Finite Fields and Their Applications is a peer-reviewed technical journal publishing papers in finite field theory as well as in applications of finite fields. As a result of applications in a wide variety of areas, finite fields are increasingly important in several areas of mathematics, including linear and abstract algebra, number theory and algebraic geometry, as well as in computer science, statistics, information theory, and engineering.
For cohesion, and because so many applications rely on various theoretical properties of finite fields, it is essential that there be a core of high-quality papers on theoretical aspects. In addition, since much of the vitality of the area comes from computational problems, the journal publishes papers on computational aspects of finite fields as well as on algorithms and complexity of finite field-related methods.
The journal also publishes papers in various applications including, but not limited to, algebraic coding theory, cryptology, combinatorial design theory, pseudorandom number generation, and linear recurring sequences. There are other areas of application to be included, but the important point is that finite fields play a nontrivial role in the theory, application, or algorithm.
Finite Fields and Their Applications is published four times per year and maintains very strict refereeing standards, accepting only those papers which receive excellent referee reports.
This journal has an Open Archive. All published items, including research articles, have unrestricted access and will remain permanently free to read and download 48 months after publication. All papers in the Archive are subject to Elsevier's user license.

Editor-in-Chief
Gary L. Mullen
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
Editorial Board
Anne Canteaut
National Research Institute for Computing and Automation, BP 105, 78153, Le Chesnay, France
Pascale Charpin
Inria Research Centre of Paris, 75589, Paris, France
Stephen D. Cohen
University of Glasgow School of Mathematics and Statistics, University Gardens, G12 8QW, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Michael Fried
University of California Irvine Department of Mathematics, 540J Rowland Hall, Irvine, California, CA 92697-3875, United States
Shuhong Gao
Clemson University Department of Mathematical Sciences, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634, United States
Massimo Giulietti, PhD
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Via Vanvitelli 1, 06123, Perugia, Italy
James W.E. Hirschfeld
University of Sussex Department of Mathematics, BN1  9RF, Brighton, United Kingdom
Xiang-dong Hou
University of South Florida Department of Mathematics and Statistics, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida, FL 33620, United States
William Cary Huffman
Loyola University Chicago Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Damen Hall Suite 350, 6525 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois, IL 60626, United States
Dieter Jungnickel
University of Augsburg Institute of Mathematics, Universitätstr.8, 86135, Augsburg, Germany
Neal Koblitz
University of Washington Department of Mathematics, Box 354350, Padelford C-445, Seattle, Washington, 98195-4350, United States
Michel Lavrauw, PhD
Sabanci University, 34956, İstanbul, Turkey
Rudolf Lidl
University of Tasmania - Launceston Campus School of Mathematics and Physics, Newnham Drive, P.O Box 1214, Launceston, TAS 7250, Tasmania, Australia
Gary McGuire
University College Dublin School of Mathematical Sciences, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
Harald Niederreiter
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria
Andrew M. Odlyzko
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
Daniel Panario
Carleton University School of Mathematics and Statistics, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Ontario, Canada
Vera Pless
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60607-7101, United States
Olga Polverino
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Department of Mathematics and Physics, Viale Lincoln 5, 81100, Caserta, Italy
Shojiro Sakata
University of Electrocommunications Faculty of Informatics and Engineering Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, Chofu-ga-oka 1-5-1, 182-8585, Chofu, Japan
Peter Jau-Shyong Shiue
University of Nevada Las Vegas Department of Mathematical Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada, NV 89154-4020, United States
Igor Shparlinski
University of New South Wales Department of Pure Mathematics, Sydney, 2052, New South Wales, Australia
Neil Sloane
The OEIS Foundation Inc, Highland Park, New Jersey, 08904, United States
Leo Storme
Ghent University Department of Mathematics Algebra and Geometry, Krijgslaan 281, 9000, Gent, Belgium
Michael A. Tsfasman
Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems RAS, Bol'shoi Karetnyi per. 19, 101447, Moscow, Russian Federation
Vanessa Vitse
Fourier Institute, CS 40700, 38058, Gieres, France
Daqing Wan
University of California Irvine Department of Mathematics, 540J Rowland Hall, Irvine, California, CA 92697-3875, United States
Zhe-Xian Wan
Institute of Systems Science Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
Qiang (Steven) Wang
Carleton University School of Mathematics and Statistics, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Ontario, Canada
Arne  Winterhof
Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, 4040, Linz, Austria
Chaoping Xing
Nanyang Technological University Division of Mathematical Sciences, 21 Nanyang Link, 637371, Singapore, Singapore
Publisher
Giovanni Raneri
Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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