結構動力學關注于實驗和理論方法和技術的最新發展，這些方法和技術允許實時可視化化學、生物和凝聚態物質系統的電子和幾何結構變化。從事結構動力學研究的科學家和工程師經常使用類似的儀器和方法。該雜志歡迎關于電子和結構動力學基本問題的文章，這些問題是用新方法處理的，例如:時間分辨x射線和電子衍射及散射相干衍射成像時間分辨x射線光譜(吸收、發射、共振非彈性散射等)時間分辨電子能譜(EELS)和電子顯微鏡時間分辨光電子光譜(UPS、XPS、ARPES等)紅外、可見光和紫外的多維光譜非線性光譜在VUV，軟x射線和硬x射線領域分析和描述結構動力學及其相關實驗信號的理論、計算方法和算法這些新方法是通過新的儀器來實現的，例如:x射線自由電子激光器，提供通量、相干性和時間分辨率超短電子脈沖的新來源超短真空紫外(VUV)到硬x射線脈沖的新源，如高諧波產生(HHG)源或等離子體基源超短紅外和太赫茲(THz)輻射的新來源新的x射線和電子探測器新的樣品處理和交付方案新的計算能力

Structural Dynamics focuses on the recent developments in experimental and theoretical methods and techniques that allow a visualization of the electronic and geometric structural changes in real time of chemical, biological, and condensed-matter systems. The community of scientists and engineers working on structural dynamics in such diverse systems often use similar instrumentation and methods.The journal welcomes articles dealing with fundamental problems of electronic and structural dynamics that are tackled by new methods, such as:Time-resolved X-ray and electron diffraction and scatteringCoherent diffractive imagingTime-resolved X-ray spectroscopies (absorption, emission, resonant inelastic scattering, etc.)Time-resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and electron microscopyTime-resolved photoelectron spectroscopies (UPS, XPS, ARPES, etc.)Multidimensional spectroscopies in the infrared, the visible and the ultravioletNonlinear spectroscopies in the VUV, the soft and the hard X-ray domainsTheory and computational methods and algorithms for the analysis and description of structural dynamics and their associated experimental signalsThese new methods are enabled by new instrumentation, such as:X-ray free electron lasers, which provide flux, coherence, and time resolutionNew sources of ultrashort electron pulsesNew sources of ultrashort vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) to hard X-ray pulses, such as high-harmonic generation (HHG) sources or plasma-based sourcesNew sources of ultrashort infrared and terahertz (THz) radiationNew detectors for X-rays and electronsNew sample handling and delivery schemesNew computational capabilities