About the Journal
Our focus
We focus on cultivated plants with all their facets. All published contributions have a strong connection to applied research and emphasize the importance and opportunities of the findings for agricultural and horticultural practice.
Our topics
In the domain of crop plant research, we welcome contributions from all relevant fields, e.g. soil science, plant cultivation and grassland management, horticulture, fruit growing and viticulture, plant genetics and plant breeding, plant protection, plant health, and agricultural engineering.
Our sections
We publish original papers, review papers and short communications in German and English. The editorial section of the journal also contains news, book reviews and information on people or from relevant professional associations.
Our standards
All submitted original papers, review papers and short communications will be evaluated by at least two independent reviewers in a peer-review process.
With the help of the free software Open Journal Systems, the editorial process from submission to review to publication of articles is transparent and can be viewed online by all participants at any time.
The Journal of Cultivated Plants is indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), CAB Abstracts, AGRICOLA (Online Catalog of the USDA National Agricultural Library), EBSCO, LIVIVO (ZB Med Search Portal for Life Sciences) and BASE (Bielefeld Search Engine).
Our open-access policy
We publish all scientific contributions open access, without any costs for the authors. Since 2019, all original papers, reviews and short communications have been published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). In addition to the online version, the Journal of Cultivated Plants also appears monthly as a printed issue.
Our readership
Besides the interested public, our readers include researchers and students at universities, colleges and research institutions of the German federal states and the federal government. Our journal is also read by employees of the agricultural and horticultural consultancy services, the chambers of agriculture, plant protection services and research institutes for plant cultivation and plant breeding. Many interested readers of our journal can also be found in the relevant industry.
Our history
