Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae

Acta horticulturae et regiotecturae (AHR) is a peer reviewed, open access, scholarly journal aimed at presenting and disseminating the latest, up-to-date results of scientific research in the fields of landscape engineering, landscape architecture and horticulture within the context of climatic changes and sustainable development. The journal focuses on the publication of original research exploring the ideas and challenges that are central to horticulture and viticulture, nature, environment and landscape protection, management, sustainability, and related fields.

Authors are fully responsible for the originality, scientific quality and formal correctness of their papers.

Our journal was first published in 1998.

ISSN: 1335-2563 (printed edition)

ISSN: 1338-5259 (online)

Journal periodicity: 2 issues per year

Online publishing: May 31 (issue 1), November 30 (issue 2).

The Journal is published for the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra (corporate author/editorial Office – Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering), via De Gruyter Sciendo platform.

Fees

We believe in the importance of open access and therefore no fees (free of charge) apply for publishing in Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae.

Rights & Licenses By submitting the manuscript all participating authors agree with the open Access publishing policy under which the journal is published. The Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Ethics Statements

The ethics statements for the Acta Horticulturae et Regiotectuare are based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Peer review

The Journal applies a double-blind peer review process. Articles are reviewed by two independent reviewers who are not involved as a participant, supervisor, technical reviewer, or advisor in the work being reviewed.

Plagiarism screening

All manuscripts are checked by iThenticate software (Similarity Check service).

Rejection rate:

• 30%

Paper/Manuscript Submit

Manuscripts should be submitted by one of the authors of the manuscript through the online submit system at the platform Open journal system.

The corresponding (submitting) author is responsible for managing all communication between the journal and all co-authors, before and after publication. Before publication, papers will be emailed to the corresponding author for proofreading. The author’s response, with or without corrections, should be sent as soon as possible. Compliance with these instructions is obligatory for all authors.

Types of published papers

Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae publishes peer-reviewed papers. All papers are published in English.

• Peer-reviewed papers

• Scientific Papers,
• Short Communications,
• Review Papers.

The AHR publishes scientific articles as outputs from research and observations, as well as reviews or reports from workshops and conferences. Papers are published in regular or special (thematic) issues.

The main areas of interest for the journal include:

• Landscape planning and land consolidation (including GIS)
• Landscaping and landscape sustainability
• Environmental monitoring
• Evaluation and protection of landscape ecological stability and biodiversity
• Environmental engineering and management of water resources
• Water and wastewater treatment
• Erosion control and protection, and soil reclamation
• Flood protection management
• Biometeorology and hydrology
• Climate change impact on landscape and horticulture, adaptation and mitigation
• Ornamental plants (including trees) maintenance, pests management
• Production technologies in horticulture
• Garden and landscape architecture
• Historic gardens and parks revitalization
• Planting design and maintenance
• Urban greenery, green infrastructure
• Simulations and computer modeling of the environment

Archiving

Sciendo archives the contents of this journal in Portico - digital long-term preservation service of scholarly books, journals and collections.

Plagiarism Policy

The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process.