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Aims and scope

Folia Horticulturae is an international, scientific journal published in English. It covers a broad research spectrum of aspects related to horticultural science that are of interest to a wide scientific community and have an impact on progress in both basic and applied research carried out with the use of horticultural crops and their products. The journal’s aim is to disseminate recent findings and serve as a forum for presenting views as well as for discussing important problems and prospects of modern horticulture, particularly in relation to sustainable production of high yield and quality of horticultural products, including their impact on human health.

The articles should concern any of the main groups of horticultural crops i.e., fruits, vegetables, herbal and medicinal plants, ornamental plants, and landscape plants. They should present novel and scientifically sound results or reviews relevant to a broad community. Interdisciplinary articles combining aspects of crop production, plant protection, breeding, seed science, post-harvest technology and food technology are welcome. These applied aspects can be supported by basic research in biochemistry, plant physiology, biotechnology and genetics. Particular interest is given to articles dealing with plant production with the aim of products with a higher quality and of high importance for human health. Comparisons of sustainable production techniques with the use of conventional, organic and biotechnologically improved crops as well as global social and economic aspects of horticulture may be presented.

Publisher

Folia Horticulturae has been published by the Polish Society for Horticultural Sciences (PSHS) since 1989.

  • PL ISSN (in print): 0867-1761 – printed material is the primary reference source

  • PL ISSN (online): 2083-5965

Indexing

Full texts of published papers are available through EBSCO and CABI Full Text Databases. Additionally, the journal is indexed by several databases with abstract view:

  • Horticultural Abstracts,

  • CAB Direct®,

  • Ulrich's Periodicals DirectoryTM,

  • AGRIS FAO,

  • IBIDS National Agricultural Library USDA.

Ranking score

  • Index Copernicus Value (2010) ICV = 9.00

  • MNiSW (the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education) list of journals part B (2010) - 9 points in the 9-point scale

  • Folia Horticulturae is also listed in the Master Journal List of Thomson Reuters.

Ethical guidelines

Folia Horticulturae has implemented policies against dishonesty and unethical publishing practice. To protect against ghostwriting (an author is not included in the list of authors nor mentioned in acknowledgements) and guest authorship (the impact of an author is meaningless or none) the Authors are obliged to declare that the submitted material is original, written by the stated authors, has not been published before and contains neither unlawful statements nor infringes the rights of third parties. The Authors are also responsible for providing any necessary written permissions to quote any materials that have been published before in other sources.

To protect against plagiarism, Folia Horticulturae implements a multi-step process involving an internal evaluation of each submission as well as an external evaluation by independent reviewers, who remain blind to the Authors. The evaluations aim in ensuring the originality of the texts and the presented data. Any conflict of interests between a reviewer and authors, as well as between a reviewer or authors and research founding body is documented and will be disclosed.

Manuscript review process

Each submitted manuscript is pre-evaluated by the Editors. If it is considered for publication in Folia Horticulturae, the manuscript is sent to at least two independent reviewers who declare no conflict of interest with the Authors and are the experts in the given scientific field. The selection of the reviewers is exclusively based on Folia Horticulturae Editor’s decision. The Editor may also consider the choice of the reviewers suggested by the Authors. The reviewer names remain blind to the Authors. The Authors receive the reviewers’ comments attached to the Editor’s decision on the acceptance/rejection of the manuscript.

Submission

The Authors are fully responsible for the content and correctness of the presented information. By submitting the manuscript the Authors unequivocally state that the text and data are original and that any part of the manuscript has been not published elsewhere nor submitted elsewhere to be considered for publication, unless as an abstract or preliminary note. If the manuscript contains any materials published in other sources, the appropriate agreement from the publisher must be provided.

Folia Horticulturae acts and publishes upon agreements only with a corresponding Author who is solely and fully responsible for representing all co-authors, if any, and may act on their behalf. The Authors transfer copyrights to the Polish Society for Horticultural Science. A copyright transfer agreement (CTA) form can be downloaded here (PDF, DOC) or from the menu at the main page of the journal website. A scan of the signed CTA form must be sent as an attachment to the submission. Alternatively, send the original signed CTA by regular mail or fax to the Editorial Office.

