Land (ISSN 2073-445X) is an international, interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary open access journal of: It publishes reviews, regular research papers, perspective and discussion papers, short communications and research notes, and there is no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their empirical, experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental and/or methodical details and data documentation must be provided for research articles. Computed data or files regarding the full details of the experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material. Research papers should ideally go beyond describing narrow case studies. They should either relate case studies to their regional/social–ecological/global context and address issues of transferability considering the usefulness for and interest of an international auditorium or should at least be based on comparative study designs. Contrariwise, communications or short notes can introduce (interim) case study results and experiences.