文章涉及原生生物，單細胞生物遇到自由生活在各種棲息地或作為寄生蟲或用于基礎研究或應用。歐洲原生生物雜志涵蓋了原生生物的結構和系統學、它們的發展、生態學、分子生物學和生理學等主題。除了發表原創文章，該雜志還提供了一個論壇來宣布科學會議。最近出版的書的評論也包括在內。《歐洲原生動物學雜志》主題多樣，是每個活躍的原生動物學家和不同領域生物學家的重要信息來源。

Articles deal with protists, unicellular organisms encountered free-living in various habitats or as parasites or used in basic research or applications. The European Journal of Protistology covers topics such as the structure and systematics of protists, their development, ecology, molecular biology and physiology. Beside publishing original articles the journal offers a forum for announcing scientific meetings. Reviews of recently published books are included as well. With its diversity of topics, the European Journal of Protistology is an essential source of information for every active protistologist and for biologists of various fields.