Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Life was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2013 | Life was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 3 (Issue 4). |
| 2014 | Life was was indexed in PubMed Central (PMC)—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 4 (Issue 4). |
| 2018 | Astrobiology Society of Britain (ASB) became affiliated to Life. |
| 2019 | Life was was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 9 (Issue 1). |
| 2020 | Life adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| Life announced the first edition of the Young Investigators award. | |
| Life announced the first edition of the Best Paper award. | |
| Life received its first Impact Factor (2.991). | |
| 2021 | Spanish Association for Cancer Research (ASEICA) became affiliated to Life. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2012 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Marie-Paul Bassez |
| 2014–2015 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Pabulo H. Rampelotto |
| 2016–2018 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David Deamer |
| 2018–2019 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Muller |
| 2023–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2013 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonio Bianconi for the section on Physics |
| 2011–2016 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Helga Stan-Lotter for the section on Life Sciences |
| 2014–2016 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. William Bains for the section on Hypotheses in the Life Sciences |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ron Elber for the section on Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson for the section on Biochemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Katalin Prokai-Tatrai for the section on Medical Research Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andrew Pohorille * for the section on Astrobiology (* Prof. Dr. Andrew Pohorille passed away on 6 January 2024.) Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stefano Gianni for the section on Proteins and Proteomics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lluís Ribas de Pouplana for the section on Genetics and Genomics Research Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Koichiro Tamura for the section on Evolutionary Biology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicola Smania for the section on Physiology and Pathology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Daniele Focosi for the section on Epidemiology |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Doron Lancet for the section on Origin of Life |
| 2020–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ramón Cacabelos for the section on Pharmaceutical Sciences |
