Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Crystals was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2014 | Crystals was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2015 | Crystals was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2016 | Crystals received its first Impact Factor (2.075). Crystals adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2017 | Crystals announced the first edition of the Travel Awards. Crystals established the following sections:
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| 2018 | Crystals published its 1,000th paper. Crystals received its 2018 Impact Factor (2.144); the 5-year Impact Factor was 1.982. Crystals announced the 2018 Travel Awards. Crystals organized the 1st International E-Conference on Crystals. -Interactions in Crystal Structures was renamed as Crystal Engineering. |
| 2019 | Crystals started the Reviewer Board and Topic Board project. Crystals announced the 2019 Travel Award. |
| 2020 | Crystals received its 2020 Impact Factor (2.404). Crystals announced the 2020 Travel Award. Crystals organized the 2nd International Online Conference on Crystals. Crystals established the following sections:
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| 2021 |
Crystals received its 2021 Impact Factor (2.589).
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| 2022 | Crystals received its 2022 Impact Factor (2.670). -Alloys and Compounds was renamed as Crystalline Metals and Alloys. -Crystalline Ceramics was renamed as Polycrystalline Ceramics. |
| 2023 | The Impact Factor increased to 2.7. |
| 2025 | Crystals was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier). |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2014 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gerd Meyer |
| 2015–2023 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Helmut Cölfen * Prof. Dr. Helmut Cölfen passed away on 2023 |
| 2024–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Alessandra Toncelli |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2017–2018 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Crystal Engineering |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Interactions in Crystal Structures | |
| 2018–2019 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Crystal Engineering |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Abel Moreno for the section on Biomolecular Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Crystalline Materials | |
| 2019–2020 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Crystal Engineering |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Abel Moreno for the section on Biomolecular Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Inorganic Crystalline Materials | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Neil Champness for the section on Organic Crystalline Materials | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jesús Sanmartín-Matalobos for the section on Macromolecular Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Leonid Kustov for the section on Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang W. Schmahl for the section on Mineralogical Crystallography and Biomineralization | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heike Lorenz for the section on Industrial Crystallization | |
| 2020–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Crystal Engineering |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Abel Moreno for the section on Biomolecular Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Inorganic Crystalline Materials | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Neil Champness for the section on Organic Crystalline Materials | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jesús Sanmartín-Matalobos for the section on Macromolecular Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Leonid Kustov for the section on Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang W. Schmahl for the section on Mineralogical Crystallography and Biomineralization | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heike Lorenz for the section on Industrial Crystallization | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Cyril Cayron for the section on Alloys and Compounds | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robert F. Klie for the section on Materials for Energy Applications | |
| 2022–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Cyril Cayron for the section on Crystalline Metals and Alloys |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Charles Rosenblatt for the section on Liquid Crystals | |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shujun Zhang for the section on Polycrystalline Ceramics |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jesús Sanmartín-Matalobos for the section on Macromolecular Crystals | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Leonid Kustov for the section on Hybrid and Composite Crystalline Materials | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang W. Schmahl for the section on Mineralogical Crystallography and Biomineralization | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Heike Lorenz for the section on Industrial Crystallization | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Zongyou Yin for the section on Inorganic Crystalline Materials | |
| 2022–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Abel Moreno for the section on Biomolecular Crystals |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sławomir Grabowski for the section on Crystal Engineering | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Neil Champness for the section on Organic Crystalline Materials | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robert F. Klie for the section on Materials for Energy Applications | |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hongbin Bei for the section on Crystalline Metals and Alloys |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vladimir Chigrinov for the section on Liquid Crystals | |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. José Gavira for the section on Biomolecular Crystals Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Martin Lutz for the section on Organic Crystalline Materials |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yutaka Moritomo for the section on Materials for Energy Applications |
