Saturday, December 11, 2010

Case study of Sankya: an open journal

The Indian statistical Institute publishes Sankya- the Indian Journal of Statistics, one of the oldest statistical journals of the world, started producing the electronic version and provided link to old volumes from 1999 onwards. The archives provide full text of articles from 1999 onwards. The Sankya will be published electronically and in print by Springer from 2010. The journal will include Cross Reference Linking, alert services, and OnlineFirst, a feature by which articles are published online before they appear in print. Springer will also implement the online author submission system, editorial manager, the system will be in use by authors and it allows the peer-review process to be handled faster. Manuscripts will be processed through it resulting in the speedy publication of the article. The archives of the Sankya are accessible free through the internet. Presently archives of Sankya for the year 1999 to 2007 (full text) is available online. For the period 1933-1998 only abstract/summary are available online free of cost and linked to Mathematical Reviews for viewing full text.
Khatri, NK (2009). E-Journal publishing in India: A case study of Indian Statistical institute publication: Sankya- the Indian journals of statistics. Proceedings of International Conference on Academic Libraries,  New Delhi, pp 386-398.

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