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Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

American Society for Horticultural Science · United States

ISSN0003-1062eISSN2327-9788

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.381

H-Indexi

128

SNIPi

0.696

Total Worksi

9,438

Total Citationsi

217,967

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.08

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Plant culture. Topics: biotechnology, genetics, food science, photosynthesis, horticulture

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications9,438

Publisher OrgAmerican Society for Horticultural Science

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Society for Horticultural Science

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0003-1062 / 2327-9788

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

662

2020

359

2021

164

2022

116

2023

106

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HorticultureQ2

GeneticsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Horticulture

Scopus Categories

GeneticsHorticulture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesHorticultural and Viticultural ResearchPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesFlowering Plant Growth and Cultivation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Is Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science?

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.08.

Is Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science?