该公报发表当代数学研究的说明性文章，以一种可能不是特定主题专家的数学家的视角撰写。该公报还出版了选定的数学书籍的评论和数学展望部分的短文，均仅邀请。
The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.