Horticulture Research

Aims & Scope

Horticulture Research publishes original research Articles and Reviews on novel discoveries focusing on all major horticultural crops, including fruits, vegetables, ornamental trees and flowers, herbs, and tea trees, both in preharvest and postharvest stages.

The research primarily focuses on basic and fundamental aspects with broad international and disciplinary interests, including, but are not limited to, genetics, breeding, all types of "-omics" and evolution, origination and domestication horticultural crops, biotechnology, biochemistry, physiology, cellular and molecular biology, and environmental biology including interactions with other organisms.

Original research articles will be published in the following headings: genetics, breeding and germplasm; biotechnology and genetic engineering; genomics, proteomics and evolution; whole plant physiology and source/sink relation; cellular and molecular developmental biology; biochemistry, metabolome and product quality; interactions with environments and other biological organism.

Research focuses on methodologies and techniques will be placed in the category of novel methodology and technology.

In addition, the journal publishes Editorials, News and Views, and Comments on current, significant events and topics in global horticultural fields with international interests.

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)
• Web of Science

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.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A reporter for noninvasively monitoring gene expression and plant transformation

  Citation: 264

  Authors: Yubing, Tao, Hui, Huadong, Yunde

• Improved Brassica rapa reference genome by single-molecule sequencing and chromosome conformation capture technologies

  Citation: 259

  Authors: Lei, Xu, Jian, Min, Stefan, Feng, Jianli, Chengcheng, Zhiyuan, Bo, Fan, Song, Fuyan, Xuming, Lin, Wencai, Mai-he, Ueli, Hongkun, Xiaowu

• The historical and current research progress on jujube–a superfruit for the future

  Citation: 201

  Authors: Mengjun, Jiurui, Lili, Ping, Jin, Zhihui, Shengrui, Florin, Zhiguo, Lixin, Changwei, Li, Xiansong, Xuan, Chunxiang

• From physics to fixtures to food: current and potential LED efficacy

  Citation: 188

  Authors: Paul, P. Morgan, Bruce

• The diverse roles of cytokinins in regulating leaf development

  Citation: 170

  Authors: Wenqi, Kang, Xiangyang, Hairong

• Functions of silicon in plant drought stress responses

  Citation: 168

  Authors: Min, Ruirui, Luis Alejandro Jose, Jianyun, Qirong, Shiwei

• Tea plant genomics: achievements, challenges and perspectives

  Citation: 167

  Authors: En-Hua, Wei, Qiong, Shu, Jian, Zheng-Zhu, Chao-Ling, Xiao-Chun

• CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of VvMLO3 results in enhanced resistance to powdery mildew in grapevine (Vitis vinifera)

  Citation: 167

  Authors: Dong-Yan, Ye, Yuan, Yang, Shunyuan, Yuejin, Ying-Qiang

• A high-quality Actinidia chinensis (kiwifruit) genome

  Citation: 149

  Authors: Haolin, Tao, Minghui, Fandi, Junlin, Guanyong, Jianquan

• PyWRKY26 and PybHLH3 cotargeted the PyMYB114 promoter to regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis and transport in red-skinned pears

  Citation: 148

  Authors: Chuang, Jun, Kang-Di, Shu-Wei, Hong-Ye, Lan-Ying, Zhuo, Gai-Fang, Hua