Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Coatings was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Coatings was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
| 2017 | Coatings received its first Impact Factor (2.175). Coatings adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2018 | Coatings received an Impact Factor of 2.350 for the year 2017; the 5-year Impact Factor is 2.969. Coatings has been evaluated for inclusion in Scopus by the Content Selection & Advisory Board (CSAB), and will be added in Scopus from Vol. 8 (2018). |
| 2019 | Coatings received an Impact Factor of 2.330 for the year 2018; the 5-year Impact Factor is 2.684. Coatings was added in Scopus with an CiteScore of 2.420 for the year 2018. The 1st Coatings and Interfaces Web Conference was held. Coatings became an affiliated journal of the Korean Tribology Society (KTS). Coatings published its 1,000th paper. |
| 2020 | The Impact Factor of Coatings increased to 2.436 for the year 2019; the 5-year Impact Factor is 2.718. Coatings was included in Scopus and ranked 59/120 (Q2 in SJR) in 'Materials Science: Surfaces, Coatings and Films'. The journal was divided into thirteen topical sections: Bioactive Coatings and Biointerfaces, Corrosion, Wear and Erosion, Coatings for Food Technology and System, Plasma Coatings, Surfaces & Interfaces, Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification, Surface Coatings for Biomedicine and Bioengineering, Thin Films, Tribology, Liquid–Fluid Coatings, Surfaces and Interfaces, Selected Papers from International Conferences and Workshops, Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage, Functional Polymer Coatings and Films, Ceramic Coatings and Engineering Technology. The 2nd Coatings and Interfaces Web Conference was held. |
| 2021 | The new Impact Factor for Coatings increased to 2.881 (+18.3% compared with 2019), ranking in Q2 (10 of 21) in the MATERIALS SCIENCE, COATINGS & FILMS category and ranking in Q2 (70 of 160) in the PHYSICS, APPLIED category. The 5-year Impact Factor is 3.038. The journal was added a new topical section: Environmental Aspects in Colloid and Interface Science. Dr. Marta Mohedano, (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain) won the 2021 Young Investigator Award. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2010–2013 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ugo Bardi |
| 2013–present | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Alessandro Lavacchi |
| 2020–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wei Pan |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Giorgos Skordaris for the section on Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Torsten Brezesinski for the section on Thin Films |
| 2020–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Alexandra Muñoz-Bonilla for the section on Bioactive Coatings and Biointerfaces |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Anton Ficai for the section on Surface Coatings for Biomedicine and Bioengineering Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ludmila B. Boinovich for the section on Corrosion, Wear and Erosion Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Arũnas Ramanavičius for the section on Functional Polymer Coatings and Films Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Eduardo Guzmán for the section on Liquid–Fluid Coatings, Surfaces and Interfaces |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Huirong Le for the section on Tribology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wei Pan for the section on Ceramic Coatings and Engineering Technology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stefano Farris for the section on Coatings for Food Technology and System Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Michele Ferrari for the section on Environmental Aspects in Colloid and Interface Science |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. James Kit-Hon Tsoi for the section on Bioactive Coatings and Biointerfaces Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Rafael Comesaña for the section on Laser Coatings |
