燒傷旨在促進所有參與預防和治療熱損傷效果的人員之間的信息交流。該雜志關注這些損傷的臨床、科學和社會方面，并涵蓋熱損傷的預防、此類損傷的流行病學以及治療的各個方面。常規特征包括臨床和科學論文；最新技術回顧；案例報告和實踐中燒傷護理的描述；當前相關文獻的列表和所選文章的回顧。燒傷所涉及的主題包括：火災煙霧對人和動物及其組織和細胞的影響；對皮膚化學損傷的患者和動物的反應和治療；冷損傷的生物學和臨床效果；在燒傷期間治療燒傷患者或可能與之相關的外科技術。損傷后的急性期或重建期；抗微生物制劑對適當微生物的有效性的實驗室控制研究；身體對炎癥或抗炎劑以及用于改變損傷生理和細胞反應的其他化合物的反應；燒傷損傷的實驗研究；以及燒傷愈合的結果。燒傷致力于公布所有涉及燒傷護理、治療和預防的專業人士提交的合適材料。

Burns aims to foster the exchange of information among all engaged in preventing and treating the effects of thermal injury. The journal focuses on clinical, scientific and social aspects of these injuries and covers the prevention of thermal injury, the epidemiology of such injuries and all aspects of treatment. Regular features include clinical and scientific papers; state of the art reviews; case reports and descriptions of burn-care in practice; listings of current relevant literature and reviews of selected articles. Topics covered by Burns include: the effects of fire smoke on man and animals, their tissues and cells; the responses to, and treatment of, patients and animals with chemical injuries to the skin; the biological and clinical effects of cold injuries; surgical techniques which are, or may be relevant to the treatment of burned patients during the acute or reconstructive phase following injury; well-controlled laboratory studies of the effectiveness of anti-microbial agents on appropriate micro-organisms; the body's responses to inflammatory or anti-inflammatory agents and other compounds used to modify the physiological and cellular responses to the injury; experimental studies of burn injury and the outcomes of burn wound healing. Burns seeks to publish suitable material submitted by all professions involved in the care, treatment and prevention of burn injuries.