for scientific collaboration and knowledge sharing, helping to advance solutions and build resilience in tropical regions.

“Recurrent Flooding and Household Food Access in Central Java, Indonesia”
by Breanne K. Langlois, Aris Ismanto, Leah Beaulac, Katherine Berry, Magaly Koch, Timothy Griffin, Erin Coughlan de Perez and Elena N. Naumova
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(10), 1370; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21101370

“Seasonal Ecophysiological Dynamics of Erythroxylum pauferrense in an Open Ombrophilous Forest of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest”
by João Everthon da Silva Ribeiro, Ester dos Santos Coêlho, Francisco Romário Andrade Figueiredo, Walter Esfrain Pereira, Thiago Jardelino Dias, Marlenildo Ferreira Melo, Lindomar Maria da Silveira, Aurélio Paes Barros Júnior and Manoel Bandeira de Albuquerque
Climate 2024, 12(9), 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli12090128

“Quantifying the Potential of the Tropical Dry Region of the Gulf of Mexico to Provide Tree Species with Traditional Uses for Forest-Reliant Communities”
by Natalia Mesa-Sierra, Patricia Moreno-Casasola and Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer
Wild 2024, 1(1), 1-16; https://doi.org/10.3390/wild1010001

“Tropical and Subtropical South American Intraseasonal Variability: A Normal-Mode Approach”
by André S. W. Teruya, Víctor C. Mayta, Breno Raphaldini, Pedro L. Silva Dias and Camila R. Sapucci
Meteorology 2024, 3(2), 141-160; https://doi.org/10.3390/meteorology3020007

“How Can Plants Help Restore Degraded Tropical Soils?”
by Renaud Massoukou Pamba, Vincent Poirier, Pamphile Nguema Ndoutoumou and Terence Epule Epule
Land 2023, 12(12), 2147; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122147

“Intercomparison of Different Sources of Precipitation Data in the Brazilian Legal Amazon”
by Fabrício Daniel dos Santos Silva, Claudia Priscila Wanzeler da Costa, Vânia dos Santos Franco, Helber Barros Gomes, Maria Cristina Lemos da Silva, Mário Henrique Guilherme dos Santos Vanderlei, Rafaela Lisboa Costa, Rodrigo Lins da Rocha Júnior, Jório Bezerra Cabral Júnior, Jean Souza dos Reis et al.
Climate 2023, 11(12), 241; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11120241

“Changing Characteristics of Tropical Extreme Precipitation–Cloud Regimes in Warmer Climates”
by William K. M. Lau, Kyu-Myong Kim, Bryce Harrop and L. Ruby Leung
Atmosphere 2023, 14(6), 995; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14060995

“A Connectivity Approach to Agricultural Diffuse Pollution in Tropical Montane Catchments Dominated by Swidden Landscapes”
by Luc Sandevoir, Laurent Lespez and Candide Lissak
Land 2023, 12(4), 784; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12040784

“Living in a Thermally Diverse Environment: Field Body Temperatures and Thermoregulation in Hermann’s Tortoise, Testudo hermanni, in Montenegro”
by Ana Vujović, Vladimir Pešić, Roger Meek
Conservation 2023, 3(1), 59-70; https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation3010005

“Detection of Arthropod-Borne Bacteria and Assessment of MALDI-TOF MS for the Identification of Field-Collected Immature Bed Bugs from Mauritania”
by Jacques Sevestre, Mohamed Aly Ould Lemrabott, Jean-Michel Bérenger, Adama Zan Diarra, Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary and Philippe Parola
Insects 2023, 14(1), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14010069

“Policies, Programs and Tools for Conservation and Sustainability in Tropical Landscapes” Guest Editors: Dr. Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva and Dr. James D.A. Millington Submission deadline: 22 October 2025	“Integrated Pest Management of Mosquitoes and Biting Flies” Guest Editors: Dr. Daniel L. Kline and Dr. Jerome A. Hogsette Submission deadline: 31 December 2025
“Perspectives in Tropical Climate Variability and Related Effects” Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Zhiping Wen, Prof. Dr. Xiuzhen Li and Dr. Yuanyuan Guo  Submission deadline: 31 December 2025	“Research on Global Health Economics and Policy” Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Abayomi Samuel Oyekale and Dr. Thonaeng Charity Molelekoa Submission deadline: 20 February 2026

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Land Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) Editorial Board and editorial team would also like to acknowledge the time and effort dedicated by reviewers in evaluating manuscripts submitted to this journal. It is due to their contributions that Land’s reputation for high quality and quick turnaround is maintained.

