Journal History

2015	The Inaugural issue was released. Gels was published as a quarterly journal.
2016	Gels was indexed in CAS—Chemical Abstracts - ACS.
2017	Gels was indexed in Polymer Library - Smithers Rapra.
2019	Gels was indexed in PubMed - NLM. Gels was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Gels was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2020	Gels was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 4 (Issue 1).
2021	Gels received its first Impact Factor (4.702), ranked 14/88 in “Polymer Science” category.
2022	Gels received its 2021 Impact Factor (4.432), ranked 22/90 in “Polymer Science” category. Gels adopted a monthly publication schedule.
2023	Gels received its 2022 Impact Factor (4.6), ranked 18/86 in “Polymer Science” category.
2024	Gels received its 2023 Impact Factor (5.0), ranked 14/94 in “Polymer Science” category.
2025	The year 2025 marks the 10th Anniversary of Gels.

Editor-in-Chief

2015–2024	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Díaz Díaz (Founding Editor)
2024–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Esmaiel Jabbari
2026–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chuanliang Feng

2022–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Miguel A. Cerqueira for the section on Gel Applications Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Filippo Rossi for the section on Gel Processing and Engineering Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jean-Michel Guenet for the section on Gel Analysis and Characterization
2022–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Esmaiel Jabbari for the section on Gel Chemistry and Physics
2024–2026	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chuanliang Feng for the section on Gel Chemistry and Physics
2026–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dirk Kuckling for the section on Gel Chemistry and Physics