Instructions for Authors
About the Journal
Editorial Policies
- Peer Review
- Data Policy
- Data Availability Statement
- Data and Software Citation
- Preprint Policy
- Self-Archiving Policy
- Conflict of Interest
About the Journal
Horticulture Research is a fully open access peer-reviewed journal that publishes 12 issues per year online.
All papers published in Horticulture Research are made freely available online under an open access licence, with applicable charges. Please refer to the open access section below.
Once a paper is accepted, Horticulture Research will publish a precopyedited, preproofed version of the paper online within 1 week. This is replaced by a copyedited, proofed version of the paper as soon as it is ready.
Please read these instructions carefully and follow them closely. The Editors may return manuscripts that do not follow these instructions.
Scope of the Journal
Horticulture Research publishes original research articles, reviews, perspectives, comments, correspondence articles and letters to the editor on novel discoveries focusing on all major horticultural crops, including fruits, vegetables, ornamental trees and flowers, herbs, and tea trees, both in preharvest and postharvest stages.
The research primarily focuses on basic and fundamental aspects with broad international and disciplinary interests, including, but are not limited to, genetics, breeding, all types of “-omics” and evolution, origination and domestication of horticultural crops, biotechnology, biochemistry, physiology, cellular and molecular biology, and environmental biology including interactions with other organisms.
Editorial Policies
For full details of Oxford University Press’s editorial policies, please see the page at https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/journals/pages/authors/preparing_your_manuscript/ethics
Peer Review
This journal operates single-anonymised peer review, meaning that the Authors identity is known to the Editor and to the Reviewers, but that the Reviewers’ identities are known only to the Editor and are hidden from the Authors. For full details about the peer review process, see Fair editing and peer review.
Data Policy
The Journal requires all authors, where ethically possible, to publicly release all data and software code underlying any published paper as a condition of publication. The data must be made available to reviewers and undergo peer review along with the manuscript as part of the acceptance process. Authors are required to include a data availability statement in their paper. When data and software underlying the research article are available in an online source, authors should include a full citation in their reference list. For details of the minimum information to be included in data and software citations see the OUP guidance on citing research data and software.
Whenever possible, data should be presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files or deposited in a public repository. Visit OUP’s Research data page for information on general repositories for all data types, and resources for selecting repositories by subject area.
Data Availability Statement
The inclusion of a data availability statement is a requirement for papers published in the Journal. Data availability statements provide a standardized format for readers to understand the availability of original and third-party data underlying the research results described in the paper. The statement should describe and provide means of access, where possible, by linking to the data or providing the required unique identifier.
More information and example data availability statements.
This Data Policy is mandatory for article types including: Article, Method, Perspective, Letter to the Editor. For other article types which usually don’t have any data to be shared, the manuscript should still include a data availability statement with ‘Not applicable’.
Authors may request an exception to the policy due to legal, privacy, ethical, or other limitations or restrictions. Exceptions will be made at the discretion of the Journal. Please notify the editorial office when submitting your manuscript if you wish to request an exception. If an exception is granted, a data availability statement must still be included in your paper specifying what cannot be shared and explaining why.
Data and Software Citation
Horticulture Research supports the Force 11 Data Citation Principles and the recommendations of the FORCE11 Software Citation Implementation Group. When data and software underlying the research article are available in an online source, authors should include a full citation in their reference list.
For details of the minimum information to be included in data and software citations see the guidance on Citing research data and software.
Preprint Policy
You retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (also known as a preprint) available through various channels. Making an Author’s Original Version does not prevent submission to the journal. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If your paper is accepted, you will need to update the status of any preprint, including your published paper’s DOI.
Self-Archiving Policy
You may self-archive versions of your work on your own webpages, on institutional webpages, and in other repositories. If you want more information about the reuse rights you retain if you publish with us, please visit our Author Self Archiving Policy page.
Conflict of Interest
When submitting a paper, you and your co-authors must declare any potential conflicts of interest. You must do this [by including a Conflict of Interest statement in your submitted manuscript].
You can find a detailed definition of conflicts of interests at:
https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/journals/pages/authors/preparing_your_manuscript/ethics#conflict.
