IAWA期刊是一份國際季刊，發表有關木本植物(包括棕櫚樹和竹子)莖和根的木材和樹皮的顯微結構的任何主題的原始論文和評論文章。除解剖學本身外，還歡迎微觀結構與發育遺傳學、系統學、古植物學、考古學、樹木生物學、生態學、林業、木材結構性質關系、生物力學、木材鑒定等學科。

The IAWA Journal is an international quarterly periodical publishing original papers and review articles on any subject related with the microscope structure of wood and bark of stems and roots of woody plants (including palms and bamboo). Apart from anatomy per se, subjects at the interface of microstructure and developmental genetics, systematics, paleobotany, archaeology, tree biology, ecology, forestry, structure property relations of timber, biomechanics, wood identification, etc. are welcomed.