Journal History
| 2015 | The inaugural issue was released. Universe was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Universe was indexed in ADS - Astrophysics Data System. |
| Universe was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). | |
| 2017 | Universe announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2018 | Universe adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2019 | Universe was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
| Universe was indexed in Scopus. | |
| Universe received its first Impact Factor (2.165). | |
| 2020 |
Universe announced the first edition of Young Investigator Award and Best Paper Awards. |
| Universe established the following sections: Solar System Galaxies and Clusters Compact Objects Planetary Sciences Stellar Astronomy Universe Letters Space Science |
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| 2021 |
Universe received the Newest Impact Factor 2.278 (2020). |
| Universe updated and established the following section: Mathematical Physics |
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| 2022 | Universe established the following section: Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics Universe received its 2021 CiteScore of 3.2 ranked Q2 in the “General Physics and Astronomy” category. Universe received its 2021 Impact Factor (2.813), ranked Q2 in the “Astronomy & Astrophysics” category and Q3 in the “Physics, Particles & Fields” category. |
| 2023 | Universe received its 2022 CiteScore of 3.6 ranked Q2 in the “General Physics and Astronomy” category. Universe received its 2022 Impact Factor (2.9), ranked Q2 in the “Astronomy & Astrophysics” category and Q2 in the “Physics, Particles & Fields” category. |
Editors-in-Chief
| 2015–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Iorio |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Maria Vasileiou for the Section on High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics |
| 2020–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Astrid Eichhorn for the Section on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Gravity |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. James A. Isenberg for the Section on Gravitation |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Ezio Caroli for the Section on Space Science | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonino Del Popolo for the Section on Cosmology | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gerald B. Cleaver for the Section on Field Theory | |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Nicolas Chamel for the Section on Compact Objects |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Máté Csanád for the Section on High Energy Nuclear and Particle Physics |
