Land

Top Research Topics at Land?

The journal primarily focuses on research topics in Land use, Agriculture, Environmental planning, Environmental resource management and Land cover. Issues in Land use were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Urbanization and Physical geography. The Urbanization study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of China.

The work on Agriculture tackled in it brings together disciplines like Agroforestry and Agricultural economics. The journal facilitates discussions on Environmental planning that incorporate concepts from other fields like Sustainability, Urban planning and Sustainable development. Environmental resource management study tackled is connected to the field of Ecosystem services.

The research on Ecosystem services discussed in it draws on the closely related field of Biodiversity. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Land cover as it also encompasses Vegetation.

• Land use (24.19%)
• Agriculture (15.24%)
• Environmental planning (13.73%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Soil-related sustainable development goals: Four concepts to make land degradation neutrality and restoration work (297 citations)
• Impact of Agrochemicals on Soil Microbiota and Management: A Review (136 citations)
• Linking Land Cover Data and Crop Yields for Mapping and Assessment of Pollination Services in Europe (76 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Land:

The most cited articles are organized to reinforce research efforts on Land use, Agriculture, Land cover, Environmental resource management and Agroforestry. The published articles with studies in Land use featured incorporate elements of Hydrology, Urbanization and Physical geography. The Environmental resource management research presented in the journal articles focuses mostly on Biodiversity and, on occasion, topics in Ecosystem.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Land (based on the number of publications) are:

• Walter Timo de Vries (18 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• Meine van Noordwijk (15 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• Luca Salvati (11 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
• Hualin Xie (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Frank Vanclay (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Land (based on the number of publications) are:

• Michigan State University (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Brawijaya (6 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
• James Hutton Institute (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of Sydney (5 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
• Utrecht University (5 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 94.68% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 22.41% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.90% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.69% of all publications and 50.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.