Journal History
| 2012 | The inaugural issue was released. Resources was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Resources was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), Scopus—Elsevier, GeoRef—American Geosciences Institute and some other databases. Resources announced the first edition of the Travel award. |
| 2018 | Resources received its first CiteScore (2017) of 3.9. |
| 2019 | Resources announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer award and the Best Paper award. |
| 2020 | Resources adopted a monthly publication schedule. Resources published its 500th paper. |
| 2021 | Resources received its CiteScore (2020) of 4.6. |
| 2022 | Resources received its CiteScore (2021) of 6.4. The year 2022 marked the 10th Anniversary of Resources. |
| 2023 | Resources received its CiteScore (2022) of 7.7. Resources received its first Impact Factor (3.3). |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2012–2015 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Richard F. Kazmierczak, Jr. |
| 2015–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Damien Giurco |
