Landscape Ecology

Aims & Scope

Landscape Ecology is the flagship journal of a well-established and rapidly developing interdisciplinary science that focuses explicitly on the ecological understanding of spatial heterogeneity.

Landscape Ecology draws together expertise from both biophysical and socioeconomic sciences to explore basic and applied research questions concerning the ecology, conservation, management, design/planning, and sustainability of landscapes as coupled human-environment systems.

Landscape ecology studies are characterized by spatially explicit methods in which spatial attributes and arrangements of landscape elements are directly analyzed and related to ecological processes.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7
2024	4.00

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.329

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	158

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	2974

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3202

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Landscape sustainability science: ecosystem services and human well-being in changing landscapes

  Citation: 1202

  Authors: Jianguo

• Indices of landscape pattern

  Citation: 1145

  Authors: R. V., J. R., R. H., G., B., D. L., B. T., M. G., B., S. W., V. H., R. L.

• A factor analysis of landscape pattern and structure metrics

  Citation: 953

  Authors: K. H., R. V., C. T., J. D., D. H., S. P., K. B., B. L.

• Wetlands, carbon, and climate change

  Citation: 921

  Authors: William J., Blanca, Amanda M., Ãœlo, Li, Christopher J., Sven E., Hans

• Effects of changing scale on landscape pattern analysis: scaling relations

  Citation: 910

  Authors: Jianguo

• Estimating landscape resistance to movement: a review

  Citation: 829

  Authors: Katherine A., Kevin, Andrew R.

• Landscape division, splitting index, and effective mesh size: new measures of landscape fragmentation

  Citation: 781

  Authors: Jochen A.G.

• The shared landscape: what does aesthetics have to do with ecology?

  Citation: 748

  Authors: Paul H., Joan I., Terry C., Gary

• Effects of changing spatial scale on the analysis of landscape pattern

  Citation: 744

  Authors: Monica G., Robert V., Robert H., Bruce T.

• A gradient analysis of urban landscape pattern: a case study from the Phoenix metropolitan region, Arizona, USA

  Citation: 720

  Authors: Matthew, Jianguo

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