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 1,000th paper. |
| 2007 | Molecules adopted the full Open Access system. |
| 2012 | Molecules announced the first edition of the Best Paper award. |
| 2013 |
Molecules established the following section: Molecules published its 5,000th 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 edition of the TuYouYou award. |
| 2017 |
Molecules established the following sections: 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: Molecules published its 20,000 paper. |
| 2020 |
Molecules established the following sections: Molecules announced the first edition of the PhD Thesis Award. |
| 2021 | Molecules received its 2020 Impact Factor (4.412). |
| 2022 | Molecules received its 2021 Impact Factor (4.927). |
| 2023 | Molecules received its 2022 Impact Factor (4.6). |
| 2024 | Molecules received its 2023 Impact Factor (4.2). |
| 2025 | Bioactive Lipids was discontinued. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 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 |
| 2021–2023 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Farid Chemat * passed away on January 2023 |
| 2023–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt |
Section Editor-in-Chief
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2015–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Pierre Pichat for the section on Photochemistry |
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2016–2023 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thomas J. Schmidt for the section on Natural Prodcuts Chemistry |
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2016–2024 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. James Gauld for the section on Computational and Theoretical Chemistry |
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2016–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Diego Muñoz-Torrero for the section on Medicinal Chemistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roman Dembinski for the section on Organic Chemistry |
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2018–2022 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Roland J. Pieters for the section on Chemical Biology |
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2018–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mark von Itzstein for the section on Bioorganic chemistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Farid Chemat for the section on Green Chemistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. M.-H. Whangbo for the section on Inorganic Chemistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ashok Kakkar for the section on Nanochemstry |
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2019–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Joselito P. Quirino for the section on Analytical Chemistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Cirillo for the section on Materials Chemistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vadim A. Soloshonok for the section on Organic Chemistry |
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2020–2023 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. R. Daniel Little for the section on Electrochemistry |
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2020–2024 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mara G. Freire for the section on Molecular Liquids |
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2020–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Henryk H. Jeleń for the section on Flavours and Fragrances Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Rudy J. Richardson for the section on Molecular Structure Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michal Szostak for the section on Organometallic Chemistry |
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2021–2024 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mauro Maccarrone for the section on Bioactive Lipids |
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2021–present |
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 |
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2022–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lucia Panzella for the section on Colorants |
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2023–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. RuAngelie Edrada-Ebel for the section on Natural Products Chemistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Tristan Richard for the section on Food Chemistry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Y. George Zheng for the section on Chemical Biology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Shaojun Yuan for the section on Applied Chemistry |
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2025–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jianzhang Zhao for the section on Photochemistry |
