Journal profile · HORTICULTURE
Fruits
ISSN 0248-1294 · eISSN 1625-967X · EDP Sciences · FRANCE · Bimonthly
Fruits: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.29; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 18 articles a year; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fruits is published by EDP Sciences and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Banana Cultivation and Research, Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies and Agriculture and Rural Development Research, together about 38.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The scope of Fruits - the International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture includes:Fruits - The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture -crop production and cropping systems, -breeding, -genetics and -the release of genetic material adapted to tropical and subtropical environments, management, -storage and market supply of underutilized crops, -integrated management of pests and diseases, -clinical relevant effect of tropical and subtropical horticultural species, -peri-urban and urban tropical crop production, -sustainable water and input use, -capacity building in horticulture, -value chain development in developing countries, -seed science and agricultural engineering. Fruits, The International Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture, deals with such crops as vegetables, fruits, spices, ornamentals and medicinal plants growing in the tropical and subtropical environment.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): HORTICULTURE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Banana Cultivation and ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences15%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.7%
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
- African Botany and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Pineapple and bromelain studiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Horticulture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Horticulture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in SCIE on 23 July 2025. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.29LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 516OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.86OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,895 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | 4 | 19 |
| 2023 | 12 | 3 | 35 |
| 2022 | 26 | 3 | 58 |
| 2021 | 33 | 3 | 119 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0248-1294
- Electronic ISSN
- 1625-967X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fruits
What CAS zone is Fruits in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Fruits is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Horticulture. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Fruits?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.29; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 49.
How long does peer review take at Fruits?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Fruits?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fruits is indexed in Scopus.
Is Fruits open access, and what is the APC?
Fruits is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .