Journal History
| 1996 | The Inaugural Issue was released. Molecules was published as a monthly journal. |
| 1999 | Molecules received its first Impact Factor (0.248). |
| 2000 | Molecules published its 500th paper. |
| 2004 | Molecules published its 1000th paper. |
| 2005 | Molecules celebrated its 10th anniversary. |
| 2007 | Molecules adopted the full Open Access system. |
| 2012 | Molecules announced the first Best Paper award. |
| 2013 | Molecules established the following section: Metabolites (Discontinued, 2013-2018) Molecules published its 5000th paper. |
| 2015 | Molecules established the following sections: Green Chemistry Photochemistry Bioorganic Chemistry Organometallic Chemistry |
| 2016 | Molecules published its 10,000th paper. Molecules announced the first TuYouYou award. |
| 2017 | Molecules established the following sections: Inorganic Chemistry Physical Chemistry Analytical Chemistry Nanochemistry Chemical Biology Molecules organized The 1st Molecules Medicinal Chemistry Symposium. |
| 2018 | Molecules established the following sections: Materials Chemistry Electrochemistry Macromolecular Chemistry |
| 2019 | Molecules adopted a semi-monthly publication schedule. Molecules established the following sections: Flavours and Fragrances Colorants Molecules published its 20,000 paper. |
| 2020 |
Molecules established the following sections: The year 2020 marks the 25th Anniversary of Molecules. |
| 2021 | Molecules received its 2020 impact factor (4.412). |
Editors-in-Chief
| 1996 | Founding Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Shu-Kun Lin |
| 1996–1997 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Shu-Kun Lin |
| 1997–1999 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Esteban Pombo-Villar |
| 1999–2005 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Shu-Kun Lin |
| 2005–2020 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Derek J. McPhee |
| 2021–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Farid Chemat |
Section Editors-in-Chief
| 2019 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Dr. Joselito P. Quirino for the section on Analytical Chemistry |
| 2018 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mark von Itzstein for the section on Bioorganic chemistry |
| 2018 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roland J. Pieters for the section on Chemical biology |
| 2016 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Dr. James W. Gauld for the section on Computational and Theoretical Chemistry |
| 2020 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. R. Daniel Little for the section on Electrochemistry |
| 2020 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Henryk H. Jeleń for the section on Flavours and Fragrances |
| 2018 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Farid Chemat for the section on Green Chemistry |
| 2018 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. M.-H. Whangbo for the section on Inorganic Chemistry |
| 2019 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Cirillo for the section on Materials Chemistry |
| 2016 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Diego Muñoz-Torrero for the section on Medicinal Chemistry |
| 2020 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mara G. Freire for the section on Molecular Liquids |
| 2020 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Rudy J. Richardson for the section on Molecular Structure |
| 2018 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ashok Kakkar for the section on Nanochemstry |
| 2016 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt for the section on Natural Prodcuts Chemistry |
| 2016 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roman Dembinski for the section onOrganic Chemistry |
| 2019 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vadim A. Soloshonok for the section on Organic Chemistry |
| 2020 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michal Szostak for the section on Organometallic Chemistry |
| 2015 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Dr. Pierre Pichat for the section on Photochemistry |
| 2021 | Section Editor-In-Chief: Dr. Sylvain Caillol for the section on Macromolecular Chemistry Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Axel Klein for the section on Inorganic Chemistry |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-In-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lucia Panzella for the section on Colorants |
