計算機在生物學和醫學領域的應用正在取得革命性的進展，計算機是國際交流的媒介。該雜志鼓勵交流重要的研究，教學，思想和信息的各個方面的計算機使用迅速擴大的領域在這些領域。該雜志將側重于以下領域:(1)生物醫學系統分析:方程的解;(2)生物醫學系統的合成:仿真;(3)特殊的醫療數據處理方法;(四)實時、臨床、實驗用專用計算機和臨床數據處理;(五)醫療診斷和病歷處理。還包括(6)生物醫學工程領域;醫學信息學和生物信息學。該雜志正在擴展，包括(8)互聯網和萬維網的醫療應用;人類基因組學(9);(10)蛋白質組學;(11)大腦功能研究。出版政策是出版(1)經有能力的科學工作者適當審查的新的、原創的文章，(2)該領域的發展概況，(3)涉及特定興趣領域的教學論文，(4)與該領域有關的書評。在生物學和醫學的計算機中，有一些文章探討了下列特別感興趣的主題:生化系統的計算機輔助分析,計算機輔助biocontrol-systems工程、神經模擬,數字計算機控制組件,自動計算機分析生物和醫學重要性的照片,使用電腦商業制藥和化學組織、輻射劑量電腦、積累和回憶個人醫療記錄,實時語言接口病人顯示器、臨床化學設備、核醫學和治療中的數據處理和顯示。

Computers in Biology and Medicine is a medium of international communication of the revolutionary advances being made in the application of the computer to the fields of bioscience and medicine. The Journal encourages the exchange of important research, instruction, ideas and information on all aspects of the rapidly expanding area of computer usage in these fields. The Journal will focus on such areas as (1) Analysis of Biomedical Systems: Solutions of Equations; (2) Synthesis of Biomedical Systems: Simulations; (3) Special Medical Data Processing Methods; (4) Special Purpose Computers and Clinical Data Processing for Real Time, Clinical and Experimental Use; and (5) Medical Diagnosis and Medical Record Processing. Also included are the fields of (6) Biomedical Engineering; and (7) Medical Informatics as well as Bioinformatics. The journal is expanding to include (8) Medical Applications of the Internet and World Wide Web; (9) Human Genomics; (10) Proteomics; and (11) Functional Brain Studies.The publication policy is to publish (1) New, original articles that have been appropriately reviewed by competent scientific people, (2) Surveys of developments in the fields, (3) Pedagogical papers covering specific areas of interest, and (4) Book reviews pertinent to the field.Articles which examine the following topics of special interest are being featured in Computers in Biology and Medicine: Computer aids to the analysis of biochemical systems, computer aids to biocontrol-systems engineering, neuronal simulation by digital-computer gating components, automatic computer analysis of pictures of biological and medical importance, use of computers by commercial pharmaceutical and chemical organizations, radiation-dosage computers, and accumulating and recalling individual medical records, real-time languages, interfaces to patient monitors, clinical chemistry equipment, data handling and display in nuclear medicine and therapy.