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Horticultural Science and Technology

Korean Society for Horticultural Science · South Korea · Est. 1992

ISSN2465-8588

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.31

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.492

Total Worksi

2,107

Total Citationsi

9,967

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Horticulture.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

Annual Volume~ 67 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,107

Publisher OrgKorean Society for Horticultural Science

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Society for Horticultural Science

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2465-8588

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

514

2019

540

2020

416

2021

231

2022

206

2023

183

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Horticulture

Scopus Categories

Horticulture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesHorticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgriculture, Soil, Plant ScienceEcology and Conservation StudiesPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementFlowering Plant Growth and CultivationFood Quality and Safety StudiesPlant tissue culture and regenerationPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesPlant and animal studies

Frequently asked questions about Horticultural Science and Technology

Is Horticultural Science and Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Horticultural Science and Technology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Horticultural Science and Technology?

Horticultural Science and Technology 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 1.17.

Is Horticultural Science and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Horticultural Science and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Horticultural Science and Technology?