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Journal of Horticultural Sciences

Society for Promotion of Horticulture · India

ISSN2582-4899

SJR Q4✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.207

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.411

Total Worksi

978

Total Citationsi

2,881

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Horticulture; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Plant Science.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 74 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications978

Publisher OrgSociety for Promotion of Horticulture

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Internet Archive

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society for Promotion of Horticulture

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2582-4899

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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?

Internet Archive

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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

144

2019

158

2020

101

2021

240

2022

2023

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

HorticultureQ4

Plant ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Horticulture

Scopus Categories

Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsHorticulture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesFlowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural Practices and Plant GeneticsBanana Cultivation and ResearchPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementPlant tissue culture and regenerationAgricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural pest management studiesAgricultural Economics and PracticesHorticultural and Viticultural Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Horticultural Sciences

Is Journal of Horticultural Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Horticultural Sciences: 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 Horticultural Sciences?

Journal of Horticultural Sciences 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 0.34.

Is Journal of Horticultural Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Horticultural Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Horticultural Sciences?