The AJRCCM focuses on human biology and disease, as well as animal and in vitro studies that contribute to the understanding of pathophysiology and treatment of diseases that affect the respiratory system and critically ill patients.

AJRCCM側重于人體生物學和疾病，以及有助于理解病理生理學和治療影響呼吸系統和危重患者疾病的動物和體外研究。