Journal profile · Multiple
Landscape Research
ISSN 0142-6397 · eISSN 1469-9710 · Taylor & Francis
Landscape Research: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 206 days to acceptance (80 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 23% (journal website); 152 articles in 2025; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Landscape Research is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Green Space and Health and Geographies of human-animal interactions, together about 37.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Landscape Research, the peer-reviewed journal of the Landscape Research Group, is one of the foremost journals in its field. A dedicated international forum for debating landscape, the journal is distinctive in its combining of high-quality and innovative research papers with reflective critiques of landscape practice. Contributions to the journal appeal to a wide academic and professional readership and reach an interdisciplinary and international audience. Whilst unified by a focus on landscape, the coverage of Landscape Research is wide ranging. The journal therefore encourages submissions from a range of disciplines, including environmental conservation, geography (human and physical), landscape architecture, archaeology, history, anthropology, urban studies, planning, design, heritage studies, ecology, countryside management, cultural studies and forestry. Landscape Research publishes in a variety of formats, including original articles, critical review articles, photo essays, book reviews and book forums. Information about each of these formats is available in the 'Instructions for authors' section of the website. Landscape Research Group Landscape Research is the journal of the Landscape Research Group, which is a registered charity (No. 287610) established to advance education and research, encourage interest and exchange information for public benefit in the field of landscape and any related fields. Landscape Research Group is set up as a Company Limited by Guarantee known as 'Landscape Research Group Ltd' (Company Registration No. 1714386, Cardiff). The Registered Office of the company is: 89A The Broadway, Wimbledon, London SW19 1QE. Peer Review Statement All formats published in this journal (with the exception of book reviews and forums) undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two referees in a full 'double anonymized' refereeing process.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science16.5%
- Urban Green Space and HealthEnvironmental Science12.5%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences8.8%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities6.6%
- Landscape and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities4.4%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science4.3%
- Rural development and sustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Urban Agriculture and SustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Studies | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geography | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, Agricultural Engineering Abstracts, Agroforestry Abstracts, Applied Ecology Abstracts, Aquatic Sciences& Fisheries Abstracts, B H A Bibliography of the History of Art, Biological Abstracts, British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography, Current Abstracts, Dairy Science Abstracts, Dietrich's Index Philosophicus, Ecology Abstracts, Environment Abstracts, Forestry Abstracts, Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index, Garden Literature, GeoAbstracts, GEOBASE, Global Health, Grasslands and Forage Abstracts, IBZ/IBR, Irrigation and Drainage Abstracts, Landscape Design, Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Abstracts, Rural Development Abstracts, Soils and Fertilizers Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.7LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.52Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.81Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 77OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 831OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.72%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 121LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 269,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 269,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,453 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 152 | 74 | 179 |
| 2024 | 100 | 47 | 279 |
| 2023 | 68 | 37 | 389 |
| 2022 | 72 | 32 | 637 |
| 2021 | 79 | 28 | 745 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
206 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 143 days – 333 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (76 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 264 days
- Sample
- 80 articles with submission and acceptance dates (221 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 69 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 69 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 136 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 136 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5
- book forumsLandscape Research publishes in a variety of formats, including original articles, critical review articles, photo essays, book reviews and book forums.Length not stated
- book reviewsLandscape Research publishes in a variety of formats, including original articles, critical review articles, photo essays, book reviews and book forums.Length not stated
- critical review articlesLandscape Research publishes in a variety of formats, including original articles, critical review articles, photo essays, book reviews and book forums.Length not stated
- original articlesLandscape Research publishes in a variety of formats, including original articles, critical review articles, photo essays, book reviews and book forums.Length not stated
- photo essaysLandscape Research publishes in a variety of formats, including original articles, critical review articles, photo essays, book reviews and book forums.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Landscape Research is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and read…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Statement
All formats published in this journal (with the exception of book reviews and forums) undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two referees in a full 'double anonymized' refereeing process. Model summary
All formats published in this journal (with the exception of book reviews and forums) undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two referees in a full 'double anonymized' refereeing process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0142-6397
- Electronic ISSN
- 1469-9710
- Society / sponsor
- Landscape Research Group
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Landscape Research
What CAS zone is Landscape Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Landscape Research is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Environmental Studies / Geography. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Landscape Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.7; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 77.
How long does peer review take at Landscape Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 80 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 206 days (interquartile range 143–333 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Landscape Research in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Sociology.
Which databases index Landscape Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Landscape Research is indexed in SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Landscape Research open access, and what is the APC?
Landscape Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .