Publications Staff / Editorial Board

Editor in Chief:  Neal E. De Vos

Publisher:  Michael W. Neff

Managing Editor:  Sylvia DeMar

Editorial Board

Rebecca L. Darnell / University of Florida

H. Brent Pemberton / Texas A&M Agricultural and Research Center

Rolston St. Hillaire / New Mexico State University

Marisa M. Wall / USDA-ARS

Consulting Editors

Developmental Physiology - H. Brent Pemberton / Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center and Timothy M. Spann / California Avocado Commission

Environmental Stress Physiology - Mary Beth Kirkham / Kansas State University , Juan M. Ruiz / University of Granada and Rolston St. Hilaire / New Mexico State University

Food Science - Marisa M. Wall / USDA-ARS

Genetics and Breeding - André Bervillé / INRA, Ryan N. Contreras / Oregon State University and Ryan J. Hayes USDA-ARS

Molecular Biology-Biotechnology - Guo-qing Song / Michigan State University and Ryan M. Warner / Michigan State University

Photosynthesis, Source-Sink Physiology - Jonathan M. Frantz / Corteva Agriscience and Marc van Iersel / University of Georgia

Postharvest Biology - Marisa M. Wall / USDA-ARS

Soil-Plant-Water Relationships - Carolyn F. Scagel / USDA-ARS

Statistics - Margaret A. Nemeth / Statistical Consultants Plus LLC

Instructions for Authors

The Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science (JASHS) publishes papers on the results of original research on horticultural plants and their products or directly related research areas. Its prime function is to communicate mission-oriented, fundamental research to other researchers.

Subjects appropriate for submission to JASHS include:

• Genetics and breeding
• Molecular biology-biotechnology
• Seed physiology
• Soil-plant-water relationships
• Photosynthesis; source-sink physiology
• Developmental physiology
• Environmental stress physiology
• Postharvest biology

Submission Fees for Papers in JASHS

This journal does not charge for manuscript submission, including reviewing the artilcle, regardless of whether it is accepted or not. ASHS does charge for accepted and published manuscripts.

Publishing Fees for Papers in JASHS

Prior Publication

Any information that is already in the public domain in a scientific context will be considered published and will not be published again by the Society. Submission of a manuscript to ASHS implies no concurrent submission elsewhere. Manuscripts submitted to the Journal and HortScience should be substantially different from industry-oriented publications and locally published progress or extension reports. For HortTechnology, if a question exists about previous publication, send copies of the previously published material to the Editor. If industry-oriented publications will appear before the scientific article, make sure the industry report describes the take-home lesson and does not place the supporting data and graphs in a scientific context, as is customary in scientific articles. ASHS expects, but does not require, “first right” for publication of research reports presented at ASHS annual conferences.

Download a pdf copy of the ASHS Style Manual and additional instructions for submitting papers to any ASHS journal, 

To submit papers to JASHS online, go to jashs.msubmit.net.

If you have previously submitted a paper to JASHS, you will be required to log in with your log in name and password.

First-time users of the online submission system must register for an account.
Instructions on how to register for an account are accessed at the bottom of the log in page.

After you have registered and logged in, you may submit a manuscript and check its progress through the system.

If you need additional help, you can click on the help signs spread throughout the system. A help dialog will pop up with context sensitive help.

Before submitting a manuscript, please gather the following information:

• First and last names for all authors
• ASHS membership status for all authors
• Postal address (for corresponding author only)
• Work telephone number (for corresponding author only)
• E-mail addresses
• Title and running title (you can copy and paste this from your manuscript)
• Abstract (you can copy and paste this from your manuscript)
• Manuscript files in PDF, Word (Please make sure the "Language" is "English (U.S.)" via Tools->Language->Set Language), WordPerfect, EPS, text, Postscript, or RTF format.
  If your paper is accepted for publication, the publisher will NOT be able to use PDF text files. PDF is acceptable for figure files for production but not for text. PDF is acceptable for the initial submission and review process.

Turn on the line number feature in your word processing program. Line numbers are used as reference points during the review process.

Provide contact information (e-mail address and institution) for any potential peer reviewers for your article.

Please do not confuse the cover letter with the title page. The cover letter is an optional letter that accompanies the manuscript at submission. The title page contains the title, and author names and affiliations.

If you have additional questions about online submissions to JASHS, please e-mail the ASHS Publications Dept. at journal@ashs.org.