Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Metabolites was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2014 | Metabolites was indexed in PubMed Central (PMC)—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2015 | Metabolites was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2016 | The 1st International Electronic Conference on Metabolomics, sponsored by Metabolites, was held. |
| 2017 | Metabolites announced the first edition of the Travel Award. Metabolites established the following section:
Inaugural physical Editorial Board Meeting was held in Brisbane, Australia. Metabolites sponsored Metabolomics 2017. |
| 2018 | Metabolites was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Metabolomics, sponsored by Metabolites, was held. Metabolites announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. Physical board meeting was held in Seattle, WA, USA. |
| 2019 | Metabolites received its first Impact Factor (3.303). The Metabolomics Society (MetSoc) became an affiliated society of Metabolites. Physical board meeting was held in The Hague, The Netherlands. Metabolites established the following sections:
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| 2020 | Metabolites received an Impact Factor of 4.097 for the year 2019. Metabolites started the Reviewer Board and Topic Board projects. Metabolites published its 1,000th paper. Metabolites announced the Young Investigator Award 2020, Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2020 and 10th Anniversary Best Paper Awards. |
| 2021 | Metabolites received the new Impact Factor (4.932), ranked 94/295 (Q2) in "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology". |
| 2022 | Metabolites received the new Impact Factor (5.581), ranked 90/296 (Q2) in "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".
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Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–2021 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Meikle |
| 2022–2024 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Markus R. Meyer |
| 2024–present | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Amedeo Lonardo |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2017–2020 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Devin Benheim for the Section on Thematic Reviews |
| 2020–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael Stoskopf for the Section on Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics |
| 2021–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manfredi Rizzo for the Section on Lipid Metabolism Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jose Lorenzo Rodriguez for the Section on Food Metabolomics |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maciej Banach for the Section on Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. James McCullagh for the Section on Cell Metabolism Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Cholsoon Jang for the Section on Nutrition and Metabolism Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Philippe Soucaille for the Section on Microbiology and Ecological Metabolomics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hirokazu Kawagishi for the Section on Plant Metabolism Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Chi Chen for the Section on Animal Metabolism Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. David J. Beale for the Section on Environmental Metabolomics Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Thusitha W. Rupasinghe for the Section on Metabolomic Profiling Technology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Hunter N. B. Moseley for the Section on Bioinformatics and Data Analysis Section Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maciej Banach for the Section on Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Leonardo Tenori for the Section on Advances in Metabolomics |
| 2022–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Amedeo Lonardo for the Section on Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Sarah Wille for the Section on Pharmacology and Drug Metabolism |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Reza Salek for the Section on Integrative Metabolomics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jeremy Carlier for the Section on Pharmacology and Drug Metabolism |
