Instructions to authors
GENERAL

International Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Statistics (IJAMS) is an International Peer-Reviewed online Research Journal that showcases original and high-quality research papers in all areas of mathematics and statistics. The Vision of the Journal is to support and encourage the growth of Mathematics and Statistics by providing a platform for experts in the field to share their findings and insights. IJAMS provides the most recent updates and insights into the most recent academic trends, as well as useful primary sources for referencing, to scientists, researchers, students, practitioners, and other professionals. The Journal cordially invites you to submit your work as research papers, review papers, book reviews, theory-based empirical papers, or any other kind of publication pertaining to all facets of mathematics and statistics.

Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

By submitting a manuscript to the International Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Statistics, as an author you have agreed to comply with the following Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.

Duties / Responsibilities of Authors

1. All manuscripts must be the original work of authors and not plagiarism. A zero-tolerance approach will be taken to plagiarized manuscripts.

2. Authorship of a manuscript should be limited to authors who have made significant contributions.

3. Authors must properly and accurately acknowledge the work of others.

4. Authors should disclose any financial or other substantive conflict of interest that might influence the results or interpretation of their manuscripts and acknowledge individuals or organizations that have provided financial support for research.

5. Authors may be asked to provide the raw data in connection with manuscripts for editorial review and should prepare to provide public access to such data if possible.

6. All manuscripts must be previously unpublished, and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Duties / Responsibilities of Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Board Members

1. Editor in Chief or the assigned editorial board members from time to time are responsible for making decisions on the size and content of the manuscripts submitted to the journal.

2. The journal utilizes a double-blind peer review process. The Editor in Chief and members of the Editorial Board ensure the integrity of the publication review process by not revealing either the identity of authors of manuscripts to the reviewers, or the identity of reviewers to authors.

3. The members of the Editorial Board receive all manuscripts for review in confidence and do not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, other external referees sought from time to time, and the publisher.

4. Any of editorial board members must not use materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript (published or unpublished) for their own research without the author's written authorization.

5. Editors shall conduct a proper and fair investigation into ethical complaints and shall avoid participating in the investigation in case they have a potential conflict of interest with the authors involved.

6. Editors are responsible for certifying the validity and accuracy of publications, and for helping authors to improve the quality of their research.

7. Being an editor, He or she should devote all of their time to their duties as an editor in order to raise the caliber of the publication. It is advisable to periodically review the journal's policies and support the publisher in keeping the journal's standards high for the benefit of the scientific community

Responsibility of Reviewers:

Reviewers' responsibilities in the peer review system include assessing the value, accuracy, and applicability of academic research. The goal of the peer-review process is to give authors constructive criticism from knowledgeable specialists so they may enhance their work and ensure it is of the highest caliber.

The Peer-Review Process Involves the Following:
  • Accept the invitation letter,
  • Review the manuscript report,
  • Submit your review.
  • Only accept to review manuscripts for which you have the necessary subject knowledge to conduct an accurate evaluation and which you have the time to evaluate.
    Uphold the confidentiality of peer review and refrain from disclosing any information about a manuscript or its review during or after the peer-review process, other than what is made public by the reviewers.

    Ethical Guidelines

    IJAMS adheres to the below ethical guidelines for publication and research. Amend the manuscript wherever necessary as per guidelines. You must have to do it otherwise there may be a chance of rejection. Find the Template

    Authorship and Acknowledgement

    Authorship

    For the technical knowledge conveyed in a manuscript, all writers are accountable. For this reason, before completing the consent and declaration form, all authors must read and approve the final draft of the book. All listed authors must have actively participated in the ideation, design, data analysis, and interpretation, as well as the writing of the work. They must also have critically examined the manuscript's content and approved the final version before it was submitted for publication. Authorship cannot be justified by participation in a project's procurement of financing or data collecting alone.

    Authors must adhere to requirements 1, 2, and 3.

    1) significant contributions to the conception and design, acquisition of data, analysis, and interpretation of data, 2) writing the article or critically revising it for important intellectual content, and 3) final approval of the version to be published, according to the ICMJE authorship criteria. Authors must adhere to requirements 1, 2, and 3.

