The Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra concentrates on that part of algebra likely to be of general mathematical interest: algebraic results with immediate applications, and the development of algebraic theories of sufficiently general relevance to allow for future applications.

《純代數與應用代數雜志》集中討論代數中可能具有普遍數學意義的部分:具有直接應用的代數結果，以及具有足夠普遍相關性的代數理論的發展，以便將來的應用。