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Land Template

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About the Land format

Land is a peer-reviewed journal published by MDPI, covering Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Green Space and Health, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management. Over its lifetime it has published 13,233 papers, which have received 153,256 citations.

PublisherMDPI
Reference styleNumbered (MDPI)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. Land 2023, 12, 45–58.

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Publishes research inLand Use and Ecosystem Services Urban Green Space and Health Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Urban Transport and Accessibility Remote Sensing in Agriculture
ISSN2073-445X
Citation impact (2-yr)3.66
h-index100
i10-index4,700
Article processing charge$2,165
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereChinese Academy of Sciences
Journal websitewww.mdpi.com
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Papers published in Land per year

59
2014
53
2015
49
2016
90
2017
165
2018
197
2019
559
2020
1.5K
2021
2.4K
2022
2.1K
2023
2.3K
2024
2.5K
2025

Citation impact of Land by publication year

1.5K
2014
1.3K
2015
1.3K
2016
3.4K
2017
6.8K
2018
6.2K
2019
17.7K
2020
30.9K
2021
36.6K
2022
22.5K
2023
14.1K
2024
6.1K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Land

Impact of Agrochemicals on Soil Microbiota and Management: A Review

Ram Swaroop Meena, Sandeep Kumar, Rahul Datta et al. · 23 Jan 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) states that in developing nations, there are three million cases of agrochemical poisoning. The prolonged intensive and indiscriminate use of agrochemicals adversely affected the soil biodiversity, agricultural sustainability, and food safety, bringing in long-term harmful effects on nutritional security, human and animal health. Most of the agrochemicals negatively affect soil…

Soil-Related Sustainable Development Goals: Four Concepts to Make Land Degradation Neutrality and Restoration Work

Saskia Keesstra, G. Mol, Jan de Leeuw et al. · 10 Nov 2018

In the effort to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to food, health, water, and climate, an increase in pressure on land is highly likely. To avoid further land degradation and promote land restoration, multifunctional use of land is needed within the boundaries of the soil-water system. In addition, awareness-raising, a change in stakeholders’…

A Bibliometric Analysis on Land Degradation: Current Status, Development, and Future Directions

Hualin Xie, Yanwei Zhang, Zhilong Wu et al. · 19 Jan 2020

Land degradation is a global issue receiving much attention currently. In order to objectively reveal the research situation of land degradation, bibliometrix and biblioshiny software packages have been used to conduct data mining and quantitative analysis on research papers in the fields of land degradation during 1990–2019 (data update time was 8 April 2019) in…

Decolonising Conservation Policy: How Colonial Land and Conservation Ideologies Persist and Perpetuate Indigenous Injustices at the Expense of the Environment

Lara Domínguez, Colin Luoma · 25 Feb 2020

The livelihoods of indigenous peoples, custodians of the world’s forests since time immemorial, were eroded as colonial powers claimed de jure control over their ancestral lands. The continuation of European land regimes in Africa and Asia meant that the withdrawal of colonial powers did not bring about a return to customary land tenure. Further, the…

Planning of Urban Green Spaces: An Ecological Perspective on Human Benefits

Teodoro Semeraro, Aurelia Scarano, Riccardo Buccolieri et al. · 22 Jan 2021

In the context of urban land-use growth and the consequent impacts on the environment, green spaces provide ecosystem services for human health. The ecosystem services concept synthesises human–environmental interactions through a series of combined components of biodiversity and abiotic elements, linking ecological processes and functions. The concept of green infrastructure (GI) in the urban context…

Land template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Land format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Land template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official MDPI format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Land use?
Land uses Numbered (MDPI) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. Land 2023, 12, 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Land?
No. DocuGuru generates the mdpi LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a MDPI-ready Land document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Land template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Land format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is Land?
Land - MDPI Journal. It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by MDPI.
Can I export a submission-ready Land PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Land template (the mdpi class) that is ready to submit to MDPI, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Land template cost?
You can start writing in the Land template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Land PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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