Journal History

2013	The inaugural issue was released. Atoms was published as a quarterly journal.
2015	Atoms was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2017	Atoms was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2019	Atoms received its first CiteScore (2018) of 1.20, ranked 36/69 in "Nuclear and High Energy Physics", 105/173 in "Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics", and 239/397 in "Condensed Matter Physics".
2020	Atoms launched new positions—Topics Editor and Reviewer Editor.
2022	Atoms announced the first edition of the Best Paper award. Atoms announced the third edition of the Travel award. Atoms received its CiteScore (2021) of 2.8, ranked 37/76 in "Nuclear and High Energy Physics", and 114/205 in "Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics" , and 236/415 in "Condensed Matter Physics". The year 2022 marked the 10th Anniversary of Atoms.
2023	Atoms adopted a monthly publication schedule. Atoms received its CiteScore (2022) of 3.1, ranked 38/81 in "Nuclear and High Energy Physics", 228/423 in "Condensed Matter Physics", and 115/211 in "Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics". Atoms received its first Impact Factor (1.8).

Editor-in-Chief

2013–2024	Editor-in-Chief: Dr. James F. Babb
2025–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Pascal Quinet