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Foundations of Chemistry

Philosophical, Historical, Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies of Chemistry

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Foundations of Chemistry is an international journal is an interdisciplinary forum in which chemists, biochemists, philosophers, historians, educators and sociologists discuss conceptual and fundamental issues which relate to the `central science' of chemistry. Coverage includes the autonomous role of chemistry between physics and biology and the question of the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics.
The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles on a wide range of topics, including chemical models, language, metaphors, and theoretical terms; chemical evolution and artificial self-replication; the social and ethical aspects of chemistry's professionalism; modeling and instrumentation in chemistry; the nature of explanation in the chemical sciences; theoretical chemistry, molecular structure and chaos; ancient chemistry, medieval chemistry and alchemy; philosophical and historical articles; and more.
Foundations of Chemistry offers themed issues, and includes book reviews and discussion notes.

Founding Editor
  • Eric R. Scerri
Impact factor
0.9 (2022)
5 year impact factor
0.8 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
30 days
Downloads
124,590 (2023)

Latest issue

October 2023 |

Volume 25, Issue 3

Special Issue: 26th ISPC Conference 2022 with varia articles

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  • COVID-19 and impact on peer review

    As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times.  Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1572-8463
Print ISSN
1386-4238
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  1. Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  2. Baidu
  3. CLOCKSS
  4. CNKI
  5. CNPIEC
  6. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  7. Current Contents/Arts and Humanities
  8. Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
  9. Dimensions
  10. EBSCO
  11. ERIH PLUS
  12. Gale
  13. Google Scholar
  14. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  15. Naver
  16. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  17. PhilPapers
  18. Portico
  19. ProQuest
  20. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  21. TD Net Discovery Service
  22. The Philosopher’s Index
  23. UGC-CARE List (India)
  24. Wanfang
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