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Journal of Horticultural Research is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.1), DOAJ. Published by Sciendo.
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ISSN 2300-5009Verify ISSN ↗2353-3978Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Sciendo
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horticulture | 63 / 125 | 50th | Q2 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 236 / 422 | 44th | Q3 |
| Plant Science | 304 / 541 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Soil Science | 100 / 167 | 40th | Q3 |
| Food Science | 265 / 420 | 37th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.1.
Journal of Horticultural Research is Q2 in Horticulture (rank 63 of 125), Q3 in Agronomy and Crop Science (rank 236 of 422) and Q3 in Plant Science (rank 304 of 541), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Horticultural Research is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2, 50th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.341, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 20.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$323 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.
Journal of Horticultural Research is published by Sciendo. Its print ISSN is 2300-5009 and its online ISSN is 2353-3978.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Horticultural Research has an h-index of 24 and a 2-year mean of 0.98 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #68 of 120 Scopus journals in Horticulture.
Journal of Horticultural Research published 20 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 25. 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 99 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Poland (19.4%), Indonesia (9.1%) and India (8.9%).
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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