《生物理論學報》倡導理論生物學，涵蓋數學生物學和生物學哲學，特別關注生物學理論形成的方法論。該雜志歡迎有關各種生物學理論的論文。涵蓋范圍包括生物學哲學、生物數學、計算生物學、遺傳學、生態學和形態學。文章可以用文字或數學的形式描述理論形成的過程。該雜志有時提供純方法論的論文，致力于生物學理論和概念背后的哲學的歷史起源。Acta biotheoretical tica還出版評論性的書評、對以前論文的簡短評論和對有趣的新理論觀點的簡短注釋。

Acta Biotheoretica promotes theoretical biology, encompassing mathematical biology and the philosophy of biology, and paying special attention to the methodology of formation of biological theory.The journal welcomes papers on all kinds of biological theories. The range of coverage includes philosophy of biology, biomathematics, computational biology, genetics, ecology and morphology. Articles can present the process of theory formation in verbal or mathematical form. The journal sometimes presents purely methodological papers devoted to the historical origins of the philosophy underlying biological theories and concepts.Acta Biotheoretica also publishes critical book reviews, short commentaries on previous papers and short notes directing attention to interesting new theoretical ideas.