About the Journal

Plant Science Horizons (PSH) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Inspire Science and Tech Publisher (ISTP), Pakistan. Launched in 2026, PSH publishes research and scholarly commentary across fundamental and applied plant science, with particular emphasis on scientific quality, methodological rigor, transparent reporting, and relevance to plant biology, crop improvement, and sustainable agriculture.

Plant Science Horizons in 2026

PSH is currently publishing Volume 1 (2026). Articles have been published in both Issue 1 and Issue 2, confirming the journal's current biannual issue structure. Published articles use electronic article numbers such as e0003 and e0009 rather than conventional page ranges.

Current articles are published online in open access, assigned persistent DOIs, and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

An international forum for plant science

Plant Science Horizons provides a scholarly platform for researchers working across molecular, cellular, physiological, genetic, genomic, ecological, computational, and applied aspects of plant science. The journal welcomes work spanning model plants, crops, horticultural species, forest plants, medicinal and economic plants, and plant-associated biological systems.

PSH is designed to connect fundamental discovery with practical relevance. The journal encourages studies that deepen mechanistic understanding while also contributing to crop resilience, sustainable production, plant health, environmental adaptation, and food-security challenges.

Manuscripts are published in English and are evaluated through editorial screening followed, where appropriate, by rigorous double-blind peer review.

Basic information

Aim of the journal

Plant Science Horizons aims to advance knowledge of plant systems from molecular mechanisms to crop and ecosystem-level applications. The journal seeks to publish scientifically sound, original, transparent, and meaningful work that contributes to understanding plant growth, development, reproduction, metabolism, adaptation, evolution, productivity, and interaction with biotic and abiotic environments.

PSH particularly values integrative research that connects mechanistic insight with broader biological significance or agricultural relevance, including studies addressing climate resilience, crop improvement, sustainable resource use, plant health, food security, and emerging technologies in plant research.

Scientific scope

What PSH seeks to publish

The journal gives priority to manuscripts that demonstrate one or more of the following:

Types of contributions

Editorial screening and double-blind peer review

Possible outcomes include rejection, major revision, minor revision, or acceptance. Editorial decisions are based on the complete record, including scientific merit, methodological robustness, reviewer reports, ethical compliance, and the adequacy of author responses.

Volumes, issues and article identifiers

PSH publishes one volume per calendar year with two issues annually. The 2026 publishing record is Volume 1, with articles appearing in Issue 1 and Issue 2.

Articles use electronic article identifiers rather than relying exclusively on continuous page numbering. Current examples include Plant Science Horizons 2026, 1(1): e0003 and Plant Science Horizons 2026, 1(2): e0009.

Each article receives a DOI. The current article DOI format is represented by examples such as 10.66835/psh.2026.e0009.

Publication declarations used by PSH

Current PSH articles include structured end-matter designed to improve transparency and accountability. Depending on article type, published material may include:

Research integrity and responsible publishing

PSH requires originality, honest reporting, appropriate authorship, disclosure of competing interests, transparent data and image handling, proper citation, and compliance with applicable ethical and legal requirements.

Concerns involving plagiarism, redundant publication, fabricated or falsified data, inappropriate image manipulation, authorship disputes, or other publication-integrity issues are assessed through the journal's editorial and research-integrity procedures.

Editorial leadership

The current editorial structure includes Editors-in-Chief, a Managing Editor, an Editorial Advisory Board, and Editorial Board Members.

Editorial members contribute subject expertise, peer-review oversight, journal development, publication ethics, scientific quality control, and strategic guidance.

PSH aims to maintain an editorial board that is scientifically qualified and internationally representative, with diversity across institutions, disciplines, geographic regions, and research backgrounds.

DOIs, metadata and scholarly visibility

PSH assigns persistent DOIs to published articles and maintains structured article metadata to support citation, discovery, interoperability, and long-term scholarly visibility.

Because PSH is a journal launched in 2026, its indexing and discovery profile is still developing. The journal should distinguish clearly between services in which content is currently discoverable and major bibliographic databases for which future inclusion may require application and evaluation.

A developing journal with a long-term scientific mission

As a newly established journal, PSH is building its publication record, editorial infrastructure, discoverability, and international author and reviewer community. The journal's immediate priority is to establish a consistent record of ethically managed, scientifically rigorous, well-presented, and openly accessible publications.

Long-term development will depend on publication quality, editorial independence, responsible peer review, transparent policies, accurate metadata, sustained publication frequency, and the scientific value of the work published.

Advancing plant science through open and rigorous publishing

Plant Science Horizons seeks to develop as a trusted international venue for high-quality plant research by combining rigorous editorial evaluation, double-blind peer review, open-access dissemination, transparent publication practices, and a broad scientific scope spanning fundamental plant biology through crop improvement and sustainable agriculture.