Journal History
| 2015 | The Inaugural issue was released. Gels was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Gels was indexed in CAS—Chemical Abstracts - ACS. |
| 2017 | Gels was indexed in Polymer Library - Smithers Rapra. |
| 2019 | Gels was indexed in PubMed - NLM. Gels was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Gels was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2020 | Gels was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 4 (Issue 1). |
| 2021 | Gels received its first Impact Factor (4.702), ranked 14/88 in “Polymer Science” category. |
| 2022 | Gels received its 2021 Impact Factor (4.432), ranked 22/90 in “Polymer Science” category. Gels adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2023 | Gels received its 2022 Impact Factor (4.6), ranked 18/86 in “Polymer Science” category. |
| 2024 | Gels received its 2023 Impact Factor (5.0), ranked 14/94 in “Polymer Science” category. |
| 2025 | The year 2025 marks the 10th Anniversary of Gels. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2015–2024 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Díaz Díaz (Founding Editor) |
| 2024–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Esmaiel Jabbari |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Miguel A. Cerqueira for the section on Gel Applications Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Filippo Rossi for the section on Gel Processing and Engineering Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jean-Michel Guenet for the section on Gel Analysis and Characterization |
| 2022–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Esmaiel Jabbari for the section on Gel Chemistry and Physics |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Chuanliang Feng for the section on Gel Chemistry and Physics |