Submission
We will consider your manuscript as long as
- it is your own original work and does not duplicate any previously published work, including your own;
- it is not under consideration, in peer review, or accepted for publication in any journal other than Horticulture Research;
- it has not been published in any other journal; and
- it contains nothing abusive, defamatory, libelous, obscene, fraudulent, or illegal.
Authors should observe high ethical standards and obey publication best practices. The following are all unacceptable:
- data falsification or fabrication
- plagiarism, including duplicate publication of your own work without proper citation
- misappropriation of work
We treat any case of ethical or publication malpractice very seriously. We will address them in accordance with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines. Further information about OUP’s ethical policies is available at https://publicationethics.org/files/u7141/1999pdf13.pdf.
Plagiarism
Manuscripts submitted may be screened with iThenticate anti-plagiarism software in an attempt to detect and prevent plagiarism. Any manuscript may be screened, especially if there is reason to suppose part or all of the text has been previously published. Prior to final acceptance any manuscript that has not already been screened may be put through iThenticate. Please see more information about iThenticate.
How to Submit
You must submit your paper via our web-based submission system, which may be found at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/horticres
If you have not published with Horticulture Research before, you will need to create an account. Questions about submitting can be sent to the editorial office at: [email protected].
Article Type
This journal publishes several different article types.
Article—Maximum Word Count: 6,000
- abstract—maximum word count: 250
- references—maximum references: 50
- tables and figures—maximum of 6 figures and 6 tables
Each submission must contain the following sections: Abstract, Introduction, Results, Discussion, Materials and methods, Acknowledgments, Contributions, Data availability statement, Conflict of interests, Supplementary information, References, Figure legends, Tables and Figures(The figures, figure legends, tables, table captions should be inserted within the text at first place which mentioned it.)
Comment—Maximum Word Count: 1,500
- abstract—None
- references—maximum references: 15
- tables and figures—maximum of 2 figures and 2 tables
Correspondence—Maximum Word Count: 800
- abstract—None
- references—maximum references: 10
- tables and figures—None
Dedication Review—Maximum Word Count: 6,000
- abstract—maximum word count: 250
- references—maximum references: 100
- tables and figures—maximum of 8 figures and 8 tables
- more information
Editorial—Maximum Word Count: 1,000
- abstract—maximum word count: None
- references—maximum references: 15
- tables and figures—maximum of 2 figures and 2 tables
Method—Maximum Word Count: 3,000
- abstract—maximum word count: Unstructured, 150
- references—maximum references: 40
- tables and figures—maximum of 6 figures and 6 tables
Mini Review—Maximum Word Count: 4,000
- abstract—maximum word count: Unstructured, 200
- references—maximum references: 60
- tables and figures—maximum of 4 figures and 4 tables
News & Views—Maximum Word Count: 800
- abstract—maximum word count: None
- references—maximum references: 15
- tables and figures—maximum of 2 figures and 2 tables
Perspective—Maximum Word Count: 3,000
- abstract—maximum word count: None
- references—maximum references: 70
- tables and figures—maximum of 4 figures and 4 tables
Review Article—Maximum Word Count: 6,000
- abstract—maximum word count: 250
- references—maximum references: 100
- tables and figures—maximum of 8 figures and 8 tables
Letter to the Editor—Maximum Word Count: 1,200
- abstract—maximum word count: None
- references—maximum references: 5
- tables and figures—maximum of 1 figure or 1 table
- Should contain no headings or supplementary materials and be no more than 3 pages.
Third-Party Permissions
If you wish to reproduce any material for which you do not own the copyright—including quotations, tables, or images—you must obtain permission from the copyright holder. The permissions agreement must include the following documents:
- nonexclusive rights to reproduce the material in your article in Horticulture Research
- both print and electronic rights, preferably for use in any form or medium
- lifetime rights to use the material
- worldwide English-language rights
Further information on obtaining permissions is available at: https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/DocumentLibrary/Pages/access_purchase_rights_and_permissions/new-permissions-guidelines-update.pdf
Manuscript Preparation: Format, Structure, and Style
Presubmission Language Editing
If you are not confident in the quality of your English, you may wish to use a language-editing service to ensure that editors and reviewers understand your paper. Language editing is optional and does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted. Edited manuscripts will still undergo peer review by the journal.
Title Page
Please include the following:
- the title of your paper
- all author names and affiliations
- email address of all authors
- a short running head of 50 characters or less
Abstract
Abstracts have a maximum length of 250 words and must not contain reference citations or abbreviations.
