《生物測定》是一本同行評審、評論和討論的期刊。我們的目標是出版具有分子、遺傳、細胞或生理維度的當代生物學的新見解、前瞻性評論和評論，并作為這些領域新思想的討論論壇。另一個目標是在適當的情況下，鼓勵跨學科和綜合生物學在組織研究、系統方法、到生態系統的背景下進行。

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.