Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Horticulture
Horticultural Science & Technology
ISSN 1226-8763 · eISSN 2465-8588 · Korean Society for Horticultural Science · Korea
Horticultural Science & Technology: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.29; fully open access; 55 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Horticultural Science & Technology is published by Korean Society for Horticultural Science 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 Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, Horticultural and Viticultural Research and Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science, together about 34.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Horticultural Science and Technology (abbr. Hortic. Sci. Technol., herein ‘HST’; ISSN, 1226-8763), one of the two official journals of the Korean Society for Horticultural Science (KSHS), was launched in 1998 to provides scientific and professional publication on technology and sciences of horticultural area. As an international journal, HST is published in English and Korean, bimonthly on the last day of even number months, and indexed in ‘SCIE’, ‘SCOPUS’ and ‘CABI’. The HST is devoted for the publication of technical and academic papers and review articles on such arears as cultivation physiology, protected horticulture, postharvest technology, genetics and breeding, tissue culture and biotechnology, and other related to vegetables, fruit, ornamental, and herbal plants.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Horticulture
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.3%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.8%
- Agriculture, Soil, Plant ScienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.2%
- Ecology and Conservation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Flowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Food Quality and Safety StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
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
- 1.29LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 292OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,133 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 36 | 5 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 49 |
| 2024 | 85 | 85 | 188 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | 208 |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | 236 |
| 2021 | 75 | 75 | 424 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- Korean Society for Horticultural Science
- Country or region
- Korea
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1226-8763
- Electronic ISSN
- 2465-8588
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Horticultural Science & Technology
What CAS zone is Horticultural Science & Technology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Horticultural Science & Technology 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 Horticultural Science & Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.29; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 27.
Which databases index Horticultural Science & Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Horticultural Science & Technology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Horticultural Science & Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Horticultural Science & Technology is a fully open-access 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: .