在設計理論、編碼理論和密碼學中都有大量的研究，最近有大量的研究將多個學科結合在一起。設計、編碼和密碼學為理論和實踐性質的高質量論文提供了一個論壇，在這些領域中架起一座橋梁，鼓勵它們之間的相互作用。它強調代數和幾何方面的設計理論，編碼理論和密碼學。該雜志被廣泛閱讀的工程師，數學家，計算機科學家和其他在教育，工業和政府。

There is a great deal of activity in design theory, coding theory and cryptography and recently there has been considerable research done which brings together more than one of the subjects. Designs, Codes and Cryptography provides a forum for high quality papers of both a theoretical and a practical nature which bridge more than one of these areas, encouraging interaction between them. It emphasizes the algebraic and geometric aspects of design theory, coding theory and cryptography.The journal is widely read by engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists and others in education, industry and government.