Journal History

2013

The inaugural issue was released. Chemosensors was published as a quarterly journal.

2015

Chemosensors was indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science.

2017

Chemosensors was indexed in Scopus.
Chemosensors announced the first edition of the Travel Award.

2019

Chemosensors was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
Chemosensors announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award.

2020

Chemosensors received its first Impact Factor (3.108).
Chemosensors received a CiteScore (2019) of 3.8.
Chemosensors announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award.
Chemosensors announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award.
Chemosensors established the following sections:
-Electrochemical Devices and Sensors;
-Optical Chemical Sensors;
-Materials for Chemical Sensing;
-Applied Chemical Sensors.

2021

Chemosensors adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Chemosensors published its 500th paper.
Chemosensors received an Impact Factor (2020) of 3.398; the 5-year Impact Factor was 3.82.
Chemosensors received a CiteScore (2020) of 3.9.
The first International Electronic Conference on Chemical Sensors and Analytical Chemistry was held on Sciforum on 1–15 July 2021.

2022

Chemosensors published its 1,000th paper.
Chemosensors received an Impact Factor (2021) of 4.229, the category “Instruments & Instrumentation” in Q1.

2023

The year 2023 marks the 10th Anniversary of Chemosensors.

2013–2020

Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Igor Medintz

2021–present

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault

2021–2022

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eleonora Alfinito for the section on Chemical Sensing Modelling

2021–2023

Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Elena Benito-Peña for the section on Optical Chemical Sensors
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Comini for the section on Nanostructures for Chemical Sensing

2021–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Marco Frasconi for the section on Materials for Chemical Sensing
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jose V. Ros-Lis for the section on Applied Chemical Sensors
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault for the section on Electrochemical Devices and Sensors
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jin-Ming Lin for the section on Analytical Methods, Instrumentation and Miniaturization
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Camelia Bala for the section on (Bio)chemical Sensing

2023–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xiaobing Zhang for the section on Optical Chemical Sensors