Journal History
| 1997–2001 | Molbank was published as a Molbank Section of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049, CODEN: MOLEFW), only publishing ‘Short Note’. |
| 2002 | Molbank started as an independent journal (ISSN 1422-8599; CODEN: MOLBAI). |
| 2007 | Molbank was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 2002 (Issue 1). |
| 2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Molbank was published as a quarterly journal. (previously published irregularly). |
| 2016 | Molbank Added a new article type ‘communication’. |
| Molbank established the following sections: -Natural Products; -Organic Synthesis; -Structure Determination. |
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| 2017 | The first Special Issue ‘Heterocycles’ was established. |
| Molbank was indexed in Reaxys. | |
| Molbank was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 2005 (Issue 1). |
Editor-in-Chief
| 1997–2001 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Luc Patiny |
| 2002 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Bruce A. Hathaway |
| 2003–2007 | Editor-in-Chief: Reto Mueller (organic-chemistry.org) |
| 2007–2019 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Norbert Haider |
| 2019–2024 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. René T. Boeré |
| 2024–present | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Nicholas Leadbeater |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2017–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. René T. Boeré for the section on Structure Determination |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Fawaz Aldabbagh for the section on Organic Synthesis |
