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Horticulturae (ISSN: 2311-7524) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal published monthly online by MDPI. Horticulturae has been indexed in Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), PubAg, AGRIS, FSTA, and other databases.

In order to support the scientific community and contribute to the faster distribution of important scientific research, Horticulturae has cooperated with various academic conferences and is now seeking cooperation with additional academic conferences. The journal is open to a diverse range of collaborations, such as media partnerships, awards, exhibitions, and publications.

The scope of Horticulturae includes:

• Conventional, sustainable and organic production—planting to harvest;
• Precision horticulture and technological innovation;
• Protected cultivation;
• Smallholder production systems;
• Urban horticulture;
• Propagation and seed production;
• Genetics, genomics, breeding, and biotechnology;
• Physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology;
• Interactions with pests and pathogens;
• Effects of abiotic stresses and climate change;
• Modeling plant growth and productivity;
• Pre- and postharvest quality;
• Nutritional and phytochemical composition;
• Product processing, storage, transport, and wastage;
• Economics and marketing;
• Outreach, extension, and education.

We welcome consultations with any conferences related to Horticulturae. If you are interested in collaborating with Horticulturae, please contact us at horticulturae@mdpi.com.

Stanford University has recently published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

The time node of the statistical data of this list is from 1960 to 2022, and it is divided into two lists: "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" and "2022 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking". The "Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking" counts the comprehensive influence performance of scientists during their careers, and the "2022 Annual Influence Ranking" focuses on highlighting the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. This ranking, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers from the more than 10 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields taken into account.

We are pleased to share that 27 Editorial Board Members from MDPI’s journal Horticulturae (ISSN: 2311-7524) were featured in Stanford University World’s Top 2% Scientists list in 2022.

The latest Stanford rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of the scientists, who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievement and thank them for their immense contribution to the scientific progression and development of Horticulturae.

1. “Response Mechanism of Plants to Drought Stress”
by Xinyi Yang et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(3), 50; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7030050
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/3/50

2. “A Review on Plant Responses to Salt Stress and Their Mechanisms of Salt Resistance”
by Shanhu Hao et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(6), 132; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7060132
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/6/132

3. “Perceptions of Urban Green Areas during the Social Distancing Period for COVID-19 Containment in Italy”
by Federica Larcher et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(3), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7030055
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/3/55

4. “Rangeland Management and Ecological Adaptation Analysis Model for Astragalus curvirostris Boiss”
by Farhad Aghajanlou et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(4), 67; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7040067
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/4/67

5. “Prospects of Nanotechnology in Improving the Productivity and Quality of Horticultural Crops”
by Ruhul Amin Rana et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(10), 332; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7100332
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/10/332

6. “Nanobiotechnological Approaches to Enhance Potato Resistance against Potato Leafroll Virus (PLRV) Using Glycyrrhizic Acid Ammonium Salt and Salicylic Acid Nanoparticles”
by Tahsin Shoala et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(10), 402; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7100402
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/10/402

7. “Alleviation of Heat Stress in Tomato by Exogenous Application of Sulfur”
by Muhammad Moaaz Ali et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(2), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7020021
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/2/21

8. “Biochemical, Physiological, and Molecular Aspects of Ornamental Plants Adaptation to Deficit Irrigation”
by Maria Giordano et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(5), 107; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7050107
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/5/107

9. “Effect of Postharvest Transport and Storage on Color and Firmness Quality of Tomato”
by Mai Al-Dairi et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(7), 163; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7070163
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/7/163

10. “UV Lighting in Horticulture: A Sustainable Tool for Improving Production Quality and Food Safety”
by Danilo Loconsole et al.
Horticulturae 2021, 7(1), 9; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7010009
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/1/9

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

MDPI will be attending RBMP 2022, held in Sevilla, Spain, from 14 to 16 September 2022. The Meeting of Plant Molecular Biology (RBMP) is the most important biennial event with the greatest impact on plant research, open to scientists from academia and industry. During this conference, MDPI (at the booth #25) welcomes researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share with us your latest inspirations.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• IJMS (leading journal);
• CIMB;
• Plants;
• Horticulturae;
• Applied Sciences;
• Antioxidants;
• Taxonomy.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth #25. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://www.bcongresos.com/congresos/rbmp2022/.

MDPI will be attending the 6th European Congress of Conservation Biology, held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 22 to 26 August 2022.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Insects (leading journal);
• Forests;
• Horticulturae;
• JZBG.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to visit our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have.

For more information about the conference, please see the following link: https://www.eccb2022.eu/.

Horticulturae (ISSN: 2311-7524) will be attending the International Horticultural Congress 2022 as an exhibitor. This meeting will be held in the online person-to-person hybrid format from 14 to 20 August 2022.

The backbone of the congress will be based on the four following challenges:

1. Competitiveness and skills for horticultural value chains;
2. Food, human health and well-being of citizens;
3. Sustainability of production systems;
4. Adaptation to climate change and effect mitigation.

These will be the leading topics of the four planned plenary sessions and keynote speakers will be invited to discuss their critical views.

These four topics will be a common thread throughout the 25 symposia. In addition, many important and topical subjects will be addressed, including breeding, biodiversity, organic farming, urban horticulture, new technologies for phenotyping, precision horticulture, and so on.

We hope that IHC2022 will be an outstanding scientific event, as well as a unique opportunity for researchers within the industry and students to exchange, discuss and collaborate with scientists.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Horticulturae;
• Sustainability;
• Plants;
• Agriculture.

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start an online conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you and answering any questions you may have. For more information about the conference and our virtual booth, please visit the following link: https://www.ihc2022.org/

We are delighted to inform you that Horticulturae (ISSN: 2311-7524) has received an increased Impact Factor of 2.923, based on the Journal Citation Reports. Horticulturae now ranks 7/36 (Q1) in the “Horticulture” category. We would like to extend our gratitude to our authors, readers, reviewers, and Board Members, for their contributions to the journal’s development and continuous support!

Horticulturae is a relatively young but well-established journal that is publishing its 8th volume this year. The journal is focusing on all areas of temperate to tropical horticulture and related disciplines. To expand our contribution to the horticulture community, Horticulturae is recruiting researchers to join the Editorial Board, consisting of 17 sections. If you are interested in this position, please contact the Horticulturae Editorial Office (horticulturae@mdpi.com).

Horticulturae Editorial Office

The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2022)

The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)