Dates indicate publication years in which someone was credited as a lead editor or co-editor of a journal volume. The planning process for a volume begins well before the volume appears, so appointment to the position of lead editor generally occurred prior to the first year shown here. An editor who has retired or died may be credited as a lead editor of a volume that they helped to plan, even if it is published after their retirement or death.
* Gerhard Krohn Rollefson (1950&ndash;1955)
* Henry Eyring (1956&ndash;1976)
* Benton Seymour Rabinovitch (1977&ndash;1985)
* Herbert L. Strauss (1986&ndash;2001)
* Stephen Leone (2002&ndash;2011; retired 2011; credited 2012&ndash;2013)
* Mark A. Johnson  (appointed 2012; credited 2014&ndash;2023)) and Todd Martínez (co-editors) (appointed 2012; credited 2014&ndash;present)
*  Todd J. Martínez and Anne McCoy  (appointed 2023)