Prize:

• CHF 500;
• An electronic certificate;
• A chance to publish a paper (article/review) free of charge in Land in 2025 after peer review.

Winners:

• Dr. Carlos Balsas, Ulster University, UK;
• Prof. Dr. Richard Smardon, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, USA;
• Dr. Branislav Olah, Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia.

Land Editorial Office

Conference Name: The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2025
Organization: Royal Geographical Society
Date: 26–29 August 2025
Place: Birmingham, UK

We will attend the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2025, which will take place at the University of Birmingham, and online, from 26 to 29 August 2025.

The RGS-IBG Annual International Conference regularly attracts over 2,000 geographers from around the world. The Royal Geographical Society serves an exceptionally wide range of public and professional audiences, including their 16,000 members. The Conference will be chaired by Prof. Patricia Noxolo (University of Birmingham, UK), and focuses on the theme of “Geographies of Creativity/Creative Geographies”. With over 400 sessions, we will hear from Black influencers working creatively with geographical ideas; from researchers using dance and storytelling; and from Midlands-based artists who will discuss how their sense of place contributes to their work.

The following open access journals will be represented at the event:

• Land;
• IJGI;
• Sustainability;
• Conservation;
• Earth;
• Forests;
• Geographies;
• GeoHazards;
• Geomatics;
• Hydrology;
• Quaternary;
• Remote Sensing;
• Soil Systems;
• Urban Science;
• Climate.

If you plan on attending this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have!

For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference.

We are delighted to share some papers on fire danger and landscape ecology research that were published in our journal Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) in 2023 and 2024. In addition, some Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.

The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:

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

2. “Object- Versus Pixel-Based Unsupervised Fire Burn Scar Mapping under Different Biogeographical Conditions in Europe”
by Marta Milczarek, Sebastian Aleksandrowicz, Afroditi Kita, Rizos-Theodoros Chadoulis, Ioannis Manakos and Edyta Woźniak
Land 2023, 12(5), 1087; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051087
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051087

3. “An Enhanced Algorithm for Active Fire Detection in Croplands Using Landsat-8 OLI Data”
by Yizhu Jiang, Jinling Kong, Yanling Zhong, Qiutong Zhang and Jingya Zhang
Land 2023, 12(6), 1246; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12061246
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/6/1246

4. “Vegetation Fires in the Lubumbashi Charcoal Production Basin (The Democratic Republic of the Congo): Drivers, Extent and Spatiotemporal Dynamics”
by Yannick Useni Sikuzani, Médard Mpanda Mukenza, Héritier Khoji Muteya, Nadège Cirezi Cizungu, François Malaisse and Jan Bogaert
Land 2023, 12(12), 2171; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122171
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122171

5. ‘Mapping Firescapes for Wild and Prescribed Fire Management: A Landscape Classification Approach”
by Nicholas P. Gould, Lars Y. Pomara, Sandhya Nepal, Scott L. Goodrick and Danny C. Lee
Land 2023, 12(12), 2180; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122180
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2180

6. “A Geospatial Approach to Identify and Evaluate Ecological Restoration Sites in Post-Fire Landscapes”
by Stefanos Dosis, George P. Petropoulos and Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos
Land 2023, 12(12), 2183; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122183
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/12/12/2183

7. “How Mediterranean Ecosystem Deals with Wildfire Impact on Soil Ecosystem Services and Functions: A Review”
by Marcos Francos, Fernando Colino-Prieto and Carlos Sánchez-García
Land 2024, 13(4), 407; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040407
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/4/407

8. “Farm Household Vulnerability Due to Land and Forest Fire in Peatland Areas in South Sumatra”
by Muhammad Yazid, Dessy Adriani, Riswani and Dini Damayanthy
Land 2024, 13(5), 642; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13050642
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/5/642

