| Biological Chemistry | |
| Formernames: | Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie, Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie, Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler |
| Editor: | Bernhard Brüne |
| Discipline: | Biochemistry |
| Abbreviation: | Biol. Chem. |
| Publisher: | W. de Gruyter |
| Frequency: | Monthly |
| History: | 1877–present |
| Impact: | 3.268 |
| Impact-Year: | 2014 |
| Website: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bchm |
| Oclc: | 41471850 |
| Coden: | BICHF3 |
| Issn: | 1431-6730 |
| Eissn: | 1437-4315 |
Biological Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on biological chemistry. The journal is published by Walter de Gruyter and the current editor-in-chief is Bernhard Brüne.
The journal was established by Felix Hoppe-Seyler 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 biochemist and Nobel laureate Albrecht Kossel, until his death in 1927.[1] In 1985 the journal was renamed as Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler, before obtaining its current title in 1996.
Biological Chemistry is abstracted and indexed in:According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 3.268, ranking it 106th out of 289 journals in the category "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".[2]