《巖石學(xué)雜志》為在火成巖和變質(zhì)巖石學(xué)和巖石成因的廣泛領(lǐng)域發(fā)表高質(zhì)量研究提供了一個國際論壇。發(fā)表的論文涵蓋了許多領(lǐng)域的主題，如：主要元素微量元素和同位素地球化學(xué)和地質(zhì)年代學(xué)在巖石成因中的應(yīng)用；實驗巖石學(xué)；巖漿生成分化和侵位過程；成巖礦物及其共生體的定量研究；火成巖和巖漿的區(qū)域研究。有助于解決基本巖石學(xué)問題的變質(zhì)巖石；巖石成因過程的理論模型。

The Journal of Petrology provides an international forum for the publication of high quality research in the broad field of igneous and metamorphic petrology and petrogenesis. Papers published cover a vast range of topics in areas such as major element trace element and isotope geochemistry and geochronology applied to petrogenesis; experimental petrology; processes of magma generation differentiation and emplacement; quantitative studies of rock-forming minerals and their paragenesis; regional studies of igneous and meta morphic rocks which contribute to the solution of fundamental petrological problems; theoretical modelling of petrogenetic processes.