Land
ISSN 2073-445x · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland · active 1974–2026
Metrics
- Best Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 4.0
- SJR
- 0.775
- h-index
- 103
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Land is Q1 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q1.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Nature and Landscape Conservation | Q1 | #45 of 230 |
| Ecology | Q1 | #114 of 496 |
| Global and Planetary Change | Q2 | #62 of 126 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 3.77
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 2,442
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Land is Q1 in 2 of its 3 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Nature and Landscape Conservation: Q1, #45 of 230), with SJR 0.775 (Scimago) and an h-index of 103 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Responding time
- Submission to first decision
- 16 days (median)Publisher-reported
- Submission to acceptance
- 35 days (median)Estimated from our library (264 papers)
- Acceptance to publication
- 3 days (median)Publisher-reported
- Submission to publication
- 40 days (median)Estimated from our library (264 papers)
Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.
Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Land a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Land. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Land indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Land appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Land?
Papers in Land are cited about 4.0 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 103. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Land (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Land is Q1 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. By category: Nature and Landscape Conservation: Q1, #45 of 230; Ecology: Q1, #114 of 496; Global and Planetary Change: Q2, #62 of 126. Its best category quartile is Q1. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Land is cited about 4.0 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 103.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Land?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Land. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q1 in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 1 other category, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Land open access?
Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
How long does Land take to publish a paper?
Submission to first decision for Land takes about 16 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Land.
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