Publication Ethics

The Sigma Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (SJMSS) is committed to maintaining high standards of publication ethics, academic integrity, transparency, and responsible scholarly communication.

Authors must ensure that submitted manuscripts are original, accurate, and not under consideration by another journal or publication. All authors listed on a manuscript must have made a significant contribution to the work and must approve the submitted version. Any use of data, text, figures, tables, or other materials from third-party sources must be properly cited and, where required, permission must be obtained.

Plagiarism, duplicate submission, data fabrication, data falsification, inappropriate authorship, citation manipulation, and other forms of academic misconduct are unacceptable. The journal reserves the right to reject or retract manuscripts where ethical violations are identified.

Reviewers are expected to provide objective, constructive, confidential, and timely evaluations. Reviewers must declare any potential conflicts of interest and should decline review invitations when they are unable to provide an impartial assessment.

Editors are responsible for making fair and unbiased editorial decisions based on the scholarly quality, relevance, originality, and ethical integrity of submissions. Editorial decisions should not be influenced by the authors’ nationality, gender, institutional affiliation, political views, religion, or personal characteristics.

Where ethical concerns arise before or after publication, the journal may investigate the matter and take appropriate action, including correction, rejection, withdrawal, or retraction, depending on the nature and seriousness of the concern.