Style
The journal follows Oxford SCIMED style. Please refer to these requirements when preparing your manuscript. More information is available in the style guide. [UK/US] spelling should be used throughout, except in quotations and in references.
Abbreviations
Please define nonstandard abbreviations at the first occurrence.
Tables
You must number all tables (e.g., table 1, table 2, table 3) and reference them in the text. You must place all tables at the first place which mentioned in main text. Tables should be in an editable format, and not embedded as an image file.
References
You may format references in any readable style at submission. You are responsible for the accuracy of reference information.
Acknowledgments and Funding
Acknowledgments and funding information should be included at the end of your manuscript. Please fully cite any relevant funding information, including specific grant numbers.
LaTeX
Information on LaTeX files and formatting can be found here.
A LaTeX template for submitting your paper can be found here.
Figures
You must include figure titles and legends within the manuscript file—they should not be included in the image file.
You must submit each figure as an individual image file. Submit all panels of a multipanel figure on a single page as one file. For example, if the figure has 3 panels, the figure should be submitted as one file. Each panel should be labeled as a letter (A, B, C, D, etc.) in the upper-left corner of each panel.
Images of photographs or paintings can be provided as raster images. Common examples of raster images are .tif/.tiff, .raw, .gif, and .bmp file types. The resolution of raster files is measured by the number of dots or pixels in a given area, referred to as “dpi” or “ppi.”
- minimum resolution required for printed images or pictures: 350dpi
- minimum resolution for printed line art: 600dpi (complex or finely drawn line art should be 1200dpi)
- minimum resolution for electronic images (i.e., for on-screen viewing): 72dpi
Images of maps, charts, graphs, and diagrams are best rendered digitally as geometric forms called vector graphics. Common file types are .eps, .ai, and .pdf. Vector images use mathematical relationships between points and the lines connecting them to describe an image. These file types do not use pixels; therefore resolution does not apply to vector images.
Figures prepared as .doc/.docx or .jpeg/.jpg files will not be accepted.
For more detailed information on preparing your figures, please refer to the Figures section of our Preparing Your Manuscript page.
Figure accessibility and alt text
Incorporating alt text (alternative text) when submitting your paper helps to foster inclusivity and accessibility. Good alt text ensures that individuals with visual impairments or those using screen readers can comprehend the content and context of your figures. The aim of alt text is to provide concise and informative descriptions of your figure so that all readers have access to the same level of information and understanding, and that all can engage with and benefit from the visual elements integral to scholarly content. Including alt text demonstrates a commitment to accessibility and enhances the overall impact and reach of your work.
Alt text is applicable to all images, figures, illustrations, and photographs.
Alt text is only accessible via e-reader and so it won’t appear as part of the typeset article.
Detailed guidance on how to draft and submit alt text.
Supplementary Material
You must submit supplementary data or supplementary material at the same time as the main manuscript.
- Supplementary material must be cited in the text of the main manuscript.
- Supplementary material will be available online only and will not be copyedited or typeset.
- Style and formatting of supplementary material should be consistent with that of the manuscript.
- Supplementary material should be formatted to function on any internet browser.
- Supplementary material files should be no larger than 2MB each.
Open Access Charges
Licence to Publish and Open Access Options
Horticulture Research is a fully open access journal, and all articles are published in the journal under an open access licence immediately upon publication. You will need to pay an open access charge to publish under an open access licence.
CC BY licence – $2,960
Details of the open access licences and open access charges.
Corresponding authors based in countries and regions, that are part of the developing countries initiative are eligible for a full waiver of publishing fees in our fully open access journals. For further details, please see our APC Waiver Policy.
OUP has a growing number of Read and Publish agreements with institutions and consortia which provide funding for open access publishing. This means authors from participating institutions can publish open access, and the institution may pay the charge. Find out if your institution is participating.
Manuscript Transfer
Horticulture Research sends and receives transfers from other journals on related topics published by Oxford University Press. All transfers are sent according to the choice of the authors. Unless a reviewer declines to have their feedback shared, reviewer reports and the original decision letter are included in the transfer, but the reviewer identities are not shared.
Transferred manuscripts may be sent out for additional peer review, and a decision will be made on the manuscript based on the feedback from all reviewers and the judgment of the editorial team.
