Horticultura Brasileira
Brief Background
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Historic Background Horticultura Brasileira is the official scientific journal of the Brazilian Society for Horticultural Science (ABH), founded in 1961. Horticultura Brasileira has been published regularly and uninterruptedly for 42 years. Volume 1 was published in 1983, with two annual issues. In 1999, Horticultura Brasileira became a four-monthly journal; in 2002, it became a quarterly journal; and since 2023, it has become an annual journal with continuous publication. Since 2017, Horticultura Brasileira publishes exclusively in English (although accepting and processing papers submitted in Portuguese and Spanish) and, since 2020, it is published exclusively electronically (www.horticulturabrasileira.com.br; SciELO-Horticultura Brasileira). Over the years, Horticultura Brasileira became the main journal published in Brazil dedicated exclusively to vegetable crops and aromatic, condimentary, medicinal and ornamental plants. Mission of the Journal Horticultura Brasileira publishes original technical-scientific articles concerning vegetable crops and aromatic, spicy, medicinal and ornamental plants that are expect to make a significant contribution to the development of these sectors. |
Open Science Compliance
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The Open Science movement proposes guidelines for collaborative, shared and public science. In line with these guidelines, Horticultura Brasileira adopts a series of practices, such as the open access policy, the code for good practices in editorship and the use of social media to disseminate the published work. In addition, the journal requires the precise indication of each author contribution in articles with multiple authorships and the citation, referencing and declaration of research data. Horticultura Brasileira also accepts articles published as preprints on public platforms and, if requested by the authors or referees, offers the option of opening up the peer review process, with or without identifying names. |
Ethics in Publication
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It is implied that that during the development of the work, authors have strictly observed the rules of conduct and, where applicable, the legislation governing all ethical issues, including gender issues, in the country where the activities, including writing, that resulted in the paper submitted to Horticultura Brasileira were carried out. All authors must express their consent to the submission and eventual publication of the paper, taking responsibility for the content. Likewise, all authors must indicate their contribution and disclose any conflict of interest. The editorial process of Horticultura Brasileira is totally egalitarian and inclusive, with no privileges of any kind. Editors and referees act impartially, with integrity and confidentiality in their evaluations, prioritizing constructive criticism and meeting agreed deadlines. Horticultura Brasileira is guided by the Guide to Good Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication, available at Guidelines on Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication. |
Focus and Scope
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Horticultura Brasileira publishes original technical-scientific articles that address any step of the production system of vegetable crops and aromatic, condimentary, medicinal, and ornamental plants, including related ethnic, social, economic and environmental aspects, and that contribute significantly to the development of horticulture. |
Indexing Sources
Bibliographic Journal Information
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Websites and Social Media
Preprints
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Authors are free to choose to use preprints. Horticultura Brasileira accepts manuscripts previously deposited as preprints on public platforms, such as SciELO Preprints. |
Peer Review Process
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The Editorial Board evaluates the manuscripts preliminarily and checks the adherence to the scope of the journal, compliance with the publication rules, technical and/or scientific relevance and the use of language. The Editorial Board informs authors of its decision (suitable for processing or not) via the electronic submission system. If changes are necessary, authors can submit a new version for evaluation. As soon as the Editorial Board agrees on the submission, authors must pay the processing fee. The secretariat then forwards the paper to at least two ad hoc referees. As soon as there are two reviews, the Scientific Editor evaluates the paper and issues an opinion: (1) Recommended for publication, (2) Changes needed, or (3) Not recommended for publication. In situations 1 and 3, the paper goes to the Associate Editor, who makes the final decision. In situation 2, the paper returns to authors, who must prepare a new version and make it available on the electronic submission system. The Scientific Editor may or may not recommend the new version. In both cases, the new version goes to the Associate Editor, who will issue the final opinion. No changes are made to the work without the approval of authors. Once the paper has been definitively accepted, the corresponding author receives an electronic copy of the formatted version, which must return to the Editorial Board within 48 hours. Extensive changes are not accepted at this stage. Additions, deletions and edits will require the Editorial Board to re-examine the paper. Errors and omissions in the text returned to the Editorial Board are responsibility of the authors. Horticultura Brasileira publishes the name of the responsible editors at the end of the approved article. Horticultura Brasileira standard evaluation form is double-blind. However, in case of preprints, it is not possible to guarantee author anonymity. Therefore, the evaluation can be either single-blind or open. |
Open Data
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If the manuscript has additional data, the corresponding author must provide a statement of availability appointing location, nature and referencing of these data. The following links provide support for information on supplementary data: |
Fees
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The processing fee is US$ 50.00, when the first author is member of the Brazilian Association for Horticultural Science or any sister scientific association and is up to date with the annual dues. In any other situation, the extended processing fee applies (US$ 180.00). Processing fees are non-refundable. Horticultura Brasileira also has a page charge of US$ 20.00 and a cataloguing fee of US$ 1.00 for indexing each bibliographic reference from the 26th reference of the paper onwards. |
Ethics and Misconduct, Correction and Retraction Policy
