Gujarat Statistical Review (the new name of the journal is Gujarat journal of Statistical and Data Science) is a peer-reviewed research journal in Statistics. It has been published twice a year in the past. Now the journal will be published once a year in the beginning. The journal will publish refereed original research papers, reviews, and case studies related to any branch of applied and theoretical Statistics. Books reviews and letters to the Editor in Chief related to the article/papers of the journal are also welcome for possible publication.

The authors should submit their manuscript as soft copy either directly to the Editor in Chief ([email protected]) or through the Managing Editor ([email protected]) or Editor ([email protected]).

How to prepare the manuscript

Authors should prepare and submit their manuscripts electronically using the LaTeX package. Authors are also requested to submit figures in Encapsulated PostScript (“eps”) or .png or jpg or .pdf format files in both electronic and non - electronic papers. Authors should ensure that laser – printed originals of these figures are of high quality and suitable for scanning. Authors are requested to submit their (1) LaTex file (.tex format) (Download sample here), (2). Bibliography file (.bib format) (Download sample here), and (3). pdf file of your article.

Manuscript Components: Research paper must be written in English. The manuscript must be organized as follows:

• Title of the paper
• Author(s) name, affiliations and e-mail address
• Abstract (not more than 250 words) without reference
• Key word (not more than six)
• AMS subject classification
• Complete articles which include Tables, Figure, graph (if any required)
• Acknowledgement
• Conclusion
• Appendices (if required)
• References

The complete articles will be organized as appropriate number of Sections, Sub-sections, Equations, Figures and Tables. All Figures and Tables should normally be mentioned explicitly by number and should appear in correct numerical order in the body of the text. Tables should be numbered continuously starting with 1 irrespective of their sub-sections.

The reference list and text citations should agree and be accurate. All references cited in the text must appear in the reference list. Similarly, all references listed in the reference list must be cited in the text.

Acronyms and abbreviations should be spelled out the first time they are used unless they are common throughout the discipline. Avoid beginning sentences with a symbol, number, or lowercase letter.

 References for research article and book should follow the following:

Research paper:

1. Ghosh, D.K. and Karmakar, P. (1988) Some series of efficiency balanced designs. Aust. Jour. Statist., 30(1), 47-51.
2. Ghosh, D.K. (1989). Construction of confounded designs for mixed factorial experiments, Jour. Statist. Planning and Inference, 23, 253- 261.

Book:

1. Das, M. N. and Giri, N. C. (1973). Design and Analysis of Experiments. Third Edition, New Age International Publishers.

It is the policy of the journal that no submission, or substantially overlapping submission, be published or be under review at another journal or conference at any time during the review process. Submission of a manuscript implies that it has been approved by all authors as well as by the responsible authorities tacitly or explicitly at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher and the editors will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

Decision after Review:
After considering the Reviewer’s reports, the Editorial board members will make one of the following
decisions:
(i) Accept the paper for possible publication
(ii) Request for a minor/major revision
(iii) Reject the publication of the paper

The peer-review process of the journal is a double-blind process. While submitting the revised manuscript, the authors should clearly explain point-by-point as to how the reviewer’s comments have been addressed.

If the authors disagree with reviewer’s comments, the reason(s) should be explained. Decision of the editorial board will be final. Those papers recommended by two reviewers will be accepted for publication.

The peer review process may be completed within 4 months.

Memberships: One can become a member / Life member / of the Gujarat Statistical Association by applying in the prescribed form available with the President/Secretary of the association