«Journal of the Belarusian State University. Chemistry» is founded by the Belarusian State University in 1969 (until 2017, as «Vestnik BGU. Seriya 2, Khimiya. Biologiya. Geografiya»). The journal has been keeping the position of the country’s leading academic journal on basic theoretical and applied problems of chemistry. The journal includes original scientific articles and reviews in the field of chemistry, as well as anniversary articles. The journal reflects activity of scientists from Belarusian leading institutions and other research establishments

Editor-in-chief is Oleg A. Ivashkevich, doctor of science (chemistry), academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus; chief researcher at the Research Institute for Physical Chemical Problems, Belarusian State University.  

The journal conducts a double-blind peer-review of received manuscripts.

Periodicity is 2 issues per year (February, August).

The journal is directed towards wide range of specialists in chemistry including professors, lecturers, researchers.

Publication in the journal is free of charge for all authors.

Languages are Russian, Belarusian and English.

The journal is included in the list of the leading periodicals recommended by the Higher Attestation Commission of the Republic of Belarus for publishing doctoral research results in the field of chemical sciences. The journal is included in Russian citation databases such as Elibrary.ru and Russian Science Citation Index.

The journal is included in the Subscription Catalogue of the Republic of Belarus: the subscription indices are 00335 (for individuals) and 003352 (for institutions).