Journal History
| 2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Toxins was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2010 | Toxins adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2011 | Toxins was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Toxins was indexed in Medline/PubMed, full text available in PubMed Central (PMC) at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/1577/. |
| 2012 | Toxins was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Biological Abstracts and BIOSIS Previews, starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1) Toxins received its first CiteScore of 0.8. |
| 2013 | Toxins received its first Impact Factor of 2.129. Toxins received its CiteScore (2012) of 2.5. |
| 2014 | Toxins received its Impact Factor (2013) of 2.480. Toxins received its CiteScore (2013) of 4.0. |
| 2015 | Toxins received its Impact Factor (2014) of 2.938. Toxins received its CiteScore (2014) of 3.7. |
| 2016 | Toxins received its Impact Factor (2015) of 3.571 (16/89 (Q1) in "Toxicology"). The journal implemented double-blind peer-review. Toxins received its CiteScore (2015) of 4.1. Toxins announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2017 | Toxins received its Impact Factor (2016) of 3.030. Toxins received its CiteScore (2016) of 4.7. |
| 2018 | JCR category: Applied a new category ‘Food Science & Technology’21/133 (Q1). Toxins received its CiteScore (2017) of 4.7. Toxins announced Toxins’ 10th Anniversary Top Cited Researcher Award. |
| 2019 | Toxins received its Impact Factor (2018) of 3.895 (14/93 (Q1) in ‘Toxicology’ and 19/135 (Q1) in ’Food Science & Technology'). Toxins received its CiteScore (2018) of 5.1. Toxins announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award. |
| 2020 | Toxins received its Impact Factor (2019) of 3.531. Toxins received its CiteScore (2019) of 5.1. Toxins organized the 1st International Electronic Conference on Toxins (https://sciforum.net/conference/IECT2021). |
| 2021 | Toxins received its Impact Factor (2020) of 4.546. Toxins received its CiteScore (2020) of 5.5. |
| 2022 | Toxins received its Impact Factor (2021) of 5.075. Toxins received its CiteScore (2021) of 6.6. |
| 2023 | Toxins received its Impact Factor (2022) of 4.2. Toxins received its CiteScore (2022) of 7.5. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2009–2015 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. med. Florian Lang |
| 2015–2017 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vernon L. Tesh |
| 2017–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jay W. Fox |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2013–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bryan Fry for the section on Animal Venoms Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vernon L. Tesh for the section on Bacterial Toxins |
| 2014–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. John P. Berry for the section on Marine and Freshwater Toxins |
| 2014–2016 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Richard A. Manderville for the section on Mycotoxins |
| 2015–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Nilgun E. Tumer for the section on Plant Toxins |
| 2016–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vítor Vasconcelos for the section on Marine and Freshwater Toxins |
| 2016–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sarah De Saeger for the section on Mycotoxins |
| 2017–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michel R. Popoff for the section on Bacterial Toxins |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Andrea Bolognesi for the section on Plant Toxins Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Antonio Moretti for the section on Mycotoxins |
