Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Catalysts was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2012 | Catalysts received its first CiteScore (2011) of 1.9. |
| 2014 | Catalysts was indexed in Scopus and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
| 2015 | Catalysts received its first Impact Factor (2.000). |
| 2016 | Catalysts adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2018 | Catalysts established the following sections:
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| 2019 | Catalysts established the following sections:
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| 2020 | Catalysts organized The 1st International Electronic Conference on Catalysis Sciences and its webinar series (“Recent Advances in Biocatalysis for Biomanufacturing” and “Bioelectrochemistry”). |
| 2021 | The year 2021 marked the 10th Anniversary of Catalysts. Catalysts received its 2020 Impact Factor (4.146). Catalysts published its 5,000th paper. Catalysts established the following sections:
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| 2022 | Catalysts received its 2021 Impact Factor (4.501). Catalysts received its CiteScore (2021) of 5.5, ranked 50/228 (Q1) in "General Environmental Science". |
| 2023 | Catalysts received its 2022 Impact Factor (3.9). Catalysts received its CiteScore (2022) of 6.3, ranked 50/227 (Q1) in "General Environmental Science". |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Keith Hohn |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Leonarda Francesca Liotta for the section on Catalytic Materials Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jean-François Lamonier for the section on Environmental Catalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Vincenzo Baglio for the section on Electrocatalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Adam F. Lee for the section on Nanostructured Catalysts Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Evangelos Topakas for the section on Biocatalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Juan J. Bravo-Suarez for the section on Biomass Catalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. C. Heath Turner for the section on Computational Catalysis |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kotohiro Nomura for the section on Catalysis in Organic and Polymer Chemistry |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Detlef W. Bahnemann for the section on Photocatalysis |
| 2021–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andres R. Alcantara for the section on Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hugo de Lasa for the section on Catalytic Reaction Engineering Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maria A. Goula for the section on Catalysis for Sustainable Energy |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Guido Busca for the section on Industrial Catalysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gonzalo de Gonzalo for the section on Catalysis for Pharmaceuticals |
