IAWA期刊是一份国际季刊，发表有关木本植物(包括棕榈树和竹子)茎和根的木材和树皮的显微结构的任何主题的原始论文和评论文章。除解剖学本身外，还欢迎微观结构与发育遗传学、系统学、古植物学、考古学、树木生物学、生态学、林业、木材结构性质关系、生物力学、木材鉴定等学科。
The IAWA Journal is an international quarterly periodical publishing original papers and review articles on any subject related with the microscope structure of wood and bark of stems and roots of woody plants (including palms and bamboo). Apart from anatomy per se, subjects at the interface of microstructure and developmental genetics, systematics, paleobotany, archaeology, tree biology, ecology, forestry, structure property relations of timber, biomechanics, wood identification, etc. are welcomed.