Journal History | Crystals

2011	The inaugural issue was released. Crystals was published as a quarterly journal.
2014	Crystals was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2015	Crystals was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2016	Crystals received its first Impact Factor (2.075). Crystals adopted a monthly publication schedule.
2017	Crystals announced the first edition of the Travel Awards. Crystals established the following sections: Liquid Crystals; Biomolecular Crystals; Crystal Engineering; Interactions in Crystal Structures.
2018	Crystals published its 1,000th paper. Crystals received its 2018 Impact Factor (2.144); the 5-year Impact Factor was 1.982. Crystals announced the 2018 Travel Awards. Crystals organized the 1st International E-Conference on Crystals. -Interactions in Crystal Structures was renamed as Crystal Engineering.
2019	Crystals started the Reviewer Board and Topic Board project. Crystals announced the 2019 Travel Award.
2020	Crystals received its 2020 Impact Factor (2.404). Crystals announced the 2020 Travel Award. Crystals organized the 2nd International Online Conference on Crystals. Crystals established the following sections: Industrial Crystallization; Mineralogical Crystallography and Biomineralization; Macromolecular Crystals; Inorganic Crystalline Materials; Organic Crystalline Materials; Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials.
2021	Crystals received its 2021 Impact Factor (2.589). Crystals announced the 2021 Travel Award. Crystals established the following sections: Advanced Energy Materials; Alloys and Compounds; Crystalline Ceramics.
2022	Crystals received its 2022 Impact Factor (2.670). -Alloys and Compounds was renamed as Crystalline Metals and Alloys. -Crystalline Ceramics was renamed as Polycrystalline Ceramics.
2023	The Impact Factor increased to 2.7.
2025	Crystals was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier).

Editor-in-Chief

2011–2014	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gerd Meyer
2015–2023	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Helmut Cölfen * Prof. Dr. Helmut Cölfen passed away on 2023
2024–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alessandra Toncelli

Section Editor-in-Chief

2017–2018	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Crystal Engineering
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Interactions in Crystal Structures
2018–2019	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Crystal Engineering
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Abel Moreno for the section on Biomolecular Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Crystalline Materials
2019–2020	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Crystal Engineering
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Abel Moreno for the section on Biomolecular Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Inorganic Crystalline Materials
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Neil Champness for the section on Organic Crystalline Materials
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jesús Sanmartín-Matalobos for the section on Macromolecular Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Leonid Kustov for the section on Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang W. Schmahl for the section on Mineralogical Crystallography and Biomineralization
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heike Lorenz for the section on Industrial Crystallization
2020–2021	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Crystal Engineering
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Abel Moreno for the section on Biomolecular Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Inorganic Crystalline Materials
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Neil Champness for the section on Organic Crystalline Materials
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jesús Sanmartín-Matalobos for the section on Macromolecular Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Leonid Kustov for the section on Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang W. Schmahl for the section on Mineralogical Crystallography and Biomineralization
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heike Lorenz for the section on Industrial Crystallization
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Cyril Cayron for the section on Alloys and Compounds
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robert F. Klie for the section on Materials for Energy Applications
2022–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Cyril Cayron for the section on Crystalline Metals and Alloys
2022–2023	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals
2022–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Polycrystalline Ceramics
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jesús Sanmartín-Matalobos for the section on Macromolecular Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Leonid Kustov for the section on Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang W. Schmahl for the section on Mineralogical Crystallography and Biomineralization
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heike Lorenz for the section on Industrial Crystallization
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Zongyou Yin for the section on Inorganic Crystalline Materials
2022–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Abel Moreno for the section on Biomolecular Crystals
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Crystal Engineering
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Neil Champness for the section on Organic Crystalline Materials
	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robert F. Klie for the section on Materials for Energy Applications
2023–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hongbin Bei for the section on Crystalline Metals and Alloys
2023–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vladimir Chigrinov for the section on Liquid Crystals
2024–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. José Gavira for the section on Biomolecular Crystals Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Martin Lutz for the section on Organic Crystalline Materials
2025–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yutaka Moritomo for the section on Materials for Energy Applications