    It is necessary that at the time the article is submitted, all authors have received the proper acknowledgments. Authorless contributors should be acknowledged in the Acknowledgements section.

    Change in Authorship:

    We do not allow any change in authorship after provisional acceptance. We cannot allow any addition, deletion or change in the sequence of the author’s name. We have this policy to prevent any fraud.

    Acknowledgments

    Under Acknowledgements, please specify contributors to the article other than the authors accredited. Please also include specifications of the source of funding for the study and any potential conflict of interest if appropriate. Suppliers of materials should be named and their location (town, state/county, country) included.

    Similarity index

    We check the plagiarism with the use of Turnitin. To reduce the similarity, please give proper citations and use the words/sentences carefully.

    Permission

    If an illustration that has already been published in full or in part is to be used, permission from the copyright holder must be acquired. It is up to the author to get them in writing and give copies to the publishers.

    Copy Right Form

    When submitting a manuscript, authors agree that the work's main ideas have not already been published or are not being considered for publication elsewhere. If any other copyright holders gave their consent, they are listed on the certificate as well. Copyright Form

    Manuscript Types Accepted
  • Original Research articles
  • Review articles
  • Review Papers
  • Book Reviews
  • Theory-based empirical papers
  • Any other kind of publications pertaining to all facets of mathematics and statistics.
  • Manuscript Format and Structure
  • Refer to the latest articles and manuscript template from https://ijams.in" for the format of each section. There is no page limit for manuscripts. The manuscript must be typed in 12-point Times New Roman font (Double space line) in MS Word (2003 or above).
  • Give line no. to the whole Word document.
  • Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
  • PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE AUTHOR NAME AND AFFILIATION IN WORD FILE as we follow a double-blind peer review process.
  • Structured Abstract
  • Keywords (indexing terms), normally 3-6 items.
  • Introduction (should include recent references)
  • Materials studied, area descriptions, methods, techniques
  • Results
  • Discussion (Discuss the result with the support of recent references)
  • Conclusion
  • PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ACKNOWLEDGMENT IN WORD FILE BUT INCLUDE IT IN AUTHOR DECLARATION CERTIFICATE as we follow double blind peer review process.
  • Competing interest statement
  • Authors' Contributions (include in revised manuscript only) as we follow a double-blind peer review process.
  • Research article:40% of references must be from research/review papers published during the past five years. Review article: 40-50% of references must be from papers published during the past five years. References in the text should be given by placing in brackets [1], [1,2,3]. Reference no. should start from no. 1 onwards from the Introduction section (e.g.: [1],[2]...[1,2]). The reference list must be prepared accordingly.
  • Tables
  • Figure captions
  • Figures (separate file(s)).
  • Appendix
    An appendix may be included (and is often helpful) in mathematical or computational modeling.
  • Acknowledgements
    The acknowledgments section is where you may wish to thank people indirectly involved with the research.
  • TABLE - Title
    Every table must have a unique title placed at the top. Titles should be clear and concise, and they should not be complete sentences.
  • TABLE- Format
    Table tools in Microsoft Word are strongly recommended for inserting a table. It’s necessary to avoid tables created with the tab key.
  • TABLE - Numbering & Citation
    Tables in the main body of the text should be numbered and cited consecutively according to their appearance in the text.
  • FIGURE - Caption
    Each figure should have a caption. The caption should be concise and typed separately, not on the figure area; If figures have parts (for example, A and B), make sure all parts are explained in the caption.
  • FIGURE - Numbering & Citation
    All figures are to be sequentially numbered with Arabic numerals. Figures should always be cited in text in consecutive numerical order.
  • EQUATION - Format
    The equation number should be placed in parentheses to the right of the equation. E.g. Hn+1(1/n+1, 1/n+1, …, 1/n+1) (1); Do not create equations as pictures. Use MathType or insert symbols as normal text.
  • EQUATION -Numbering & Citation
    Equations should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals to avoid ambiguities, if they will be referred to in text. Citation for an equation should be made by using "(1)," not "Eq. (1)" or "equation (1)," except at the beginning of a sentence: "Equation (1) is…"
  • REFERENCES - Summary
    (1). All sources cited in text must appear in the reference list and all items in the reference list must be cited in text.

