自1929年以來，《美國聲學學會雜志》一直是廣泛跨學科聲音學科理論和實驗研究成果的主要來源。該雜志服務于物理科學家、生命科學家、工程師、心理學家、生理學家、建筑師、音樂家和言語交流專家。學科覆蓋范圍包括：線性和非線性聲學；氣動聲學、水下聲音和聲學海洋學；超聲波和量子聲學；建筑和結構聲學和振動；語音、音樂和噪聲；聽覺心理學和生理學；工程聲學、聲音傳感器和測量；生物聲學、anim生物聲學和振動的生物反應。除了發表的論文外，該雜志還包括聲學科學家感興趣的新聞項目、書評、當代聲學論文參考、聲學專利審查以及標準制定方面的新聞。該雜志還定期發布已發表文章的累積索引。

Since 1929 The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America has been the leading source of theoretical and experimental research results in the broad interdisciplinary subject of sound. The Journal serves physical scientists, life scientists, engineers, psychologists, physiologists, architects, musicians, and speech communication specialists. Subject coverage includes: linear and nonlinear acoustics; aeroacoustics, underwater sound and acoustical oceanography; ultrasonics and quantum acoustics; architectural and structural acoustics and vibration; speech, music and noise; psychology and physiology of hearing; engineering acoustics, sound transducers and measurements; bioacoustics, animal bioacoustics and bioresponse to vibration. In addition to contributed papers, the Journal contains news items of interest to acoustical scientists, book reviews, references to contemporary papers in acoustics, reviews of acoustical patents, and news on the development of standards. Periodically the Journal also issues cumulative indexes of published articles.