Peer Review Policy

The Sigma Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (SJMSS) applies a single-blind peer-review process for research articles, review articles, and short communications. In this process, reviewers have access to the identities and affiliations of the authors, while the identities of the reviewers remain confidential and are not disclosed to the authors.

All submitted manuscripts are first assessed by the editorial team to determine whether they fall within the journal’s scope and meet basic scholarly, technical, formatting, and ethical requirements. Manuscripts that do not meet these requirements may be declined without external review.

Manuscripts considered suitable for review are assigned to qualified reviewers with relevant expertise in the subject area. Reviewers are asked to evaluate the originality, scientific quality, methodological soundness, clarity, relevance, and contribution of the manuscript.

Based on reviewer reports and editorial assessment, the editorial decision may be one of the following:

• Accept
• Accept with minor revisions
• Revise and resubmit
• Reject

The final decision regarding publication rests with the Editor-in-Chief or the responsible editor. Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, confidential, and timely evaluations. Authors are expected to respond clearly and professionally to reviewer comments when revisions are requested.

Editorials and letters to the editor may be reviewed internally by the editorial team and may be sent for external review when deemed necessary.

Submissions by editors and editorial board members. Members of the editorial team and the editorial board may submit manuscripts to the journal. Such manuscripts are handled by an editor who has no association with the author, undergo the same peer-review process as all other submissions, and the author has no access to the review process or to the identities of the reviewers. The author’s editorial role is disclosed on the published article.