9. 6. 2008 - Idea of journal for young scientists focused on ion exchange was discussed and agreed by the editors
11. 6. 2008 - Foundation of the journal was approved by the head of department, preparation of web pages started
12. 6. 2008 - Future members of editorial board were contacted with the offer to cooperate
16. 6. 2008 - All members of editorial board agreed to cooperate
18. 6. 2008 - Computer Center of ICT Prague was asked to host the journal
1. 7. 2008 - Receiving virtual domain / Starting the website
2. 7. 2008 - ISSN 1803-4039 assigned by Czech ISSN National Centre
13. 7. 2008 - Call for Papers Promotion - T-Shirts with "Ion Exchange Letters" logo will go to the first three manuscripts received
4. 8. 2008 - Implementation of DOI® was approved by the head of department
6. 8. 2008 - Site redesigned to allow DOI implementation, citation data in RIS format added
27. 8. 2008 - DOI® was implemented
30. 4. 2009 - Journal was recognized by the Czech R&D council as a reviewed journal
22. 6. 2009 - Journal added to Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
end of 2009 - Journal added to Chemical Abstracts Plus (CAplusSM)
24. 6. 2011 - Change of the style of citations used within the journal site to ACS style with the correct abbreviation "Ion Exch. Lett."
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