Frontiers in Horticulture

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Horticulture is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes fundamental and applied research on all horticultural crops, including pulse crops, vegetables, fruits, herbs, tea, flowers, and ornamental trees.

Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Xiangming Xu (National Institute of Agricultural Botany [NIAB], UK) and indexed in the DOAJ, the journal welcomes studies that advance our understanding of horticultural crops to benefit growers and consumers, as well as on the implementation and evaluation of research solutions in commercial horticulture.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • application of the ‘microbiome’ concept to improve plant and soil health • application of ‘-omics’ in horticultural crops • genetics and breeding • precision agronomy and improving resource use efficiency • post-harvest processing and management • substrate and soil health for improving and maintaining crop productivity • sustainable pest and disease management • the role of commercial horticulture in landscape management • waste reduction and re-purposing.

The journal particularly welcomes submissions with broad international and interdisciplinary interest and which advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably SDG 2: zero hunger; SDG 12; responsible consumption and production; and SDG 15: life on land.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,950.00 CHF. Learn more.

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