Foundations of Chemistry

Aims & Scope

Foundations of Chemistry is an international journal which seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum where chemists, biochemists, philosophers, historians, educators and sociologists with an interest in foundational issues can discuss conceptual and fundamental issues which relate to the `central science' of chemistry.

Such issues include the autonomous role of chemistry between physics and biology and the question of the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics.

The journal will publish peer-reviewed academic articles on a wide range of subdisciplines, among others: chemical models, chemical language, metaphors, and theoretical terms; chemical evolution and artificial self-replication; industrial application, environmental concern, and the social and ethical aspects of chemistry's professionalism; the nature of modeling and the role of instrumentation in chemistry; institutional studies and the nature of explanation in the chemical sciences; theoretical chemistry, molecular structure and chaos; the issue of realism; molecular biology, bio-inorganic chemistry; historical studies on ancient chemistry, medieval chemistry and alchemy; philosophical and historical articles; and material of a didactic nature relating to all topics in the chemical sciences.

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Chemistry, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• An overview: origins and development of green chemistry

  Citation: 181

  Authors: J. A.

• Nanotechnology: from the ancient time to nowadays

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Delphine, Hynd

• Atoms in molecules as non-overlapping, bounded, space-filling open quantum systems

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Richard F. W., Chérif F.

• Emergence in Chemistry: Chemistry as the Embodiment of Emergence

  Citation: 104

  Authors: Pier Luigi

• Density functional theory, chemical reactivity, and the Fukui functions

  Citation: 91

  Authors: R., G. G. N.

• The Ontological Autonomy Of The Chemical World

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Olimpia, Martín

• On the non-existence of parallel universes in chemistry

  Citation: 55

  Authors: Richard F. W.

• The Atom in the Chemistry Curriculum: Fundamental Concept, Teaching Model or Epistemological Obstacle?

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Keith S.

• Structural formulas and explanation in organic chemistry

  Citation: 51

  Authors: W. M.

• Isodiagonality in the periodic table

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Geoff