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title: "Land Use Policy: citation impact and most-cited papers"
description: "Land Use Policy has a 2-year mean citedness of 7.58 and an h-index of 212 in OpenAlex, #6 of 120 tracked economics journals by citedness. In 2025 it published 367 papers, and its papers received 44,009 citations."
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share_text: "Land Use Policy has a 2-year mean citedness of 7.58 and an h-index of 212 in OpenAlex, #6 of 120 tracked economics journals by citedness. In 2025 it published 367 papers, and its papers received 44,009 citations. (as of 2026-10-31)"
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# Land Use Policy

- 11 papers in the last 7 days
- category: Economics
- publisher: Elsevier BV
- ISSN 0264-8377
- Journal website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/land-use-policy
- ISSN portal: https://portal.issn.org/resource/ISSN/0264-8377
- OpenAlex: https://openalex.org/S80485027

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md

## Key findings

- Land Use Policy has a 2-year mean citedness of 7.58 and an h-index of 212 in OpenAlex, #6 of 120 tracked economics journals by citedness.
- In 2025 it published 367 papers, and its papers received 44,009 citations.
- Land Use Policy published 34 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31), ranking #17 of 400 journals.
- Leading institutions: Sun Yat-sen University (3), University of Oxford (2) and University of Nottingham (2).
- Countries: China (15), United Kingdom (6) and Italy (4).
- 44% of the papers Land Use Policy published in 2023–2025 are open access in OpenAlex (hybrid 36%, bronze 3% and green 6%), #90 of 123 tracked economics journals by open-access share.
- From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, Land Use Policy published 1,167 papers (32 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “land use change” (107), “China” (96) and “food security” (66).

## Citation metrics

*Citation metrics (OpenAlex)*

| Metric | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2-year mean citedness | 7.58 |
| h-index | 212 |
| i10-index | 6,246 |
| Papers in OpenAlex | 8,734 |
| Citations in OpenAlex | 378,202 |
| Rank among tracked economics journals | [#6 of 120](https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journal-metrics/economics.md) |

*Papers per year and the citations the journal's papers received that year (OpenAlex)*

| Year | Papers | Citations received |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 417 | 34,305 |
| 2025 | 367 | 44,009 |
| 2024 | 345 | 44,764 |
| 2023 | 425 | 43,595 |
| 2022 | 493 | 42,012 |
| 2021 | 617 | 35,710 |
| 2020 | 742 | 27,970 |
| 2019 | 612 | 20,096 |
| 2018 | 689 | 16,638 |
| 2017 | 577 | 12,430 |
| 2016 | 441 | 10,166 |

2-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's count of citations per paper a journal published in the two previous years, an open counterpart to the journal impact factor (which counts only Web of Science citations); the h-index and i10-index cover all its papers. The figures come from OpenAlex (CC0) and are read again monthly.

Official metrics such as the Journal Impact Factor (Clarivate) and CiteScore (Scopus) are licensed by their owners and not copied here; the publisher shows them on the journal's website. Journal website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/land-use-policy

## The last 36 months

*Papers by publication date, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| Oct 23–Sep 24 | Oct 24–Sep 25 | Oct 25–Sep 26 | 36 months |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 364 | 321 | 482 | 1,167 |

*Most frequent keywords, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | land use change | 107 |
| 2 | [China](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/china.md) | 96 |
| 3 | food security | 66 |
| 4 | urbanization | 62 |
| 5 | land use planning | 56 |
| 6 | ecosystem services | 55 |
| 7 | climate change adaptation | 51 |
| 8 | land tenure | 46 |
| 9 | urban expansion | 45 |
| 10 | land governance | 42 |

## Open access

*Papers per year by open-access status (OpenAlex)*

| Year | Papers | Open access | Diamond | Gold | Hybrid | Bronze | Green | Closed |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2017 | 577 | 33% | 0% | 0% | 7% | 7% | 19% | 67% |
| 2018 | 689 | 34% | 0% | 0% | 9% | 7% | 18% | 66% |
| 2019 | 612 | 30% | 0% | 0% | 10% | 7% | 13% | 70% |
| 2020 | 742 | 32% | 0% | 0% | 12% | 6% | 14% | 68% |
| 2021 | 617 | 35% | 0% | 0% | 19% | 6% | 10% | 65% |
| 2022 | 493 | 38% | 0% | 0% | 24% | 5% | 9% | 62% |
| 2023 | 425 | 48% | 0% | 0% | 35% | 6% | 7% | 52% |
| 2024 | 345 | 44% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 1% | 7% | 56% |
| 2025 | 353 | 40% | 0% | 0% | 36% | 1% | 3% | 60% |
| 2026 (so far) | 417 | 42% | 0% | 0% | 34% | 6% | 2% | 58% |

Open-access status as OpenAlex reports it for each paper (diamond: published in an open-access journal that charges authors no fee; gold: published in an open-access journal; hybrid: open under a licence in a subscription journal; bronze: free to read on the publisher's site without an open licence; green: only a free copy in a repository; closed: no free copy found). Papers count by publication year; the share is of the papers whose status is known.