9. “Exploring Drivers of Wildfires in Spain”
by Rasheed Akinleye Hammed, Gbenga Lawrence Alawode, Laura E. Montoya, Andrey Krasovskiy and Florian Kraxner
Land 2024, 13(6), 762; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13060762
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/6/762

10. “Urban Fire Risk Dynamics and Mitigation Strategies in Shanghai: Integrating Spatial Analysis and Game Theory”
by Manqing Yao, Deshun Zhang, Yingying Chen, Yujia Liu and Mohamed Elsadek
Land 2024, 13(8), 1125; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13081125
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/8/1125

11. “Through Smoke to Policy: Framing the EU Forest Fire Policy Landscape”
by Filip Aggestam
Land 2024, 13(9), 1450; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091450
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/9/1450

12. “Fire Detection with Deep Learning: A Comprehensive Review”
by Rodrigo N. Vasconcelos, Washington J. S. Franca Rocha, Diego P. Costa, Soltan G. Duverger, Mariana M. M. de Santana, Elaine C. B. Cambui, Jefferson Ferreira-Ferreira, Mariana Oliveira, Leonardo da Silva Barbosa and Carlos Leandro Cordeiro
Land 2024, 13(10), 1696; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101696
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101696

13. “Continuous Monitoring of Soil Respiration After a Prescribed Fire: Seasonal Variations in CO₂ Efflux”
by María C. Romero-Toribio, Elena Angulo, Ramón C. Soriguer, Javier Madrigal, Francisco Senra-Rivero, Xim Cerdá and Joaquín Cobos
Land 2024, 13(10), 1706; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101706
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101706

14. “Comparative Study of Random Forest and Support Vector Machine for Land Cover Classification and Post-Wildfire Change Detection”
by Yan-Cheng Tan, Lia Duarte and Ana Cláudia Teodoro
Land 2024, 13(11), 1878; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13111878
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land13111878

15. “Assessing the Post-Fire Recovery of Mined-Under Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone”
by Monia Anzooman, Phill B. McKenna, Natasha Ufer, Thomas Baumgartl, Neil McIntyre and Mandana Shaygan
Land 2024, 13(12), 2253; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122253
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2253

Special Issues:
“Postfire Runoff and Erosion in Forests: Assessment and Management”
Guest Editors: Misagh Parhizkar and Pietro Denisi
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025

“Forest Ecosystems Under Climate Pressure: Protection, Fire Management and Socio-Economic Dimensions”
Guest Editors: Olga Christopoulou, Stergios Tampekis, Stavros Sakellariou and Fani Samara
Submission deadline: 31 October 2025

“Land Use, Heritage and Ecosystem Services”
Guest Editors: Gustavo Ballesteros-Pelegrín, Carlos Sánchez-García, Marcos Francos and Daniel Ibarra Marinas
Submission deadline: 30 November 2025

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Land 2023 Best Paper Award. All papers published from 1 January to 31 December 2023 in Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation conducted by the Award Committee of the Editorial Board, based on the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, six winners were selected.

Article:

First Prize: CHF 500, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper (article/review) free of charge in Land in 2025 after peer review.

“A Decision Support Tool for Green Infrastructure Planning in the Face of Rapid Urbanization”
by Peta Brom, Kristine Engemann, Christina Breed, Maya Pasgaard, Titilope Onaolapo and Jens-Christian Svenning
Land 2023, 12(2), 415; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020415

Second Prize: CHF 300, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper (article/review) free of charge in Land in 2025 after peer review.

“Urban Heat Island Mitigation and Urban Green Spaces: Testing a Model in the City of Padova (Italy)”
by Paolo Semenzato and Lucia Bortolini
Land 2023, 12(2), 476; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020476

Third Prize: An electronic certificate and a chance to publish a paper (article/review) free of charge in Land in 2025 after peer review.

“Unraveling the European Agricultural Policy Sustainable Development Trajectory”
by Yannis E. Doukas, Luca Salvati and Ioannis Vardopoulos
Land 2023, 12(9), 1749; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12091749

Review:

First Prize: CHF 600, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper (article/review) free of charge in Land in 2025 after peer review.

