生命科學的歷史和哲學是一本跨學科的雜志，致力于提供理解生命科學的綜合方法。具體而言，它歡迎來自生物學家、歷史學家、哲學家和科學社會研究學者的意見書，這些意見書提供了生物學發展的廣泛和跨學科觀點，尤其是當這些觀點闡明了生物學的科學發展及其在社會中的更大作用時。特別鼓勵提交具有不同學科方法的協作性意見書，以及高級和初級學者（包括研究生）撰寫的意見書。hpls也歡迎提交具有新穎格式的文件。雖然預計大多數提交的材料將代表最近的獎學金，但它們也可能包括當代問題或觀點的論文、獨特講習班的成果和/或具有廣泛觀點的討論。發表論文的前提是，這些論文以前沒有發表過，也沒有同時向任何其他期刊提供。作者通常會在收到文章后的3個月內收到關于文章的決定。

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences is an interdisciplinary journal committed to providing an integrative approach to understanding the life sciences. In specific terms, it welcomes submissions from biologists, historians, philosophers, and scholars in the social study of science that offer broad and interdisciplinary perspectives on the development of biology, especially as these perspectives illuminate both biology’s scientific development and its larger role in society. Submissions which are collaborative and feature different disciplinary approaches are especially encouraged, as are submissions written by senior and junior scholars (including graduate students).HPLS also welcomes submissions featuring novel formats. While it is anticipated most submissions will represent recent scholarship, they may also include essays on contemporary issues or perspectives, results of unique workshops, and/or discussions featuring a wide-range of perspectives. Papers are published on the understanding that they have not been published before and are not concurrently under offer to any other journal. Authors will usually receive a decision on their articles within 3 months of receipt.