Journal History

2011	The inaugural issue was released. Societies was published as a quarterly journal.
2016	Societies was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2021	Societies was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2023	Societies adopted a monthly publication schedule.
2025	Societies established the following section: The Social Nature of Health and Well-Being The International Lab for Innovative Cultural and Social Research (ILIS) became affiliated to Societies.

Editor-in-Chief

2011–2012	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Madine Vanderplaat
2013–2014	Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Bryan R. Hogeveen
2015–present	Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gregor Wolbring