''Biological Chemistry'' is a

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focusing on biological chemistry. The journal is published by

Walter de Gruyter Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter (), is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature. History The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...

and the current

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is Bernhard Brüne.

History

The journal was established by

Felix Hoppe-Seyler Ernst Felix Immanuel Hoppe-Seyler (''né'' Felix Hoppe; 26 December 1825 – 10 August 1895) was a German physiologist and chemist, and the principal founder of the disciplines of biochemistry and molecular biology. He had discovered Yeast nuclei ...

in 1877, under the name ''Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie'' (English: ''Journal of Physiological Chemistry''), and was edited by him until his death in 1895. The journal was subsequently renamed '' Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie'' in 1896. Following Hoppe-Seyler, the journal was edited by his student and collaborator, the German

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and

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Albrecht Kossel Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel (; 16 September 1853 – 5 July 1927) was a biochemist and pioneer in the study of genetics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1910 for his work in determining the chemical ...

, until his death in 1927. In 1985 the journal was renamed as ''Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler'', before obtaining its current title in 1996. Zeitschrift fur Physiologische Chemie

Abstracting and indexing

''Biological Chemistry'' is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2014

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of 3.268, ranking it 106th out of 289 journals in the category "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bchm Publications established in 1877 De Gruyter academic journals Biochemistry journals English-language journals Monthly journals 1877 establishments in Germany