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 |
