MCRF的目标是发表关于数学控制理论和相关领域的原创研究和解释性论文。其目的是为这一领域的数学方法和结果提供一个完整和可靠的来源。如微分方程、泛函分析、概率论与随机分析、逆问题、最优化、数值计算、数学金融学、信息论、博弈论、系统论等相关领域的论文，只要与控制理论有一定的内在联系，均可接受。
MCRF aims to publish original research as well as expository papers on mathematical control theory and related fields. The goal is to provide a complete and reliable source of mathematical methods and results in this field. The journal will also accept papers from some related fields such as differential equations, functional analysis, probability theory and stochastic analysis, inverse problems, optimization, numerical computation, mathematical finance, information theory, game theory, system theory, etc., provided that they have some intrinsic connections with control theory.