“How Can Plants Help Restore Degraded Tropical Soils?”
by Renaud Massoukou Pamba, Vincent Poirier, Pamphile Nguema Ndoutoumou and Terence Epule Epule
Land 2023, 12(12), 2147; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12122147

Second Prize: CHF 400, an electronic certificate, and a chance to publish a paper (article/review) free of charge in Land in 2025 after peer review.

“Land Use Planning and Green Environment Services: The Contribution of Trail Paths to Sustainable Development”
by Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos
Land 2023, 12(5), 1041; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12051041

“Remote Sensing and Invasive Plants in Coastal Ecosystems: What We Know So Far and Future Prospects”
by Priscila Villalobos Perna, Mirko Di Febbraro, Maria Laura Carranza, Flavio Marzialetti and Michele Innangi
Land 2023, 12(2), 341; https://doi.org/10.3390/land12020341

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Land Best Paper Award. We would also like to thank all of our authors for their continued support of the journal and the Award Committee for voting and providing help with this award.

Land Editorial Office

MDPI will be attending the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America 2025, which will be held in Baltimore, MD, USA, from 10 to 15 August 2025.

The Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America invites all ecologists to come together and share new knowledge, learn from one another, meet old friends and make new ones, and grow professionally. This year’s meeting will emphasize society’s mission of supporting ecologists throughout their careers. The emphasis recognizes the need for us to continually invest in all the people who advance the science and practice of ecology. Among many other aspects of professional development, we are planning programming and inviting contributions that consider the transformational potential of effective mentorship.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Diversity;
• Forests;
• Sustainability;
• Ecologies;
• Land;
• Plants;
• Hydrology;
• Earth.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth at #201. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have. For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://www.esa.org/baltimore2025/.

Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) is recruiting the Section Editor-in-Chief for the Section “Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus”.

Land is an international and 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, 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 discounts on the article processing charges.

Section Editors-in-Chief are leaders in their particular field, and are responsible for ensuring 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 their Board Members. The initial term for this position is 2 years, and it entails the following roles:

• 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 a paper can be published after undergoing peer review and revisions);
• Understanding, leading and upholding MDPI’s peer review guidelines and ethics guidelines.

If you are interested in becoming an Editor-in-Chief for this Section of Land, recommending potential candidates, or requesting 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.

We look forward to the opportunity to work with you.

Land Editorial Office

We are delighted to announce that Issue 5, Volume 14 of Land (ISSN: 2073-445X), was released in May 2025. The following is a list of articles which we believe will be of interest to you:

Cover Story:

Section “Land Systems and Global Change”:
“Leakage Effects from Reforestation: Estimating the Impact of Agricultural Displacement for Carbon Markets”
by Daniel S. Silva and Samia Nunes
Land 2025, 14(5), 963; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050963
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/963

Section “Landscape Ecology”:
“A Broader View of Conservation: Mapping Nature and Culture of Working Lands in the Texas Hill Country”
by Joanna Weathersby and Jason P. Julian
Land 2025, 14(5), 991; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050991
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050991

Section “Land, Soil and Water”:
“The EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL) and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP): State of the Art and Future Challenges for Italian Water Resources”
by Antonio Manzoni, Manal Hamam, Giulia Pastorelli, Luigi Servadei, Silvia Chiappini, Alessandra Pesce, Serena Tarangioli and Raffaella Pergamo
Land 2025, 14(5), 987; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050987
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/987

Section “Land Socio-Economic and Political Issues”:
“Resisting Racism and Marginalization: Migrant Women’s Agency in Urban Transformation in Los Pajaritos Neighbourhood”
by Rocío López-Montero and Antonio Sianes
Land 2025, 14(5), 950; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050950
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/950

Section “Urban Contexts and Urban-Rural Interactions”:
“Enhancing Urban Resilience: Stormwater Retention and Evapotranspiration Performance of Green Roofs Under Extreme Rainfall Events”
by Marc Breulmann, Amelie Merbach, Katy Bernhard and Lucie Moeller
Land 2025, 14(5), 977; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050977
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/977

Section “Land–Climate Interactions”:
“A New Perspective on Blue–Green Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation in Urbanized Areas: A Soil-Pipe System as a Multifunctional Solution”
by Henrike Walther, Christoph Bennerscheidt, Dirk Jan Boudeling, Markus Streckenbach, Felix Simon, Christoph Mudersbach, Saphira Schnaut, Mark Oelmann and Markus Quirmbach
Land 2025, 14(5), 1065; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051065
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051065

