This journal publishes research papers in modern probability theory, its relations to analysis, geometry and other areas in mathematics, and its various fields of application. It also contains survey papers on emerging areas of importance.The subjects covered in Probability Theory and Related Fields include: statistical mechanics, ergodic theory, mathematical biology, filtering theory, mathematical statistics, theoretical computer science, optimization and control, stochastic geometry, and stochastic algorithms.

該雜志發表現代概率論的研究論文，它與分析、幾何和數學的其他領域的關系，以及它的各種應用領域。它還載有關于新出現的重要領域的調查報告。概率論及相關學科包括:統計力學、遍歷理論、數學生物學、濾波理論、數理統計學、理論計算機科學、優化與控制、隨機幾何、隨機算法。