STM publisher Springer, Germany, has signed a co-publishing agreement with the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) for their publications Sankhya - The Indian Journal of Statistics. Professor Sankar K. Pal, Director of ISI, Professor Alok Goswami, Editor of Sankhya and Sanjiv Goswami, Managing Director Springer India, signed the agreement at the ISI campus, New Delhi.
Sankhya brings statistical researchers from different parts of India in contact with each other, thereby providing a medium for the exchange of ideas. The journal contains research articles in the broad areas of theoretical statistics, probability and applied statistics. Series A primarily covers theoretical statistics and probability, including stochastic processes. Series B mainly covers all areas of applied statistics, including applied probability, applied stochastic processes, econometrics and statistical computing. Reviews and discussion articles dealing with current research activity are also published as well as bibliographies of Indian statistical publications, numerical tables to help reduce computation and book reviews.
Sankhya will be published electronically and in print. The journal will include Cross Reference Linking, alert services, and Online First, a feature by which articles are published online before they appear in print. Springer will also implement the online author submission system, Editorial Manager. This system allows the peer-review process to be handled faster, resulting in the speedy publication of the articles.
