Purpose and objectives

The purpose of the Interdepartment Thematic Scientific Collection "Horticulture", which is a professional and peer-reviewed periodical scientific and theoretical publication that highlights innovative, organizational and methodological aspects of modern horticultural science, is to provide representatives of the scientific community with equal opportunities to publish the results of their scientific research and their free dissemination among scientists both in Ukraine and abroad.

The collection publishes materials summarizing the results of research conducted in the horticultural industry: on selection and variety science, agricultural technology, nursery production, plant protection, their physiology and winter hardiness, fertilization and irrigation of plantations, harvesting, storage and processing of fruits and berries, ecology, economics of fruit growing, mathematical research methods, history of horticultural science.

The editorial board of the collection is a supporter of the European choice of the State in political terms. In applied and scientific-methodological - a follower of the combination of scientific-methodical, scientific-methodological and practical aspects of scientific research. The main principles of the editorial policy are: relevance, timeliness, reliability, validity, scientific novelty, innovation, impartiality, practical significance and objectivity in covering the materials of the publication.

The editorial board conducts systematic work on preparing for the inclusion of the collection in international electronic libraries, catalogs and scientometric databases in order to enter the world scientific information space, increase the rating of the collection and the citation indices of its authors.

The objectives of the collection are methodological, practical and research in nature, namely:
• publishing the results of innovative fundamental and applied research that contribute to the development of knowledge on the problems of horticulture, as well as affecting the increase in the efficiency of enterprises producing products in the industry;
• ensuring productive dialogue between scientists;
• helping scientists to disseminate their achievements and ideas among representatives of agro-industrial production;
• solving tasks focused on rational use of nature and improving the quality of horticultural products.

The subject matter of the materials must correspond to the scientific directions of the publication. Articles must not be in the nature of open or hidden advertising (anti-advertising). The editorial board reserves the right to edit the submitted materials in order to ensure that the texts comply with grammatical, spelling, stylistic and logical norms, as well as accessibility for the readership. The editorial board reserves the right not to publish the submitted materials if they do not correspond to the topic of the journal, are biased, politically biased, contain unreliable information, and do not comply with generally accepted moral and ethical norms and current regulatory legal acts of both Ukraine and the EU states.