[5] Its founding editor was University of California chemist Gerhard Krohn Rollefson.

Guest members participate at the invitation of the editor and serve terms of one year.

All other members of the editorial committee are appointed by the Annual Reviews board of directors and serve five-year terms.

The editorial committee determines which topics should be included in each volume and solicits reviews from qualified authors.

[12] Dates indicate publication years in which someone was credited as a lead editor or co-editor of a journal volume.