The Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society publishes original papers on systematic and evolutionary botany and comparative studies of both living and fossil plants. Review papers are also welcomed which integrate fields such as cytology, morphogenesis, palynology and phytochemistry into a taxonomic framework. The Journal will only publish new taxa in exceptional circumstances or as part of larger monographic or phylogenetic revisions.

林奈學會的植物學雜志發表了關于系統和進化植物學的原始論文，并對現存和化石植物進行了比較研究。綜述性論文也受到歡迎，這些論文將細胞學、形態發生、孢粉學和植物化學等領域納入一個分類框架。該雜志將只在特殊情況下或作為較大的專題或系統發育修訂的一部分發表新的分類群。