About this journal
Aims and scope
International Journal of Vegetable Science features innovative articles, review articles and letters to the editor on all aspects of vegetable production, including growth regulation, pest management, sustainable production, harvesting, handling, storage, shipping, and final consumption.
Researchers, practitioners, and academics present current findings on new crops and protected culture as well as traditional crops and their culture. Additionally, International Journal of Vegetable Science examines marketing trends in the commercial vegetable industry and addresses vital issues of concern to breeders, production managers, and processors working in all continents where vegetables are grown. Recently published papers have covered organic production, urban agriculture, and physiology of growth and development.
Students, researchers, and academics working in the broad field of vegetable science and policy makers in the field of agriculture will find International Journal of Vegetable Science to be an essential read.
Peer Review Statement: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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Journal metrics
Usage
- 29K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 3.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.466 (2023) SNIP
- 0.575 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 19 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 43 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 31% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Nazim Gruda – University of Bonn, Germany
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Rui Manuel Almeida Machado – Universidade de Evora, Evora, Portugal
Giedre Samuoliene – Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Babtai, Lithuania
Aida Shomali – Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia
EDITORIAL BOARD
Mohamed Badr – National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
Perla Gomez Di Marco – Technical University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain
Jinlong Dong – Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Hongju He – Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China
Pritam Kalia – Indian Agriculturial Research Institute, India
Yaguang Luo – USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD
Stefania Nin – CREA Research Center for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Pescia, Italy
Madesis Panagiotis – Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - CERTH, Thessaloniki, Greece
David H. Picha – Louisiana State University Argicultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Carlos M. Portas – I.S. Agronomica, Tapda da Ajudo, Portugal (Retired)
Neringa Rasiukeviciute – Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Kaunas, Lithuania
Maria Yuantari – Dian Nuswantoro University, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia
Abstracting and indexing
The International Journal of Vegetable Science is abstracted/indexed by the following services:
- AGRICOLA
- CAB International Products
- Chemical Abstracts
- EBSCOhost Products
- Scopus
- JournalSeek
- Food Science and Technology Abstracts
- ProQuest Products
Open access
International Journal of Vegetable Science is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
6 issues per year
Currently known as:
- International Journal of Vegetable Science (2007 - current)
Formerly known as
- Journal of Vegetable Science (2005 - 2007)
- Journal of Vegetable Crop Production (1995 - 2004)
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