Journal History
| 2000 | The inaugural issue was released. Entropy was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2007 | Entropy was indexed in Scopus - Elsevier. |
| 2009 | Entropy was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
| 2010 | Entropy adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2011 | Entropy received its first Impact Factor (1.109). |
| 2012 | Entropy received its 2011 Impact Factor (1.183). |
| 2013 | Entropy received its 2012 Impact Factor (1.347). |
| 2014 | Entropy received its 2013 Impact Factor (1.564). Entropy established the following sections:
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| 2015 | Entropy received its 2014 Impact Factor (1.502). |
| 2016 | Entropy received its 2015 Impact Factor (1.743). |
| 2017 | Entropy received its 2016 Impact Factor (1.821). |
| 2018 | Entropy received its 2017 Impact Factor (2.305). The year 2018 marks the 20th anniversary of Entropy and its first edition of Entropy 2018: From Physics to Information Sciences and Geometry was held in Barcelona, Spain. Entropy established the following sections:
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| 2019 | Entropy received its 2018 Impact Factor (2.419). Entropy published its 5,000th paper. Entropy established the following section:
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| 2020 | Entropy received its 2019 Impact Factor (2.494). Entropy was indexed in PubMed - National Library of Medicine and PubMed Central (PMC) - National Library of Medicine. Entropy established the following section:
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| 2021 | Entropy received its 2020 Impact Factor (2.524). The second edition of Entropy 2021: The Scientific Tool of the 21st Century was held virtually. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 1999–2003 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Shu-Kun Lin |
| 2003–2006 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Michel Petitjean |
| 2006–2008 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Shu-Kun Lin |
| 2009–2011 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Harremoëse |
| 2012–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kevin H. Knuth |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2014–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Antonio M. Scarfone for the section on Statistical Mechanics |
| 2014–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. José A. Tenreiro Machado for the section on Complexity * Prof. Dr. José A. Tenreiro Machado passed away on 6 October 2021. |
| 2014–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jay Lawrence for the section on Quantum Information |
| 2015–2024 | Section First Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Milivoje M. Kostic for the section on Thermodynamics |
| 2015–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Raúl Alcaraz Martínez for the section on Information Theory |
| 2016–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Remo Garattini for the section on Astrophysics and Cosmology |
| 2018–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. William B. Sherwin for the section on Entropy and Biology |
| 2018–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Miguel Rubi for the section on Entropy Reviews |
| 2019–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gregg Jaeger for the section on Time Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Robert Niven for the section on Multidisciplinary Applications |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ernestina Menasalvas for the section on Signal and Data Analysis Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lamberto Rondoni for the section on Non-Equilibrium Phenomena |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Matteo Convertino for the section on Entropy and Biology |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Rosario Lo Franco for the section on Quantum Information Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. José F. F. Mendes for the section on Complexity |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Miguel Rubi for the section on Thermodynamics |