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-29 | [Land consolidation in the context of linear infrastructure projects: Adverse outcomes from southern Poland](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108400) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Jarosław Taszakowski, Arkadiusz Doroż, Piotr Bożek et al. |  |
| 2026-10-29 | [Effects, spatio-temporal evolution, chain transmission mechanism and precision governance of farmland resource curse in China: Based on Farmland Resource Curse Index and multi-scale raster data with causal identification](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108380) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Renyi Yang, Yu Liu, Yongdong Zhang et al. |  |
| 2026-10-28 | [Financial and economic performance of coconut plantation rejuvenation assisted by engineered wood products: A Fijian case study](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108381) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Tyron J. Venn, Jack W. Dorries, Sefanaia Tawake et al. | The University of Queensland; University of the South Pacific; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries |
| 2026-10-28 | [German farmers' preferences for peatland rewetting schemes: Autonomy, flexibility and institutional trust](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108407) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Marius Michels, Oliver Mußhoff | University of Göttingen; Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 2026-10-27 | [Global soybean markets and land-use emissions: Evidence from the China–Brazil soybean trade relationship](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108394) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Matheus Koengkan, José Alberto Fuinhas, Zakir Khan et al. | Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária; University of Coimbra; National Yunlin University of Science and Technology; … |
| 2026-10-27 | [The land use challenge in the United Kingdom: Finding space for food production and biodiversity](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108391) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Dustin Benton, Michael Winter, H. Charles J. Godfray | University of Exeter; University of Oxford |
| 2026-10-26 | [Integrating logistics into urban land use planning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108397) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Bruno Reges Almeida de Brito, Carlos David Pedrosa Pinheiro, Bruno Vieira Bertoncini | Universidade Federal do Ceará; Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará |
| 2026-10-26 | [Regional heterogeneity in land use conflicts in an emerging economy: Evidence from Vietnam](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108395) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Guanfeng Li, Yutian Liang, Weihuan Deng et al. | Sun Yat-sen University; Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development |
| 2026-10-26 | [Spatiotemporal characteristics and driving forces of carbon emissions during the period 2011–2020: Empirical evidence from the nineteen urban agglomerations of China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108401) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Shizhuang Zhang, J. Si, Lin Zhang et al. | Ocean University of China; Xi'an University of Technology; University of International Business and Economics; … |
| 2026-10-26 | [Peatland vulnerability to agricultural expansion: Conversion risk, inactivity, and carbon loss](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108393) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Hongyu Wang, Feng Qiu, Wei Zhou | University of Alberta; China University of Geosciences (Beijing) |
| 2026-10-26 | [Balancing urbanization, climate change, and biodiversity conservation with nature-based solutions: A case study of Hong Kong](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108392) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Ashley H. Y. Bang, Anna Freeman, Eleanor Jane Milner‐Gulland | University of Oxford |
| 2026-10-24 | [Structural heterogeneity and spatial clustering in mountain agriculture: Evidence from European compensatory payments in the Central-Southern Apennines (Italy)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108399) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Angelo Belliggiano, Corrado Ievoli, Giuseppe Pistacchio et al. | University of Molise |
| 2026-10-24 | [Service-fund coupling for ecological compensation and payments for ecosystem services in transboundary watersheds within China: A systematic review and conceptual framework](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108369) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Mengdong Huang, Yangyang Wang, 杨荣金 YANG Rongjin et al. | Beijing Normal University; Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences; University of Michigan |
| 2026-10-23 | [Fintech, climate shocks, and agricultural land use transition: Evidence from farmers in China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108390) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Chenying Zhang, Yiwen Li, Bing Zhang | Hohai University |
| 2026-10-23 | [Indigenous peoples in isolation inside protected areas: Mandate mismatch and inter-institutional coordination gaps in the Brazilian Amazon](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108378) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | D. Cangussu, D. Figueiredo Silva, H. De Jesus et al. | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| 2026-10-23 | [Editorial Board](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0264-8377(26)00469-2) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) |  |  |
| 2026-10-23 | [Intelligent on-site photograph interpretation by coupling deep learning and a clue knowledge graph for land administration](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108375) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Sichen Lu, Da He, Zhenhao Chen et al. | Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2026-10-16 | [Shaping street rhythms: Spatial context and the temporal patterns of pedestrian activity](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108370) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Haeryung Lee, Jae Seung Lee | Seoul National University |
