吞咽困難是一本多學科的雜志，專門研究吞咽和吞咽障礙。該雜志的目的是向對這一新興領域感興趣的醫生和其他衛生專業人員提供國際信息來源。其范圍包括口腔咽和食道的正常和吞咽困難的所有方面。因此，該雜志將借鑒消化神經學、耳鼻喉科、放射科、牙科學、康復醫學、言語病理學、護理、營養學、醫學管理和基礎生物醫學等多個學科的專業知識。《華爾街日報》旨在通過闡述現有知識和促進進一步研究，促進相關專業人士之間的交流，從而促進這一領域的發展。鼓勵提交有助于理解正常吞咽以及與吞咽困難相關的貢獻——吞咽困難的診斷和臨床管理。吞咽困難已與該領域的主要醫學專家合作組織。該雜志出版原始論文，案例報告，技術和工具注釋，給編輯信件和評論文章。一個單獨的部分包含當前文獻中精選論文的摘要。在有空位的情況下，出版關于與吞咽和吞咽困難有關的國家或國際協會和會議的書籍或專著的評論和公告。該期刊保證對提交的手稿進行快速審查，并及時通知作者。編輯們盡一切努力在9個月內接受發表的論文。

Dysphagia is a multidisciplinary journal devoted to swallowing and its disorders. The journal's purpose is to provide an international source of information to physicians and other health professionals interested in this emerging field. Its scope includes all aspects of normal and dysphagic ingestion involving the mouth pharynx and esophagus. Accordingly the journal will draw on expertise from a variety of disciplines including gastroenterology neurology otolaryngology radiology dentistry rehabilitation medicine speech pathology nursing dietetics medical administration and the basic biomedical sciences. The journal is intended to contribute to the development of this field by fostering communication between interested professionals by setting forth existing knowledge and by stimulating further research. Submission of contributions that advance the understanding of normal swallowing as well as those related to dysphagia its diagnosis and its clinical management is encouraged. Dysphagia has been organized in collaboration with leading medical specialists is this field. The journal publishes original papers case reports technical and instrumental notes letters to the Editor and review articles. A separate section contains abstracts of selected papers from the current literature. Reviews of books or monographs and announcements about national or international associations and conferences related to ingestion and dysphagia are published as space is available. The journal assures expeditious review of submitted manuscripts and prompt notification of the authors. The Editors make every effort to have accepted papers published within 9 months of acceptance.