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Scientia Horticulturae

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands

ISSN0304-4238eISSN1879-1018

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.917

H-Indexi

187

SNIPi

1.306

Total Worksi

16,521

Total Citationsi

479,305

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Horticulture.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, <, 1982->

StatusActive

Total Publications16,521

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0304-4238 / 1879-1018

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

943

32k

2019

660

20k

2020

847

20k

2021

815

15k

2022

889

13k

2023

8.3k

2024

607

1.8k

2025

537

214

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.

HorticultureQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Horticulture

Scopus Categories

Horticulture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementHorticultural and Viticultural ResearchPlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant Reproductive Biology

Frequently asked questions about Scientia Horticulturae

Is Scientia Horticulturae a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scientia Horticulturae: 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 Scientia Horticulturae?

Scientia Horticulturae 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 4.10.

Is Scientia Horticulturae indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scientia Horticulturae is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Scientia Horticulturae?