Only an electronic version of a manuscript is considered for processing. The manuscript must be provided in the format of MS Word 2007 or an earlier version only. Additionally, a copy of the manuscript saved in PDF format must be attached. The submission must be accompanied by the copyright transfer agreement and cover letter (see Instructions for Authors).

The complete submissions should be sent by e-mail to foliahort@ogr.ur.krakow.pl.

Publication process

Publication in Folia Horticulturae is a multi-step process. The submission is checked for completeness and if so, registered. The corresponding Author receives confirmation of a successful submission by e-mail. If the submission is not complete, i.e., does not contain all of the required files, the cover letter is incomplete or the manuscript does not meet the requirements according to the ‘Instructions for Authors’, the manuscript is not registered and the corresponding Author is notified and asked for a new complete submission. Once registered, the manuscript is pre-evaluated by the Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editors who decide whether the manuscript can be further considered for publication in Folia Horticulturae. Positively identified manuscripts are sent to at least two independent reviewers who are experts in the scientific field presented in the manuscript. Based on the review outcome, the Editors make a decision on the rejection or acceptance of the manuscript, or may require a revision to be done by the Authors. The revised manuscript may be sent to reviewers once again upon the Editor’s decision. The Authors are notified by e-mail on each Editor’s decision. The accepted manuscript is directed to the production process where it is edited to comply with the standards of Folia Horticulturae and independently corrected by a native English speaking Editor to ensure high English standards. The corresponding Author receives the edited manuscript with traceable changes for acceptance and has the possibility to answer the Editor’s comments, which must be done within seven days. After the Author’s acceptance, the galley proof is prepared and sent to the corresponding Author for final acceptance due within three working days. After the Author’s final acceptance, further changes to the text are not possible. The accepted paper is published online on the journal web page with a non-restricted access to the full text. Then the paper awaits print publication.

Online first policy

Folia Horticulturae policy is to publish the accepted papers online as quickly as possible. Therefore, each accepted manuscript is published on the web page prior to print publication. Full references to the paper (volume and pages) are provided once the paper is published in print. Printed issue is the primary reference source.

Off-prints

The corresponding author receives a PDF version of the final paper free of any additional charge.

Costs

Invited reviews are published free of charge. If you intend to write a review, please contact the Editor first.

To support publication costs, each printed page of the original research paper is charged 80 PLN or 20 EUR, including VAT. A 25% reduction is applied proportionally to the number of Authors who are active/honorary PSHS (PTNO) members. The fee includes the proofreading and editing process to ensure correct English.

One printed page equals approximately 4150 chars, 4900 chars including spaces, 55 lines or two doubled spaced manuscript pages assuming 2.5 cm margins and a Times New Roman, 11 point font.

Each page in colour costs 240 PLN (60 EUR), including VAT. Publication in colour on-line is free of any additional charge.

Subscription and orders

Enquiries regarding subscriptions and orders for the current and archival issues of Folia Horticulturae should be directed to the Editorial Office. The current unit price for Folia Horticulturae is 25 PLN (6 EUR) plus shipping costs or 12.50 PLN (3 EUR) plus shipping costs with a subscription. All prices include VAT.

Authors may order additional off-prints of their articles. The cost for each 5 copies is 20 PLN (5 EUR), including VAT, plus shipping costs. To order off-prints, please send a signed order form (PDF, DOC) to the Editorial Office by fax or its scan by e-mail. The order must be sent to the Editorial Office together with the Author’s final acceptance of the galley proof or earlier.

Download order form here: PDF, DOC.

Contact

Folia Horticulturae

Editorial Office

29 Listopada 54

31-425 Krakow

Poland

Tel.: +48 12 662-52-49

Fax: +48 12 411-13-00

e-mail: foliahort@ogr.ur.krakow.pl

http://www.foliahort.ogr.ur.krakow.pl

 

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