Journal History
| 2021 | The inaugural issue was released. Compounds was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2024 | Compounds was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Compounds was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Compounds received its first CiteScore (2023) of 2.3. |
| 2025 | Compounds received its first Impact Factor (2.3), ranked 135/239 in “Chemistry, Multidisciplinary”. Compounds received its CiteScore (2024) of 3.8, ranked 45/125 in “Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)”, 97/232 in “Materials Science (miscellaneous)”, 75/124 in “Chemistry (miscellaneous)” |
| 2026 | Compounds received its CiteScore (2025) of 4.8, ranked 44/144 in “Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)”, 99/256 in “Materials Science (miscellaneous)”, 68/137 in “Chemistry (miscellaneous)” Compounds received its Impact Factor (2025) of 3.6, ranked 110/250 in “Chemistry, Multidisciplinary” |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–2025 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Juan C. Mejuto |
| 2026–present | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Luís Cunha Silva |