傅里葉研究所年鑒的目標(biāo)是出版在數(shù)學(xué)的所有領(lǐng)域的高水平的原始論文，無(wú)論是在英語(yǔ)或法語(yǔ)。編輯委員會(huì)鼓勵(lì)提交含有原始和重要結(jié)果的文章，或在數(shù)學(xué)領(lǐng)域提出一個(gè)新的中心結(jié)果的證明。此外，《傅里葉研究所年鑒》作為一份通用期刊，只有當(dāng)它們的闡述能讓更多的讀者理解時(shí)，高度專業(yè)化的文章才能被接受。自2003年以來(lái)，該期刊每年出版一期，分6期。該雜志偶爾出版第七期，包括討論會(huì)的記錄。

The Annales de l’Institut Fourier aim at publishing original papers of a high level in all fields of mathematics, either in English or in French.The Editorial Board encourages submission of articles containing an original and important result, or presenting a new proof of a central result in a domain of mathematics. Also, the Annales de l’Institut Fourier being a general purpose journal, highly specialized articles can only be accepted if their exposition makes them accessible to a larger audience.Since 2003, the journal consists of one yearly volume divided in 6 issues. Occasionally the journal publish a seventh issue consisting of the proceedings of a Colloquium.