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It is implied that during the development of the work, authors have strictly observed the rules of conduct and, where applicable, the legislation governing all ethical issues, including gender issues, in the country in which the activities, including writing, that resulted in the submitted manuscript took place. All authors must express their consent to submission and eventual publication of the paper, taking full responsibility for the content. Likewise, all authors must indicate their individual contribution to the manuscript and disclose any conflict of interest. The editorial process of Horticultura Brasileira is totally egalitarian and inclusive, with no privileges of any kind. Editors and referees act impartially, with integrity and confidentiality in their evaluations, prioritizing constructive criticism and meeting agreed deadlines. Horticultura Brasileira is guided by the Guidelines on Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication. |
Policy on Conflict of Interest
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Conflicts of interest can be of a personal, commercial, political, academic or financial nature. Conflicts of interest occur when authors, reviewers or editors have interests that may influence manuscript preparation or evaluation. When submitting a manuscript, authors are expected to disclose any conflict of interest that may have influenced their work in a signed document attached to the submission. For more information, see Disclosure of Financial and Non-Financial Relationships and Activities, and Conflicts of Interest. |
Adoption of Similarity Software
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Horticultura Brasileira is in the process of adopting similarity checking software. |
Adoption of Software Using Artificial Intelligence Resources
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Regarding the use of the so-called artificial intelligence resources, Horticultura Brasileira adopts the instructions, recommendations and precautions of the Guide to the use of Artificial Intelligence tools and resources in the SciELO Network (Guide to the Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools and Resources in Research Communication on the SciELO Network). We accept AI use in the preparation of manuscripts, but stress that any AI-generated content must be informed in the abstract and in Material & Methods or equivalent section. AI use during the editing process is also accepted, for example during evaluation and in the identification of similarities, and must also be reported. Hiding the use of AI or AI-produced content is an ethical breach that violates the principles of transparency and honesty in science. |
Gender and Sex Issues
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It is implied that authors have complied with the legislation and rules of conduct governing gender issues in the place where the activities were carried out, including writing, during the development of the work. The editorial process of Horticultura Brasileira is totally egalitarian and inclusive, with no privileges of any kind. |
Ethics Committee
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Where appropriate, authors should attach a statement from the Ethics Committee of the institution responsible for approving the activities reported in the manuscript. |
Copyright
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Authors who publish in Horticultura Brasileira retain copyright over their manuscript, but grant the journal the right of first publication. |
Intellectual Property and Terms of Use
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Authors who publish in Horticultura Brasileira keep the copyright of their work, licensing it under the Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY, which allows papers to be reused and distributed without restriction, as long as the original publication is correctly cited. Data, opinions, and concepts expressed in the papers, as well as the accuracy of the bibliographical references, are responsibility of authors. Horticultura Brasileira encourages authors to file their accepted manuscripts, publishing them on personal blogs, institutional repositories and academic media, as well as posting them on their personal social media, as long as the citation to the original publication is included. |
Sponsors and Promotion Agencies
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The Brazilian Association for Horticultural Science (ABH) is the journal's sponsor. Horticultura Brasileira receives financial support also from the Scientific Publications Support Program of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Ministry of Education. |
Editor-in-Chief
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Deputy Editor
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Associate Editors
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Scientific Editors
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Types of Documents Accepted
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Horticultura Brasileira accepts only original manuscripts that has not yet been reported or submitted for publication in any other journal or publication vehicle. After submission to Horticultura Brasileira and until the end of the submission process, it is forbidden to submit the paper, in whole or in part, to any other journal or publication vehicle. Horticultura Brasileira publishes manuscripts previously deposited as preprints on preprint platforms, such as SciELO Preprints. The use of preprints is optional. Paper first author must preferably be a member of the Brazilian Society for Horticultural Science (ABH) or of any National Association with which the ABH has a Reciprocity Agreement and must be up to date with the payment of annual dues. Papers in which the first author does not meet the above requirement may also be submitted for publication. In this case, the extended processing fee must be paid as soon as the paper is accepted for processing. All submissions approved for publication will be published in English. However, papers written in Portuguese or Spanish can also be submitted. In this case, when the paper is in its final version, approved for publication, authors can either arrange its translation to English or authorize the Editorial Board to do so. Whenever the translated version provided by authors does not meet the language standard required for publication, the Editorial Board will submit it for revision by an expert. All costs regarding translation and language revision will be covered by authors. Horticultura Brasileira includes the name of the editor responsible for the evaluation at the end of the article approved for publication. The standard evaluation procedure adopted by the journal is double-blind. However, in the case of preprints, it is not possible to guarantee authors anonymity. For this reason, the evaluation can be single-blind or open. Horticultura Brasileira publishes papers in the following sections:
