The journal has the purpose of promoting the newest achievements in chemistry, the latest developments in scientific thinking and the most imaginative ideas in the sphere of natural macromolecular compounds, wood components and anual plants. To attain these aims, the journal likes to combine the efforts made in different countries for solving the major chemical problems regarding the structure and the reactions of these compounds.
James Alfred "Alf" Wight, OBE, FRCVS (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), known by the pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and writer, who used his many years of experiences as a veterinary surgeon to write a series of books each consisting of stories about animals and their owners.[1] He is best known for these semi-autobiographical works, beginning with All Creatures Great and Small in 1972. The British television series adapted from the books is also titled All Creatures Great and Small.