《傳熱雜志》在傳熱和傳質領域傳播著長期關注的信息。貢獻可能包括應用于機械工程和相關學科所有領域的熱能或傳質的基礎研究的結果。此外，還公布了側重于評價與傳熱傳質有關的熱物理性質以及傳熱傳質理論的研究檔案結果。《熱傳遞雜志》是《熱科學與工程應用雜志》的補充，該雜志側重于應用。

The Journal of Heat Transfer disseminates information of permanent interest in the areas of heat and mass transfer. Contributions may consist of results from fundamental research that apply to thermal energy or mass transfer in all fields of mechanical engineering and related disciplines. Also, archival results of research that focuses on the evaluation of thermophysical properties associated with heat and mass transfer, as well as on the theory of heat and mass transfer, are published. The Journal of Heat Transfer is complementary to the Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, which focuses on applications.