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Frontiers in Horticulture is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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ISSN 2813-3595Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horticulture | 37 / 125 | 70th | Q2 |
| Plant Science | 202 / 541 | 62nd | Q2 |
| Genetics | 227 / 357 | 36th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2022–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.3.
Frontiers in Horticulture is Q2 in Horticulture (rank 37 of 125), Q2 in Plant Science (rank 202 of 541) and Q3 in Genetics (rank 227 of 357), by CiteScore 2025.
Frontiers in Horticulture is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 70th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.576, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 10.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,353 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Frontiers in Horticulture is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its ISSN is 2813-3595.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Frontiers in Horticulture has an h-index of 16 and a 2-year mean of 4 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 120 Scopus journals in Horticulture.
Frontiers in Horticulture published 39 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 42. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (21.4%), Germany (9%) and Italy (6.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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