HYLE is a peer reviewed international journal dedicated to all philosophical aspects of chemistry. Articles deal with epistemological, methodological, foundational, and ontological problems of chemistry and its subfields; the peculiarities of chemistry and relations to technology, other scientific and non-scientific fields; aesthetical, ethical, and environmental matters in chemistry; as well as philosophically relevant facets of the history, sociology, linguistics, and education of chemistry. The journal offers top quality original articles and essays, book reviews, reports, and short biographies. Contributions are in English.
The journal combines general issues and special issues, such as on "Models in Chemistry" (5-2, 6-1, 6-2), "Ethics of Chemistry" (7-2, 8-1), "Aesthetics and Visualization in Chemistry" (9-1, 9-2), "Nanotech Challenges" (10-2, 11-1), "The Public Image of Chemistry" (12-1, 12-2, 13-1), and "Bionanotechnology".(15-1, 16-1)

Distinguished philosophers, chemists, and historians of chemistry from 8 countries serve on the Editorial Board of HYLE.

The scope of the readership includes philosophers, historians of science, chemists, and chemistry teachers from over 64 countries.

HYLE combines autonomous scientific quality management (double blind peer review) with modern technology of electronic production and distribution. We are committed to the policy of the Budapest Open Access Initiative and, thus, avoid obsolete, costly, time-consuming, and heteronomous procedures of traditional commercial publishers. This enables an up-to-date forum for discussion in the young field of the philosophy of chemistry and brings the international community together, wi