PJSOR Policies

1. Focus and Scope:

The PJSOR publishes original articles and reviews in all fields of statistics and operation research with a strong emphasis on theoretical and applied contributions.

Topics of interest for publication in PJSOR include:

  • Probability and Statistics
  • Operations Research
  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Survey Sampling
  • Biostatistics
  • Econometrics
  • Applied Statistics
  • Other Core Areas of Statistics

2. Peer Review Process

Articles will be evaluated anonymously by at least two reviewers. The Editorial Board will make final decisions regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles after reviews have been received. Authors submitting manuscripts should submit articles through PJSOR website (https://pjsor.com/pjsor/about/submissions) by registering with PJSOR

3. Plagiarism Policy:

PJSOR is strictly against any unethical act of copying or plagiarism in any form. Plagiarism is said to have occurred when large portions of a manuscript have been copied from existing previously published resources. All manuscripts submitted for publication to PJSOR may be cross-checked for plagiarism using Turnitin/ iThenticate software. The similarity index should not exceed 20%

4. Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research (PJSOR) applies the Creative Commons License (CC By) to all works we publish. This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.

CC BY: This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.

CC BY includes the following elements:
BY  Credit must be given to the creator

5. Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries. It permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

6. Editorial Workflow

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