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Authors' Contribution
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To define the manuscript authorship, use the following criteria, based on http://www.biomedcentral.com/about/editorialpolicies#Authorship;
Simply collecting data; providing genotypes, seeds or other inputs; discussing the experiments or the results and; the general supervision or funding of the research group do not justify authorship and should be included in Acknowledgements. |
Manuscript Preparation
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Prepare the text in a program of worldwide compatibility, 1.5 spacing, Calibri Light font, size 11. Pages and lines should be numbered. Add all digital assets (such as figures and tables) to the end of the text and submit as a single file. Format the file to A4 and all margins to 3 cm. Low-resolution images (less than 600Kb) are not be accepted. Papers should be no longer than 30,000 characters, including spaces. The file should be submitted online at Acesso | Horticultura Brasileira (scielo.br). Manuscripts will only be processed if:
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Article Submission Format
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Manuscript format is detailed described in the Publication Guidelines, available at HB 30_3 (horticulturabrasileira.com.br) and in the Style & Format Manual, available at Ilma (horticulturabrasileira.com.br). If you have any questions or need further guidance on preparing your manuscript, please refer to the latest issues of Horticultura Brasileira or contact the Editorial Board. |
Digital Assets
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Guidelines to prepare tables, charts, figures and other digital assets are presented below. For full instructions on the standards for titles, headers, footers, formatting etc., as well as other guidelines for preparing and presenting the manuscript's digital assets, please refer to the Style & Format Manual, available on Ilma (horticulturabrasileira.com.br) or to the latest issues of Horticultura Brasileira. If you still have questions or need further information, please contact the Editorial Board. Tables, charts, and figures should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and, in the manuscript file, should be located at the end of the text. However, the asset expected position in the published article must be clearly indicated. Titles, headings, and footers should be descriptive and the asset should be understandable on its own, without the need for information elsewhere in the text. Assets should be editable, in black and white, in an appropriate size, so that when they are reduced, no relevant details are lost. Assets should be visually clean and easy to understand. Avoid too much information, concentrating on what is actually relevant. Images, as other assets, must have titles, captions, and footers that make them understandable without the need to consult other parts of the manuscript. They must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in separate files in .jpg or .png format with high resolution (600 dpi). Images and their titles, captions, and footers should be included at the end of the manuscript. However, their intended position in the published article must be clearly indicated. |
Citations and References
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The standards for citing references in the text and presenting bibliographical references at the end of the article follow ABNT (Brazilian Association for Technical Norms) and are presented in detail in the Style & Format Manual, available at Ilma (horticulturabrasileira.com.br). If you have questions or need further guidance on citing references in the text or presenting bibliographical references, please refer to the latest issues of Horticultura Brasileira or contact the Editorial Board. Below, you have the templates for the most frequent cases: a) Journals SILVA, CQ; RODRIGUES, R; BENTO, CS; PIMENTA, S. 2017. Heterosis and combining ability in ornamental chili pepper. Horticultura Brasileira 35: 349-357. b) Books FILGUEIRA, FAR. 2008. Novo manual de olericultura. Viçosa, BR: UFV. 412p. c) Book chapters MUHAMMAD, L; UNDERWOOD, E. 2004. The maize agriculture context in Kenya. In: HILBECK, A; ANDOW, DA (eds). Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms. v.1. A case study of Bt maize in Kenya. Wallingford, UK: CABI International. p. 21-56. d) Dissertations and thesis HIJBEEK, R. 2017. On the role of soil organic matter for crop production in European arable farming. Wageningen, NL: Wageningen University. 211 p (Ph.D. thesis) e) Full papers published in conference proceedings (when not included in journals). Only cite papers published in conference proceedings after consulting the editorial board: e.1) Proceedings van JOST, M; CLARK, CK; BENSON, W. 2007. Lettuce growth in high soil nitrate levels. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NITROGEN USE IN HORTICULTURE, 4. Annals... Utrecht, NL: ISHS. p. 122-123. e.2) CD-ROM BRUNE, S; MELO, PE de; REIS, A. 2006. Resistance characteristics of potato genotypes to early blight. In: CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE OLERICULTURA, 46. Resumos... Goiânia, BR: ABH. (CD-ROM). f) Citations from electronic media f.1) Website AUTHOR or SOURCE. Year. Title or page main heading. Available at: URL/electronic address. Accessed on January 15, 2024. f.2.) Publication AUTHORSHIP, AUTHORS or SOURCE. Year. Document title. Responsible/Editor. Available at: URL. Accessed in January 15, 2024. |
Supplementary Documents
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Horticultura Brasileira requests the following additional documents for starting the manuscript processing:
During the processing of the manuscript, other supplementary documents may be requested, such as image use rights (in case of photographs of people), ethics committee approvals and consent to use commercial terms or trademarks, if necessary. |
Financing Statement
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If you wish to inform the sources of financial, economic or logistical support (in-kind), use the Acknowledgments section and include the name of the sponsors (with contract number, if you wish) and a brief reference to the type of support received. |
Additional Information
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For matters related to the Brazilian Association for Horticultural Science (ABH), such as membership, payment of annual dues, change of address and others, please refer to the ABH Board of Directors, at the following directions:
Brazilian Association for Horticultural Science (ABH) |
Contact
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