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Journal of Horticultural Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Society for Promotion of Horticulture.
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ISSN 0973-354XVerify ISSN ↗2582-4899Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Society for Promotion of Horticulture
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horticulture | 102 / 125 | 18th | Q4 |
| Plant Science | 459 / 541 | 15th | Q4 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 626 / 736 | 15th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.9.
Journal of Horticultural Sciences is Q4 in Horticulture (rank 102 of 125), Q4 in Plant Science (rank 459 of 541) and Q4 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 626 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Horticultural Sciences 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 0.9, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 18th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.207, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 8.
Journal of Horticultural Sciences is published by Society for Promotion of Horticulture. Its print ISSN is 0973-354X and its online ISSN is 2582-4899.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Horticultural Sciences has an h-index of 18 and a 2-year mean of 0.48 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #89 of 120 Scopus journals in Horticulture.
Journal of Horticultural Sciences published 75 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 88. 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 (2024–2026), authors are most often from India (93.3%), Iran (1.5%) and Bangladesh (1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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