《化學基礎》是一本國際期刊，是一個跨學科論壇，化學家、生物化學家、哲學家、歷史學家、教育家和社會學家在其中討論與化學“中心科學”有關的概念和基本問題。涵蓋了化學在物理和生物學之間的自主作用以及將化學還原為量子力學的問題。該雜志發表了廣泛主題的同行評議文章，包括化學模型、語言、隱喻和理論術語；化學進化和人工自我復制；化學專業的社會和倫理方面；化學中的建模和儀器；化學科學中的解釋性質。理論化學、分子結構和混沌；古代化學、中世紀化學和煉金術；哲學和歷史文章；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.