The mission of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology is to provide a forum for the communication of scientific information in the field of surgical pathology. Studies that emphasize important diagnostic and prognostic features involving human tissue provide the basis for publication of works utilizing standard techniques, as well as those from applied and basic science. Manuscript categories include: original articles; review articles, molecular surgical pathology; case reports; news; diagnostic pearls, pitfalls and mistakes; profiles of tumors and immunomarkers; images in pathology; controversies in surgical pathology; historical aspects; and medicolegal issues (invited and submitted).

《國際外科病理學雜志》的使命是為外科病理學領域的科學信息交流提供一個論壇。強調涉及人體組織的重要診斷和預后特征的研究為利用標準技術出版著作以及應用和基礎科學著作提供了基礎。手稿類別包括：原始文章；綜述文章、分子外科病理學；病例報告；新聞；診斷珍珠、陷阱和錯誤；腫瘤和免疫標記物概況；病理學圖像；外科病理學爭議；歷史問題；以及醫學問題（邀請并提交）。