An international multi-disciplinary journal which is a joint ititiative between the International Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA the journal provides the journal a forum for the communication and exchange of current ideas concerning osteoporosis. It publishes: original papers - reporting progress and results in all areas of osteoporosis and its related fields; review articles - reflecting the present state of knowledge in special areas of summarizing limited themes in which discussion has led to clearly defined conclusions; educational articles - giving information on the progress of a topic of particular interest; case reports - of uncommon or interesting presentations of the condition; correspondence - concerning matters of topical interest or relating to publisher's material; book reviews; reports of meetings; Society announcements; etc.

《骨質疏松》是國際骨質疏松癥基金會與美國國家骨質疏松癥基金會聯合創辦的國際性多學科期刊，為當前有關骨質疏松癥的學術交流提供了一個平臺。它出版:原始論文-報告骨質疏松癥及其相關領域的所有領域的進展和結果;審查文章-反映在總結已導致明確界定結論的有限主題的特定領域的知識現狀;教育性文章-就特別感興趣的課題的進展情況提供資料;病例報告-罕見或有趣的癥狀表現;與時事有關或與出版商資料有關的信件;書評;會議報告;社會公告;等。