Journal profile · Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
Landscape Review
ISSN 2253-1440 · Lincoln University · New Zealand
Landscape Review: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Landscape Review is published by Lincoln University. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urban Planning and Landscape Design, Landscape and Cultural Studies and Architecture, Modernity, and Design, together about 65.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
1. Focus and Scope The aim of Landscape Review (ISSN 2253–1440) is to showcase the relationship between research and professional practice in the field of landscape architecture. It offers a forum for scholarly writing and critique on a wide range of topics that particularly impact Oceania, and more broadly, the rest of the world. We encourage articles that further develop research ideas and findings from previously published peer reviewed sources, critiques or reflections, to analyse and synthesise them for impact within professional practice and/or academic research. 2. Audience The articles published in Landscape Review will be of interest to a broad readership, including: landscape architecture practitioners and allied disciplines who are committed to ensuring their design, planning and management practice is informed by the latest and relevant research; policy advisors and decision makers in business and government who seek to ensure best practice in landscape change and land development; landscape architecture researchers who seek to maximise their impact and those with an interest in the impact of academic research in society; students and teachers seeking up to date knowledge on research applications. 3. Journal History and Archiving Landscape Review was established in 1995 by the Department (now School) of Landscape Architecture, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand. The journal is committed to the development of a culture of research, scholarship and research-informed practice in landscape architecture. Issue 14(1) in 2011 was the first fully digital issue of Landscape Review. In addition, all earlier back issues have been scanned and are searchable via the index feature of this site by author, title or issue. We have endeavoured to contact every author and have only been able to upload articles of authors who have agreed to this. We continue to archive all published work on our journal web site. If you are the author of an article which has not been uploaded, or if you have contact details for an author, please go to Contact Us on the journal web site. In the unlikely event that Landscape Review is no longer being published, continued access to our content is preserved by electronic backup with the PKP Preservation Network (PKP-PN). 4. Open Access Open access is the condition where the copyright holder of a scholarly work grants usage rights to others using an open license (Creative Commons or equivalent) allowing for immediate free acc
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named New Zealand 8, Australia 4, United Kingdom 2, United States 1, Canada 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urban Planning and Landscape DesignEnvironmental Science28.5%
- Landscape and Cultural StudiesArts and Humanities21.7%
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering15.2%
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences2.5%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities2.5%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities2.2%
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering1.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multidisciplinary | Q4 | 195/223 | 12th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 422 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 40 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 71 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 53 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 57 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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, with length limits
- critiquesC. Critiques (<3000 words)Length not stated
- original research articleal, audio and written communication. B. Original Research Articles (<7000 words) Original research articles will generally report on empirimain text ≤ 7,000 words
- original research articlesB. Original Research Articles (<7000 words)Length not stated
- reportsD. Reports (<2000 words)Length not stated
- research-informed articlesA. Research-Informed Articles (<3000 words)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- AI use I. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Authors: We understand that AI assisted writing has become more commonplace as the technology becomes increasingly accessible. AI tools that make suggestions to improve or enhance your own work, such as improving your language, grammar or structure, are considered Assistive AI tools and do not require disclosure by authors. However, authors remain responsible for ensuring their submission is accur…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship G. Authorship and contributorship
Articles should list the names of all those who contributed to the published work. Individuals or organisations who have contributed to the article but do not meet the criteria for authorship, should be credited by name and affiliation in the 'Aknowledgements' section. Authors are permitted to use the CRediT (Contributor Role Taxonomy) system to acknowledge different modes of contribution but this…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest B. Conflict of interest
Authors and editors are obligated to disclose any affiliation, grant, financial interest or gifts that may be relevant, or perceived to be relevant, to the topic about which they are writing. This is not intended to prevent publication, but to protect the author’s reputation and the integrity of the journal by declaring the existence of conflicts of interest. Any views expressed in articles are th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability H. Data Sharing
Authors are encouraged to: share your research data in a relevant public data repository such as Data@Lincoln; include a data availability statement linking to your data and if it is not possible to share your data, use the statement to confirm why it cannot be shared; cite this data in your research.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics E. Complaints of misconduct
Complaints should be emailed to the Editor at Contact Us on the journal web site. The Editor responsible for the article will assess the complaint and discuss it with the author. If the Editor and author agree there is a factual error, a correction will be published. If the author and Editor find no significant error worthy of correction, the complaint will be rejected. The complainant will be not…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors are able to enter into separate, additio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 4. Open Access
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication; the work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Model summary
Open access is the condition where the copyright holder of a scholarly work grants usage rights to others using an open license (Creative Commons or equivalent) allowing for immediate free access to the work and permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles, crawl them for indexing, pass as data to software, or use them for any other …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Authors must inform the Editor of mistakes or inaccuracies as soon as possible; the journal consults COPE retraction guidelines to determine whether a correction, retraction, or removal is warranted. Model summary
If a mistake or inaccuracy is identified during or after the publication process is undertaken, it is the author's responsibility to inform the Editor as soon as possible. Clearly state which part(s) of the article are incorrect, inaccurate or unreliable. We will consult the COPE’s retraction guidelines as to whether a correction notice, retraction notice or removal of a contribution is warranted.
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
- Lincoln University
- Country or region
- New Zealand
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2253-1440
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Landscape Review
How long does peer review take at Landscape Review?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Landscape Review based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are New Zealand (8), Australia (4) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Landscape Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Landscape Review is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Landscape Review open access, and what is the APC?
Landscape Review is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .