The mission of the Journal of Nonlinear Science is to publish papers that augment the fundamental ways we describe, model, and predict nonlinear phenomena. It features papers that make an original contribution to at least one technical area and illuminate issues beyond that area's boundaries.Papers can be oriented toward theory, experimentation, algorithms, numerical simulations, or applications as long as the work is creative and sound. In turn, papers oriented toward experimentation, numerical simulations, or applications must not simply report results without an indication of what a theoretical explanation might be.In addition, because ours is a multidisciplinary subject, at minimum the introduction to the paper should be readable to a broad range of scientists and not only to specialists in the subject area.

《非線性科學雜志》的使命是發表論文，擴充我們描述、建模和預測非線性現象的基本方法。它以至少對一個技術領域做出原創貢獻的論文為特色，闡明了該領域之外的問題。論文可以面向理論，實驗，算法，數值模擬，或應用，只要工作是創造性的和健全的。反過來，以實驗、數值模擬或應用為導向的論文，在沒有說明理論解釋的情況下，不能簡單地報告結果。此外，由于我們的論文是一門多學科的學科，因此，對論文的介紹至少應該讓廣泛的科學家能夠閱讀，而不僅僅是該學科領域的專家。