《自體免疫雜志》發表的論文涉及自體免疫的各個方面:自我識別的機制、自體免疫反應的調節、實驗性自體免疫疾病、診斷性自體抗體檢測、以及自體免疫疾病的流行病學、病理生理學和治療。特別的，但不是唯一的，將關注的論文處理基因，分子生物學和細胞方面的學科。研究領域包括:自身免疫的潛在機制;免疫;分子;細胞;基因;病毒。

The Journal of Autoimmunity publishes papers related to the diverse aspects of autoimmunity: the mechanism of self-recognition, regulation of autoimmune responses, experimental autoimmune diseases, diagnostic autoantibody tests, and the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of autoimmune diseases. Special, but not exclusive, attention will be given to papers dealing with genetic, molecular biology, and cellular aspects of the discipline. Research Areas Include: Underlying mechanisms of autoimmunity; Immunologic; Molecular; Cellular; Genetic; Virologic.