Section “Landscape Archaeology”:
“Environmental Challenges and Vanishing Archaeological Landscapes: Remotely Sensed Insights into the Climate–Water–Agriculture–Heritage Nexus in Southern Iraq”
by Francesca Cigna, Louise Rayne, Jennifer L. Makovics, Hope K. Irvine, Jaafar Jotheri, Abdulameer Algabri and Deodato Tapete
Land 2025, 14(5), 1013; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051013
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/1013

Section “Land, Biodiversity, and Human Wellbeing”:
“Interseeded Native Forbs Resilient Under Variable Grazing Regimen”
by Jessica L. Prigge, Jonathan D. Richwine, Eric Bisangwa and Patrick D. Keyser
Land 2025, 14(5), 989; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050989
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/989

Section “Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability”:
“Understory Forage Quality for Grazing Animals in Chilean Patagonian Forests”
by Thomas Brisard, Amelie Brisard, Mónica D. R. Toro-Manríquez, Soraya Villagrán Chacón, Pablo Jesús Marín-García, Lola Llobat, Guillermo Martínez Pastur, Sabina Miguel Maluenda and Alejandro Huertas Herrera
Land 2025, 14(5), 1081; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051081
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/1081

Section “Land Innovations – Data and Machine Learning”:
“Spatiotemporal Landslide Monitoring in Complex Environments Using Radiative Transfer Model and SBAS-InSAR Technology”
by Bing Wang, Li He, Zhengwei He, Yongze Song, Rui Qu, Jiao Hu, Zhifei Wang and Zehua Zhang
Land 2025, 14(5), 956; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050956
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land14050956

Section “Water, Energy, Land and Food (WELF) Nexus”:
“A Machine Learning Approach to Generate High-Resolution Maps of Irrigated Olive Groves”
by Rosa Gutiérrez-Cabrera, Ana M. Tarquis and Javier Borondo
Land 2025, 14(5), 1001; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051001
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/1001

Section “Land – Observation and Monitoring”:
“Monitoring Fast-Growing Megacities in Emerging Countries Through the PS-InSAR Technique: The Case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia”
by Eyasu Alemu and Mario Floris
Land 2025, 14(5), 1020; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051020
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/1020

Section “Land Planning and Landscape Architecture”:
“Assessing Fine-Scale Urban Green and Blue Infrastructure Change in Manchester, UK: A Spatiotemporal Analysis Framework to Support Environmental Land Use Management”
by Fraser Baker, Graham Smith, Stuart Marsden and Gina Cavan
Land 2025, 14(5), 1077; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051077
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051077

General:
“The Background of the Gioconda: Geomorphological and Historical Data from the Montefeltro Area (Tuscan–Emilian Apennines, Central Italy)”
by Olivia Nesci, Rosetta Borchia, Giulio Pappafico and Laura Valentini
Land 2025, 14(5), 1007; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051007
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/5/1007

“Current Status of Acid Soils Under Different Landform Types in an Expanding Equatorial Agricultural Region”
by Juan David Mahecha-Pulido, Juan Manuel Trujillo-González, Marco Aurelio Torres-Mora, Francisco J. García-Navarro and Raimundo Jiménez-Ballesta
Land 2025, 14(5), 1073; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051073
Available online: https://doi.org/10.3390/land14051073

We are pleased to share that Land (ISSN: 2073-445X) has received an increased CiteScore of 5.9 in June 2025. The CiteScore ranks the journal 36 out of 222 titles (Q1) in the “Nature and Landscape Conservation” category, and 85 out of 481 titles (Q1) in the “Ecology” category, an impressive achievement for a journal running in Volume 14.

You can find more statistics on our website.

The current CiteScores measure the average number of citations within a journal over a four-year window (2021–2024). The Scopus database provides a comprehensive suite of metrics that support informed publishing strategies, research evaluation and enable benchmarking of journal performance.

This achievement reflects the collective efforts of our authors, reviewers, and editors. Together we will continue to track the progress of Land and its growing impact in land system science.