Journal History
| 2012 | The inaugural issue was released. Actuators was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2013 | Actuators was indexed in Inspec (IET) and Genamics JournalSeek. |
| 2016 | Actuators was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2017 | Actuators was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Actuators announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2019 | Actuators was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2020 |
Actuators received its first Impact Factor (1.957). Actuators received a CiteScore (2019) of 4.2. The 1st International Electronic Conference on Actuator Technology: Materials, Devices and Applications (IeCAT 2020) was held on Sciforum. Actuators announced the first edition of Young Investigator Award, Outstanding Reviewer Award and Best Paper Award. Actuators established the following sections: |
| 2021 | Actuators adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2022 | The year 2022 marked the 10th Anniversary of Actuators. |
| 2024 | Aircraft Actuators was renamed as Aerospace Actuators. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2012–2020 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Delbert Tesar |
| 2021–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kenji Uchino |
| 2025–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Norman M. Wereley |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Hai Wang for the section on Actuators for Land Transport Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Matteo Cianchetti for the section on Actuators for Robotics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eihab M. Abdel-Rahman for the section on Precision Actuators Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicola Pio Belfiore for the section on Miniaturized and Micro Actuators |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Guanghong Yang for the section on Control Systems Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Zhuming Bi for the section on Actuators for Manufacturing Systems Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shuxiang Dong for the section on Actuator Materials |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Norman M. Wereley for the section on Aircraft Actuators |
