傅里葉研究所年鑒的目標是出版在數學的所有領域的高水平的原始論文，無論是在英語或法語。編輯委員會鼓勵提交含有原始和重要結果的文章，或在數學領域提出一個新的中心結果的證明。此外，《傅里葉研究所年鑒》作為一份通用期刊，只有當它們的闡述能讓更多的讀者理解時，高度專業化的文章才能被接受。自2003年以來，該期刊每年出版一期，分6期。該雜志偶爾出版第七期，包括討論會的記錄。

The Annales de l’Institut Fourier aim at publishing original papers of a high level in all fields of mathematics, either in English or in French.The Editorial Board encourages submission of articles containing an original and important result, or presenting a new proof of a central result in a domain of mathematics. Also, the Annales de l’Institut Fourier being a general purpose journal, highly specialized articles can only be accepted if their exposition makes them accessible to a larger audience.Since 2003, the journal consists of one yearly volume divided in 6 issues. Occasionally the journal publish a seventh issue consisting of the proceedings of a Colloquium.