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FINITE FIELDS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Audience p.1 • Impact Factor p.1 • Abstracting and Indexing p.2 • Editorial Board p.2 • Guide for Authors p.4 ISSN: 1071-5797 DESCRIPTION . 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. AUDIENCE . Research mathematicians, Applied research mathematicians, Defence agencies IMPACT FACTOR . 2020: 1.773 © Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports 2021 AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 25 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/ffa 1 ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . Scopus ACM Guide to Computing Literature CompuMath Citation Index Current Contents - Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences Science Citation Index Current Contents Zentralblatt MATH EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor-in-Chief Gary L. Mullen, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, United States of America 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, CA 92697-3875, Irvine, California, United States of America Massimo Giulietti, 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, FL 33620, Tampa, Florida, United States of America William Cary Huffman, Loyola University Chicago Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Damen Hall Suite 350, 6525 North Sheridan Road, IL 60626, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America 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, 98195-4350, Seattle, Washington, United States of America Michel Lavrauw, Sabanci University, 34956, İstanbul, Turkey Rudolf Lidl, University of Tasmania Mathematics Newnham Campus, Newnham Drive, P.O Box 1214, Launceston, TAS 7250, Tasmania, Australia Gary McGuire, University College Dublin School of Mathematics and Statistics, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland Harald Niederreiter, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria Andrew M. Odlyzko, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America 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, 60607-7101, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America Olga Polverino, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Department of Mathematics and Physics, Viale Lincoln 5, 81100, Caserta, Italy Sergey Rybakov, HSE Laboratory of Algebraic Geometry and its Applications, 6 Usacheva Str., 119048, Moscow, Russian Federation 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, NV 89154-4020, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America Igor Shparlinski, University of New South Wales Department of Pure Mathematics, Sydney, 2052, New South Wales, Australia Neil Sloane, The OEIS Foundation Inc, 08904, Highland Park, New Jersey, United States of America Leo Storme, Ghent University Department of Mathematics Algebra and Geometry, Krijgslaan 281, 9000, Gent, Belgium Daqing Wan, University of California Irvine Department of Mathematics, 540J Rowland Hall, CA 92697-3875, Irvine, California, United States of America 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, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai, China AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 25 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/ffa 2 Publisher Giovanni Raneri, Elsevier, AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 25 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/ffa 3 GUIDE FOR AUTHORS . Your Paper Your Way We now differentiate between the requirements for new and revised submissions. You may choose to submit your manuscript as a single Word or PDF file to be used in the refereeing process. Only when your paper is at the revision stage, will you be requested to put your paper in to a 'correct format' for acceptance and provide the items required for the publication of your article. To find out more, please visit the Preparation section below. INTRODUCTION 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. 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