ISHS Membership Categories
Individual Membership: This is the regular ISHS membership for professionals available to all individuals at a cost of EUR 121 (including VAT for members from within the EU) for one calendar year (EUR 100 or equivalent in USD for members outside the European Union - exempt from VAT).
Individual membership comes with 20 complimentary full text article downloads from either Acta Horticulturae at www.actahort.org or any of the journals and other publications available in the www.pubhort.org online service.
Individual members, citizens from countries with a classification other than "high income" or "upper middle income" on the country classification list by The World Bank benefit a discounted ISHS membership of EUR 80 per calendar year or equivalent in USD (provided they currently do not reside in another country that would not qualify for this reduced membership offer).
Individual Members receive a 20% discount when ordering Acta Horticulturae in print or e-Acta format.
See https://www.ishs.org/ishs-membership-benefits for a list of other Individual Membership advantages.
* 5% discount is offered for individual membership renewals ahead of expiry date (*)
* 10% discount applies to multi-year membership renewals or new members signing up for more than 1 year.
Student Membership: Discounted membership category available to junior members, undergraduate or graduate students not having reached the age of 28 years.
Applicants should be without employment and enrolled in a college/university/institution as a full-time student.
The cost of Student membership is EUR 36.30 (including VAT in the EU) for one calendar year January through December (EUR 30 or equivelent in USD for student members from outside the European Union , exempt from VAT).
Student membership comes with 5 complimentary full text article downloads from www.actahort.org
- Early Career Membership: Discounted membership category available to new members, joining ISHS as early career professionals while not having reached the age of 40 years and with less than 10 years professional experience after terminal degree.
The cost for Early Career membership is EUR 72.60 (including VAT in the EU) for one calendar year January through December (EUR 60 or equivalent in USD for Early Career members from outside the European Union , exempt from VAT).
Early Career membership comes with 20 complimentary full text article downloads from www.actahort.org and is limited to 2 years after which early career members become regular individual members.
Retired/Emeritus Membership: Discounted membership category available to retired members, aged over 65 years and with no more professional activity/income.
The cost for ISHS Retired Membership is EUR 86.80 (including VAT in the EU) for one calendar year January through December (EUR 80 or equivalent in USD for Retired members from outside the European Union , exempt from VAT).
Retired membership comes with 20 complimentary full text article downloads from www.actahort.org.
- Institutional Membership: available to institutes, libraries, industry partners, organisations, etc. at a cost of EUR 240 (or equivalent in USD + VAT where applicable) for one calendar year (i.e. January through December) and includes 35 complimentary full text article downloads from www.actahort.org or any of the journals and other publications available in the www.pubhort.org online service.
Institutional membership does not include individual membership advantages such as e.g. reduced registration at symposia or waiving of the abstract submission charge which are advantages available to individual members only.
Institutional Members receive a 30% discount when ordering Acta Horticulturae in print or e-Acta format or when subscribing to Acta Horticulturae.
To apply for Institutional Membership use this contact form to send your order and invoicing address after which you will receive an invoice.
- Country and Region Membership: contact us if you want your country or region to be represented on ISHS Council. Annual membership for countries or regions is EUR 240 per calendar year (+ VAT where applicable). Some of the advantages include: ability to better follow up and guide horticultural science related activities in the country or region and to ensure that these are happening within the framework of ISHS; to appoint up to three country or region representatives to the Council of the ISHS (the Council is the highest decision making body of the Society). The Council meets every second year in-person and at least every year online. Through representation on Council, the ISHS offers its country and region members the opportunity to meet with representatives of other countries and regions as well as with representatives of international agencies who have observer status at ISHS Council meetings. The payment of Country and Region member dues guarantees that scientific organizations within the country can apply to organize ISHS sanctioned international symposia and conferences. Hosting of such meetings often leads to Country or Region scientists gaining leadership positions in the Society. Furthermore, Country and Region members can apply to ISHS to convene the bi-annual meeting of the ISHS Council, the annual ISHS Executive Committee meeting and/or the quadrennial International Horticultural Congress.
Contact the ISHS Secretariat with your Membership related questions
(*) 5% discount applies to online membership renewal transactions only