Journal History
| 2017 | The inaugural issue was released. Instruments was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2020 | Instruments announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2021 | Instruments was indexed in Scopus - Elsevier. |
| 2022 | Instruments received its first CiteScore (2.6). |
| 2023 | Instruments received its 2022 CiteScore (2.7). |
| 2024 | Instruments announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. Instruments received its 2023 CiteScore (2.6). |
| 2025 | Instruments received its 2024 CiteScore (3.3). Instruments was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Instruments established the following sections: -Particle Detection; -Optical and Photonic Instruments; -Analytical Science and Biomedical Instruments; -Sensing Technologies and Precision Measurement; -Space and Astronomical Instruments; -AI for Instruments and Metrology for AI; |
| 2026 | Particle Detection was renamed as Particle Detectors and Accelerators. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2016–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonio Ereditato (Founding Editor) |
Associate Editor
| 2018–present | Associate Editor: Prof. Dr. Pasquale Arpaia |
Instruments - ISSN 2410-390X