Journal «Chemical Bulletin of Kazakh National University» was founded in 1992. The founder and publisher of the journal is al-Farabi Kazakh National University. The journal has a developed and approved cover and title pages indicating the University, output data of the issue, ISSN, eISSN, editorial board, editorial policy, publication ethics and website.

The journal is published 4 times per year.

The journal is indexed by the Kazakhstan citation database (KazBC) of JSC "National Center of  science and technology evaluation" (NCSTE).

The journal is also available in the Scientific electronic library e-library.ru in open access for readers and included in the analytical database "Russian science citation index" (RSCI).

Journal articles are registered in the CrossRef database and a DOI-a digital object identifier is assigned each author's article that is used to simplify citation and search for electronic documents. The journal participates in the CrossRef Cited-by linking program to simplify the search for articles through their citations.

The journal is included in the largest CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) database of the American Chemical Society. The journal is also indexed by the largest database of open access publications - DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), which contributes to more effective distribution of published materials among scientists, students and specialists.

The editorial board of the journal includes leading Kazakhstani and foreign scientists.

The journal follows the policy of information openness and accessibility of authors' publications. Articles are published on the journal's website https://bulletin.chemistry.kz/index.php/kaznu in one of three languages in full-text access.

The purpose of the journal is to familiarize the largest number of readers with new ideas and results of scientific research carried out in various fields of chemistry.

 The main objectives of the journal

  • publication of the most important research results in various fields of chemistry taking into account the latest achievements of the world science;
  • selection for publication of articles that meet the basic criteria of science;
  • ensuring high quality of published articles;
  • distribution of published articles through popular databases;
  • ensuring the free access to publications;
  • ensuring the international recognition.

The journal covers all fields of chemistry, including interdisciplinary ones. Articles are published in the following thematic areas of chemistry:

  • Analytical chemistry;
  • Inorganic chemistry;
  • Organic chemistry;
  • Physical chemistry;
  • Chemistry of natural compounds;
  • Chemistry of polymers;
  • Colloid chemistry and nanochemistry;
  • Catalysis;
  • Chemical technology;
  • Environmental chemistry.