IUBMB Life致力于在生物化學、分子生物學、細胞生物學和分子醫學等廣泛領域快速發表最新穎、最重要的原創研究論文、批判性評論和假說論文。IUBMB Life特別鼓勵結合多個生物學學科的文章，或者成功地將基礎生物學與人類病理學或醫學聯系起來的文章。所有的文章都由公認的專家快速評審，如果被接受，則在短短4個月內發表。與IUBMB的理念相一致，論文的發表基于卓越的科學價值、獨創性和廣泛的生物學意義。

IUBMB Life is devoted to the rapid publication of the most novel and significant Original Research Articles, Critical Reviews and Hypothesis Papers in the broadly defined fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology and molecular medicine.IUBMB Life especially encourages articles that integrate several biological disciplines, or which successfully relate basic biology to human pathology or medicine. All articles are reviewed rapidly by acknowledged experts and, if accepted, are published in as few as four months. Consistent with the ideals of IUBMB, papers are published on the basis of exceptional scientific merit, originality, and wide biological significance.