Folia Horticulturae

Submission

All submissions must be made electronically via the Editorial Manager®:

　

www.editorialmanager.com/fhort/

Editorial Policy

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. During online manuscript submission Authors state that they read and accept requirements of Licence to Publish. Licence to Publish is available online at journal website (download LtoP).

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.

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.

Any experimental research on animals or with the use of animals, clinical trials or any other research requiring legal consent must follow internationally recognized guidelines and approved by the appropriate body. Such information must be included in the Material and Methods section.

Publication Process

Publication in Folia Horticulturae is a multi-step process.

Registration

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.

Evaluation

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 independent reviewers and screened using the CrossCheck System as described in the section “Manuscript review process” above. The Authors are notified by e-mail on each Editor’s decision.

Production

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.

Ahead of Print 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 final version of a paper. Full references to the paper (volume and pages) are provided once the final version of a paper is published.

Article Processing Charge

Folia Horticulturae publishes fully open access articles, freely available online to read, download and share. To cover the range of publishing services Folia Horticulturae charges a publication fee.

The publication fee for manuscripts submitted after October 1, 2023 is 1,000 EUR per article.

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

Manuscripts submitted before October 1, 2023 are charged according to the earlier price: 650 EUR per article.

The members of the Polish Society for Horticultural Science are entitled to 10% discount of publication fee.

The article processing charge will be payable after the manuscript is accepted for publication but before on-line publication. The invoice will be sent electronically to the corresponding author after the Editor-in-Chief approval of the article and the designation a number of issue. Payment should be done by bank transfer, immediately, to speed up the publication process.

Subscriptions and Orders

Enquiries regarding subscriptions of Folia Horticulturae should be directed to the Editorial Office. The unit price for archive issues (up to 2019) of Folia Horticulturae is 6 EUR plus shipping costs or 3 EUR plus shipping costs with a subscription. All prices includes VAT.

Authors may order additional off-prints of their articles (applies to articles printed on paper until 20219). The cost for each 5 copies is 5 EUR, including VAT, plus shipping costs. To order off-prints, please send a signed order form 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.

Open Access Statement

The journal is an Open Access journal that allows a free unlimited access to all its contents without any restrictions upon publication to all users.

Open Access License