Journal History | Life

2011	The inaugural issue was released. Life was published as a quarterly journal.
2013	Life was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 3 (Issue 4).
2014	Life was was indexed in PubMed Central (PMC)—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 4 (Issue 4).
2018	Astrobiology Society of Britain (ASB) became affiliated to Life.
2019	Life was was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 9 (Issue 1).
2020	Life adopted a monthly publication schedule.
	Life announced the first edition of the Young Investigators award.
	Life announced the first edition of the Best Paper award.
	Life received its first Impact Factor (2.991).
2021	Spanish Association for Cancer Research (ASEICA) became affiliated to Life.

Editor-in-Chief

2011–2012	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Marie-Paul Bassez
2014–2015	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Pabulo H. Rampelotto
2016–2018	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Deamer
2018–2019	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Muller
2023–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana

2011–2013	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonio Bianconi for the section on Physics
2011–2016	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Helga Stan-Lotter for the section on Life Sciences
2014–2016	Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. William Bains for the section on Hypotheses in the Life Sciences
2020–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ron Elber for the section on Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson for the section on Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Katalin Prokai-Tatrai for the section on Medical Research Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andrew Pohorille * for the section on Astrobiology (* Prof. Dr. Andrew Pohorille passed away on 6 January 2024.) Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stefano Gianni for the section on Proteins and Proteomics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana for the section on Genetics and Genomics Research Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Koichiro Tamura for the section on Evolutionary Biology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicola Smania for the section on Physiology and Pathology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Daniele Focosi for the section on Epidemiology
2021–present	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Doron Lancet for the section on Origin of Life
2020–2024	Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ramón Cacabelos for the section on Pharmaceutical Sciences