《生物評論》涵蓋了整個(gè)生物科學(xué)領(lǐng)域，每期都有幾篇評論文章。雖然學(xué)術(shù)和廣泛的參考書目，文章是針對非專業(yè)生物學(xué)家以及該領(lǐng)域的研究人員。作者在寫作中被特別指示要意識(shí)到這一事實(shí)，由此產(chǎn)生的評論作為對特定領(lǐng)域的廣泛介紹，定義了技術(shù)的狀態(tài)，并提請注意知識(shí)的空白。文章長達(dá)兩萬字，每一篇都包含一個(gè)摘要，一個(gè)完整的介紹和結(jié)論陳述。

Biological Reviews covers the entire range of the biological sciences, presenting several review articles per issue. Although scholarly and with extensive bibliographies, the articles are aimed at non-specialist biologists as well as researchers in the field. Authors are specifically instructed to be aware of this fact in their writing, and the resulting reviews serve as extensive introductions to particular fields, defining the state of the art, and drawing attention to gaps in knowledge. Articles are up to 20,000 words long and each contains an abstract, a thorough introduction and statement of conclusions.