Journal profile · Horticulture
Horticultura Brasileira
ISSN 0102-0536 · eISSN 1806-9991 · Sociedade de Olericultura do Brasil · BRAZIL · Quarterly
Horticultura Brasileira: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.77; fully open access; APC about USD 205; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 19 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Horticultura Brasileira is published by Sociedade de Olericultura do Brasil 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 Growth and nutrition in plants, Banana Cultivation and Research and Soil Management and Crop Yield, together about 40.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Horticultura Brasileira is intended for the publication of original technical-scientific articles that address any of the stages of the production chain of vegetables and aromatic, condiment, medicinal and ornamental plants, including ethnic, social, economic and environmental aspects related to them, and that contribute significantly to the development of horticulture.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Horticulture
Editor-in-chief André Ricardo ZeistPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 2, United Kingdom 1, Portugal 1, Colombia 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences25.3%
- Banana Cultivation and ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Irrigation Practices and Water ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
- Potato Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
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)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Horticulture | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.77LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,061OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,776 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 45 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | 94 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | 257 |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | 375 |
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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | USD 205 | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Policy on Conflict of Interest
Conflicts of interest may occur at any stage of the editorial process and involve authors, reviewers, or editors. They may be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial and exist when interests are capable of influencing the preparation, evaluation, or editorial decision on the manuscript. At submission, authors must clearly declare whether conflicts of interest exist, including those…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
It is assumed that, during the development of the work, the authors fully complied with the ethical and legal standards in force in the country where the activities were conducted, including the writing and experimental conduct. This includes compliance with institutional and legal guidelines on research ethics, as well as issues related to sex and gender, when applicable. This also includes the w…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Horticultura Brasileira adopts the Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license. This policy aims to maximize the dissemination of articles and aligns with the policies of leading open access journals and publishers worldwide. Authors retain copyright of the manuscript and grant Horticultura Brasileira the right of first publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing virtual access, without restrictions (including financial restrictions), to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open access is the condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing immediate free access to the work and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Manuscripts are preliminarily reviewed by the Editorial Board, which verifies the work's adherence to the journal's scope, compliance with publication guidelines, technical and/or scientific relevance, and text quality. The Editorial Board's decision (suitability for processing or not) is communicated through the electronic submission system. If modifications are necessary, authors may submit a ne…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The use of preprints is a free choice for authors. Horticultura Brasileira accepts articles previously deposited as preprints and on preprint platforms such as SciELO preprints. The acceptance of preprints is part of Horticultura Brasileira’s Open Science policy and does not affect the manuscript’s eligibility for editorial evaluation.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sociedade de Olericultura do Brasil
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese, English, Spanish
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0102-0536
- Electronic ISSN
- 1806-9991
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Horticultura Brasileira
What CAS zone is Horticultura Brasileira in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Horticultura Brasileira is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Horticulture. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Horticultura Brasileira?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.77; CiteScore 2, h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Horticultura Brasileira?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Horticultura Brasileira based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (2), United Kingdom (1) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Horticultura Brasileira?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Horticultura Brasileira is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Horticultura Brasileira open access, and what is the APC?
Horticultura Brasileira is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 205.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .