HortScience publishes horticultural information of interest to a broad array of horticulturists. Its goals are to apprise horticultural scientists and others interested in horticulture of scientific and industry developments and of significant research, education, or extension findings or methods.
HortScience is an open-access publication and adheres to Creative Commons licensing: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 - You may share, copy and re-distribute this material for non-commercial purposes in any medium.
HortScience publishes horticultural information of interest to a broad array of horticulturists. Its goals are to apprise horticultural scientists and others interested in horticulture of scientific and industry developments and of significant research, education, or extension findings or methods.
HortScience is an open-access publication and adheres to Creative Commons licensing: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. - You may share, copy and resdistribute this material for non-commerical purposes in any medium.
HortScience print subscriptions and single issues are available by request exclusively through the Sheridan print-on-demand program. Please email pubsvc.tsp@sheridan.com for pricing and ordering details.
HortScience is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
HortScience is included in the following indexing and abstracting services:
AGRICOLA
BIOBASE: Plant Science
BIOSIS: Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews, Basic BIOSIS
CABI: CAB Abstracts, CAB Direct, Horticultural Abstracts, Hort CD, Ornamental Horticulture, Postharvest News and Information, Review of Aromatic & Medicinal Plants,Review of Plant Pathology
Chemical Abstracts Service: CA Plus
ISI: Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology, and Environmental Science), Science Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Sci Search, ISI Alerting Service, Reference Update
ISSN: 0018-5345 (print)
ISSN: 2327-9834 (online)
HortScience is published monthly (12 issues per year).
Book Reviews - Allen V. Barker / University of Massachusetts
Breeding, Cultivars, Rootstocks, and Germplasm Resources - Ornamentals - Lisa Alexander / USDA-ARS
HortScience is a monthly journal of interest to a broad array of horticultural scientists and others interested in horticulture. Its goals are to provide information on significant research, education, extension findings and methods, and developments and trends that affect the profession.
Subjects appropriate for submission to HortScience include original research results on various scientific and cultural aspects of horticulture and closely related subjects, such as:
Submission Fees for Papers in HortScience
This journal does not charge for manuscript submission, including reviewing the article, regardlsess of whether it is accepted or not. ASHS does charge for accepted and published manuscripts.
Publishing Fees for Papers in HortScience
The fees below will apply to all HortScience manuscripts:
Member Rate: $2,000*
Consulting Editors Rate: $1,500
Non-member Rate: $3,000
“Short Paper” Pricing (**see below for short paper limitations)
Member Rate: $750*
Consulting Editors Rate: $400
Non-member Rate: $1,000
*Papers must have at least one ASHS member as an author in order to qualify for the member rate.
**Short Papers -- must be less than 1800 words, including all titles, references, etc. May contain 2 scalable images only. Images may be either pictures or tables or a combination of both. Must indicate that paper is submitted as a Short Paper during the submission process.
Please Note. All open access articles published in the ASHS journals (Journal of ASHS, HortScience, and HortTechnology) are distributed under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). This license permits noncommercial copying and redistribution of articles with proper attribution, and prohibits distribution of derivative content.
Publish Ahead of Print
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.
To download a pdf copy of the ASHS Style Manual and additional instructions for submitting papers to any ASHS journal, Click here
To submit papers to HortScience online, go to hortsci.msubmit.net
If you have previously submitted a paper to HortScience, 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 login 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.
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 Word (Please make sure the "Language" is "English (U.S.)" via Tools->Language->Set Language), WordPerfect, EPS, 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.
Names of two colleagues who reviewed the paper before submission. They may not be co-authors or potential reviewers of the paper. Insert their names in the "Manuscript Comment" text box online.
Names, email addresses, and institutions of five potential reviewers for the paper. They may not be co-authors and may not be affiliated with the authors' universities or organizations.
Figures/images may be embedded in the manuscript file or sent as separate files. (Tiff, jpg or pdf format preferred.)
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 HortScience, please e-mail the ASHS Publications Dept. at hortscience@ashs.org.