《生物测定》是一本同行评审、评论和讨论的期刊。我们的目标是出版具有分子、遗传、细胞或生理维度的当代生物学的新见解、前瞻性评论和评论，并作为这些领域新思想的讨论论坛。另一个目标是在适当的情况下，鼓励跨学科和综合生物学在组织研究、系统方法、到生态系统的背景下进行。
BioEssays is a peer-reviewed, review-and-discussion journal. Our aims are to publish novel insights, forward-looking reviews and commentaries in contemporary biology with a molecular, genetic, cellular, or physiological dimension, and serve as a discussion forum for new ideas in these areas. An additional goal is to encourage transdisciplinarity and integrative biology in the context of organismal studies, systems approaches, through to ecosystems, where appropriate.