| 2026-10-15 | [Institutional resilience and land-acquisition governance: Participation and conflict-management mechanisms in the Jakarta–Bandung High-Speed Railway project](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108379) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Shanshan Lu, Yudi Azis, Meinanda Kurniawan et al. | Padjadjaran University |
| 2026-10-15 | [Can digital-real integration effectively curb urban sprawl? Evidence from China using double/debiased machine learning](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108376) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Chunjie Hu, Jinsong Zheng, 赖南希 et al. | Chongqing Jiaotong University |
| 2026-10-14 | [From rules to learning: A GIS-integrated agent-based reinforcement learning framework for simulating farmers’ land-use decisions and sustainable policy design](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108374) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Qi Xiaoxing, Qiaoyuan Huang, Jie Sun | Sun Yat-sen University |
| 2026-10-14 | [Behavioural limits of market-led flood-risk allocation: Loss normalisation, investment discounting and planning-led land-use governance in urban China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108377) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Ziqing Lin, Jayalakshmy Ramachandran, Kah Mun Au | University of Nottingham; University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus |
| 2026-10-14 | [Auditing post-disaster recovery as land-use governance: Public investment after the 2024 floods in the Valencian Region, Spain](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108371) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Juan A. García, Ignacio Toledo, L. Aragonés et al. | University of Alicante |
| 2026-10-13 | [Seeing prosperity, confronting crime: Infrastructure inequality and perceived wealth in Chinese cities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108373) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Ziwen He, Wenlin Zhao, Jin Rui | Nankai University; University of Manchester; Peking University |
| 2026-10-13 | [Optimizing grassland biodiversity and carbon co-benefits under climate change: An integrated climate-ecological-economic modelling framework](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108368) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Rong‐Gang Cong, Xin Zhang, Wenying Han et al. | Beijing Institute of Technology; Democritus University of Thrace; Lund University |
| 2026-10-12 | [Corrigendum to “Clarifying overlapping land rights in semi-formal systems: The case of Mailo Tenant Lands in Uganda” \[Land Use Policy 170 (2026) 108139\]](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108351) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Heather Huntington, Kate Marple-Cantrell, Daniel Ayalew Ali et al. | University of Pennsylvania; World Bank |
| 2026-10-12 | [Assessing industrial land-use efficiency at parcel scale: Actual vs. expected economic outputs across diverse parcel types and spatial conditions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108367) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Xiaoyan Dong, Xiuyuan Zhang, Xiangjun Zhang et al. | Peking University; China University of Geosciences; Ministry of Natural Resources |
| 2026-10-12 | [Corrigendum to “Advocacy and credibility of land tenure in Ethiopia: Mitigating conflicts and threats” \[Land Use Policy 147 (2024) 107265\]](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108363) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Hossein Azadi, Shaghayegh Ehteshammajd, Imaneh Goli et al. | University of Liège; Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech; Islamic Azad University, Tehran; … |
| 2026-10-10 | [Insurance and land-use permanence in natural rubber: Implications for land transitions and carbon dynamics from Hainan, China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108362) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Zongjun Ling, Xiangrui Wang, Jialing Yu et al. | Renmin University of China; Hainan University |
| 2026-10-10 | [Scale and space in industrial policy implementation: Geospatial evidence from urban Ethiopia](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108372) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Dejene Tesema Bulti, Anteneh Lemmi Eshete | Adama Science and Technology University |
| 2026-10-09 | [Identification of territorial spatial conflict and its influencing factors from a cross-scale and multi-dimensional perspective: A case study of the Three Gorges Reservoir area, China](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108366) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Haohua Wang, Yiwen Sun, Li Zhou et al. | Southwest University; Ministry of Natural Resources |
| 2026-10-08 | [Small farms and income generating activities in developing countries: Empirical insights from agricultural development projects](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108364) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Sarah K. Lowder, Athur Mabiso, Sara Savastano et al. | International Fund for Agricultural Development; University of Rome Tor Vergata; Texas Tech University; … |
| 2026-10-07 | [Corrigendum to \[Land Use Policy 168 (2026) 108104\]](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108365) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Shiyuan Wang, Mingqiang Guo, Wei Cao et al. | China University of Geosciences; Wuhan Vocational College of Software and Engineering; The Ohio State University |
| 2026-10-06 | [From coast to cost: Mispricing and reform scenarios in Italy’s coastal concession system](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.108358) | [Land Use Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy.md) | Emanuele Caggiano, Stefano d’Addona, Filippo Maurici et al. | Roma Tre University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Land Use Policy. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 31, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/land-use-policy

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  title = {Land Use Policy},
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  urldate = {2026-10-31},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).