Placenta publishes high-quality original articles and invited topical reviews on all aspects of human and animal placentation, and the interactions between the mother, the placenta and fetal development. Topics covered include evolution, development, genetics and epigenetics, stem cells, metabolism, transport, immunology, pathology, pharmacology, cell and molecular biology, and developmental programming. The Editors welcome studies on implantation and the endometrium, comparative placentation, the uterine and umbilical circulations, the relationship between fetal and placental development, clinical aspects of altered placental development or function, the placental membranes, the influence of paternal factors on placental development or function, and the assessment of biomarkers of placental disorders.
　　《胎盘》发表高质量的原创文章，并邀请有关人类和动物胎盘形成的各个方面以及母亲、胎盘和胎儿发育之间的相互作用的专题评论。所涉及的主题包括进化、发展、遗传学和表观遗传学、干细胞、代谢、运输、免疫学、病理学、药理学、细胞和分子生物学以及发展规划。编辑们欢迎对植入和子宫内膜、比较胎盘、子宫和脐带循环、胎儿和胎盘发育之间的关系、胎盘发育或功能改变的临床方面、胎盘膜、父系因素对胎盘发育或功能的影响的研究，以及胎盘疾病的生物标志物评估。