    (2). All references should be listed numerically in the order they've been cited within the paper. At the beginning of each reference, the bracketed number should be included.
  • REFERENCES - In-Text Citation Format
    References are simply cited with the consistent reference number in square brackets. Do not set references number as superscript number. Do not use "Ref. [3]" or "Reference [3]" except at the beginning of a sentence, e.g. "Reference [3] shows …"

    1. Single Reference
    If the author's name appears in the text, place the reference number immediately after the name. E.g. Peter[10] found an innovative scientific phenomenon.

    2. Multiple References
    (1). Put two numbers in numerical order and separate them by commas but no spaces. E.g.: [2,3] or [2], [3]

    (2). Indicate three or more consecutive reference numbers by using the following format. E.g.: [1], [3], [5]; [1] – [5] or [1, 3, 5]; [1-5]
  • LIST OF REFERENCES
    Authors are requested to check all references for completeness, including author names, paper titles, journal headings, Volume, Number., pages for journal citations, Year, DOI (or URL if possible). (Please note that the DOI should be placed after the URL and end with a period.)
  • Journals
    All author names, "Title," Journal title, vol., no., pp. xxx–xxx., Year, DOI (or URL) e.g. [1] Clarke A., Mike F., S. Mary, "The Use of Technology in Education," Universal Journal of Educational Research, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1–10, 2015.
    DOI: 10.13189/ujer.2015.010829
    Books
    All author names, "Title of chapter in the book," in Title of the Published Book, (xth ed. if possible), Abbrev. of Publisher, Year, pp. xxx–xxx. e.g.
    [1] Tom B, Jack E, R. Voss, "The Current Situation of Education," in Current Situation and Development of Contemporary Education, 1st ed, HRPUB, 2013, pp. 1-200.
  • Conference Papers
    All author names, "Title," Conference title, (location of conference is optional), (Month and day(s) if provided) Year, pp., (DOI or URL, if possible) e.g.
    [1] David H., Tim P., "The Use of Technology in Teaching," The Third International Conference, LA, USA, Jul., 2013, pp. 19-23. (The year may be omitted if it has been given in the conference title) (DOI or URL, if possible).
    Websites
    All author names, "Page Title." Website Title. Web Address (retrieved Date Accessed). e.g.
    [1] Partson K., Joe L., "The Use of Technology in Teaching", US News, http://www.hrpub.com (accessed Jan. 1, 2013).
  • Online submission of Manuscript

    Manuscripts should be submitted online at https://ijams.in/submission or by email. The use of an online submission and peer review site speeds up the decision-making process, enables immediate distribution, and allows authors to track the status of their own manuscripts. If assistance is needed, Editorial Office can be contacted and will readily provide any help users need to upload their manuscripts. But please refer tutorial for online submission from https://ijams.in before contacting the editorial office.

    Editorial Office contact person: Dr. Akhter Alam, e-mail: editor@ijams.in

    Manuscript Revision

    The sender author will receive an email once reviewers submit the comments to IJAMS. An editor will check the comments and forward it to the sender author with or without further comments. The sender author has to submit the revised manuscript as per the editorial and reviewers’ comments within 4 weeks. If the sender author needs more time, then he/she must have to get approval from the editor. The Editor-in-Chief will make the final decision for each manuscript.

    Article Publishing charge

    The journal publishes articles in Open Access Model. The Journal does not charge any Article Processing Charges from the Researchers.

    After Provisional Acceptance

    After provisional acceptance of a paper for publication, they have been fully reviewed, revised, and edited for publication, and the author’s final corrections have been incorporated. We will send the email to all authors once the article will be published.
    Publication certificate:We will provide a publication certificate to all authors with the detail of the published article by email after online publication.