《化學(xué)基礎(chǔ)》是一本國(guó)際期刊，是一個(gè)跨學(xué)科論壇，化學(xué)家、生物化學(xué)家、哲學(xué)家、歷史學(xué)家、教育家和社會(huì)學(xué)家在其中討論與化學(xué)“中心科學(xué)”有關(guān)的概念和基本問(wèn)題。涵蓋了化學(xué)在物理和生物學(xué)之間的自主作用以及將化學(xué)還原為量子力學(xué)的問(wèn)題。該雜志發(fā)表了廣泛主題的同行評(píng)議文章，包括化學(xué)模型、語(yǔ)言、隱喻和理論術(shù)語(yǔ)；化學(xué)進(jìn)化和人工自我復(fù)制；化學(xué)專(zhuān)業(yè)的社會(huì)和倫理方面；化學(xué)中的建模和儀器；化學(xué)科學(xué)中的解釋性質(zhì)。理論化學(xué)、分子結(jié)構(gòu)和混沌；古代化學(xué)、中世紀(jì)化學(xué)和煉金術(shù)；哲學(xué)和歷史文章；等等。

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.