Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Catalysts was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2012 | Catalysts received its first CiteScore (2011) of 1.9. |
| 2014 | Catalysts was indexed in Scopus and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
| 2015 | Catalysts received its first Impact Factor (2.000). |
| 2016 | Catalysts adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2018 | Catalysts established the following sections:
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| 2019 | Catalysts established the following sections:
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| 2020 | Catalysts organized the 1st International Electronic Conference on Catalysis Sciences and its webinar series (“Recent Advances in Biocatalysis for Biomanufacturing” and “Bioelectrochemistry”). |
| 2021 | The year 2021 marked the 10th Anniversary of Catalysts. Catalysts received its 2020 Impact Factor (4.146). Catalysts published its 5,000th paper. Catalysts organized the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Catalysis Sciences—A Celebration of Catalysts 10th Anniversary. Catalysts established the following sections:
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| 2022 | Catalysts received its 2021 Impact Factor (4.501). Catalysts received its CiteScore (2021) of 5.5, ranked 50/228 (Q1) in “General Environmental Science”. |
| 2023 | Catalysts received its 2022 Impact Factor (3.9). Catalysts received its CiteScore (2022) of 6.3, ranked 50/227 (Q1) in “General Environmental Science”. |
| 2024 | Catalysts received its 2023 Impact Factor (3.8), ranking Q2 in “Chemistry, Physical”. Catalysts received its CiteScore (2023) of 6.8, ranking 53/233 (Q1) in “General Environmental Science”. |
| 2025 | Catalysts received its 2024 Impact Factor (4.0), ranking Q2 in “Chemistry, Physical”. Catalysts received its CiteScore (2024) of 7.6, ranking 45/240 (Q1) in “General Environmental Science” and 41/187 in “Physical and Theoretical Chemistry”. Catalysts was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier), starting with Volume 15 (Issue 4). Catalysts organized the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Catalysis Sciences. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Keith Hohn |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Leonarda Francesca Liotta for the section on Catalytic Materials Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jean-François Lamonier for the section on Environmental Catalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Vincenzo Baglio for the section on Electrocatalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Adam F. Lee for the section on Nanostructured Catalysts Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Evangelos Topakas for the section on Biocatalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Juan J. Bravo-Suarez for the section on Biomass Catalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. C. Heath Turner for the section on Computational Catalysis |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kotohiro Nomura for the section on Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Detlef W. Bahnemann for the section on Photocatalysis |
| 2021–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andres R. Alcantara for the section on Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hugo de Lasa for the section on Catalytic Reaction Engineering Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maria A. Goula for the section on Catalysis for Sustainable Energy |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Guido Busca for the section on Industrial Catalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gonzalo de Gonzalo for the section on Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals |
