Biological Chemistry was founded in 1877 as Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie by Felix Hoppe-Seyler, one of the pioneers of modern biochemistry. As the oldest still existing biochemical journal, it has a more than 125-year tradition of reporting on the latest results in the life sciences. After extensive reforms and a major modernization in the mid-nineties, Biological Chemistry is published today under the direction of an international group of editors with an editorial board including experts from all major fields of active research.

Biological Chemistry is the official scientific journal of the Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (GBM) / (German) Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Through the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) and the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), the GBM is part of the worldwide scientific community in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, and molecular medicine. The society has approx. 5000 members, most of whom are scientists from universities, industry and other research institutions covering the entire spectrum of basic and applied molecular life sciences. It is because of this connection that the journal is disseminated among a wide national and international audience of experts offering them a high quality forum for their work.

Scope and policy of the journal: Biological Chemistry provides rapid publication for reports on molecular studies of exceptional biological interest. Areas covered include: general biochemistry, pathobiochemistry, evolutionary biotechnology, structural biology, molecular and cellular biology, molecular medicine, cancer research, virology, immunology, molecular repertoires, plant molecular biology and biochemistry, experimental methodologies and much more. The Journal publishes full-length research papers, short communications, reviews and minireviews. Reviews are published by invitation only, but suggestions to the Editor-in-Chief are welcome.