The current editor-in-chief is Karl M. Kadish, a professor emeritus at the University of Houston.

[2] Journal Citation Reports assigned JPP an impact factor of 1.816 in 2019.

[3] The Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (SPP) was formed in June 2000 by an interdisciplinary group of scientists involved with the synthesis, spectroscopy, processing, and applications of these compounds.

SPP purchased JPP from John Wiley & Son in 2001, and handled all aspects of the journal's publication before entering into a joint publication venture with World Scientific in 2009.

[4] SPP organizes the International Conference of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP), held biennially in various parts of the world.