作為奧地利、克羅地亞、意大利和斯洛文尼亞之間區域合作的歐洲阿爾卑斯-阿德里亞倡議的一部分，該倡議從出版《化學和生物化學工程季刊》（CABEQ）開始。該雜志旨在促進中歐和地中海國家的化學和生化工程師和科學家之間的交流。該雜志接受原始科學論文、評論、初步通訊、專業論文、會議論文、意見論文和筆記的貢獻。第一期《卡貝克》出版于1987年3月，自那以后，它連續出版了20年，每年出版四期。CABEQ在以下數據庫中引用：當前內容、科學網、科學指導、SCOPUS、SCI、化學文摘、化學工程文摘、化學工程和生物技術文摘、化學信息學者、科學生物技術文摘和俄羅斯參考文獻。可通過美國科學信息研究所（ISI）的正版文章交付計劃獲得這些文章的正式印刷版。

The initiative to start with publication of a new journal Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly (CABEQ) as a part of European Alpe-Adria initiative for regional co-operation between Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia. Aim of the journal to advance communication between chemical and biochemical engineers and scientists from Central Europe and Mediterranean countries. The journal accepts contributions of original scientific papers, reviews, preliminary communications, professional papers, conference papers, opinion papers and notes. The first issue of CABEQ appeared in March 1987, and since that date it has been continuously published for 20 years, four issues per year. CABEQ is referred to in the following data bases: Current Contents, Web of Science, Science Direct, Scopus, SCI, Chemical Abstract, Chemical Engineering Abstracts, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology Abstracts, Chemicher Informationsdienst, SCI-Biotechnology Abstracts, and russian Referativni ?urnal. Offprint of the articles are available through The Genuine Article? delivery program of the American Institute for Scientific Information (ISI).