Journal profile · horticultural research
Molecular Horticulture
ISSN 2730-9401 · BMC, United Kingdom · China · Founded 2021
Molecular Horticulture: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 10 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,600; median 173 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); 66 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Molecular Horticulture is published by BMC, United Kingdom and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant Molecular Biology Research and Plant Reproductive Biology, together about 37.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims Molecular Horticulture aims to publish research and review articles that significantly advance our knowledge in understanding how the horticultural crops or their parts operate mechanistically. Articles should have profound impacts not only in terms of high citation number or the like, but more importantly on the direction of the horticultural research field. Scope Molecular Horticulture publishes original Research Articles, Letters, and Reviews on novel discoveries on the following, but not limited to, aspects of horticultural plants (including medicinal plants): Developmental and evolutionary biology Physiology, biochemistry and cell biology Plant-microbe and plant-environment interactions Genetics and epigenetics Molecular breeding and biotechnology Secondary metabolism and synthetic biology Multi-omics dealing with data sets of genome, transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, epigenome and/or microbiome. The journal also welcomes research articles using model plants that reveal mechanisms and/or principles readily applicable to horticultural plants, translational research articles involving application of basic knowledge (including those of model plants) to the horticultural crops, novel Methods and Resources of broad interest. In addition, the journal publishes Editorial, News and View, and Commentary and Perspective on current, significant events and topics in global horticultural fields with international interests.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): horticultural research
Editor-in-chief Su-Sheng GanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 37 in mainland China (about 65%); most named Mainland China 37, United States 8, United Kingdom 3, Japan 2, Italy 2 (57 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Gene Expression AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.3%
- Plant Molecular Biology ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.7%
- Plant Reproductive BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.4%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.1%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Horticulture | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Horticulture | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher) 2025
- 10Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 14.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 341,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 255 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 73 | 40 |
| 2025 | 66 | 66 | 468 |
| 2024 | 44 | 44 | 634 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 650 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 1,220 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 | 1,374 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
173 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 99 days – 242 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 123 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 285 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (149 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,190 / USD 2,600 / GBP 1,890 | No | CC BY, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- BMC, United Kingdom
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2021
- ISSN
- 2730-9401
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Molecular Horticulture
What CAS zone is Molecular Horticulture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Molecular Horticulture is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Horticulture / Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Molecular Horticulture?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 10 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 12.7, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Molecular Horticulture?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 173 days (interquartile range 99–242 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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 Molecular Horticulture based?
Of the 57 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 37 (about 65%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (37), United States (8) and United Kingdom (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Molecular Horticulture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Molecular Horticulture is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Molecular Horticulture open access, and what is the APC?
Molecular Horticulture is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .