Key details about how SLJESIM is published.

• Publisher

  Department of Economics and Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

• Frequency

  Biannual, published on 30 June and 31 December each year

• Format

  Printed and online editions

• Language

  English

• Peer review

  Double-blind refereed

• Indexing

  Google Scholar

The journal welcomes theoretical, empirical, policy and practitioner work across three fields.

• Economics

  15 research areas

  Sector-focused fields such as agricultural, rural, industrial, business and labour economics, alongside development, environmental, financial, international and public economics. Econometrics, policy analysis, poverty and inequality are also covered.

• Statistics

  10 research areas

  Theory and methods, from probability and multivariate statistics to modelling and simulation, and applied work in biostatistics, business analytics, decision science, industrial and social statistics.

• Information Management

  7 research areas

  ICT and information systems, information management and retrieval, socio-technical systems, design and multimedia, security and privacy, and internet services.

Every accepted paper is double-blind refereed to ensure academic quality. Reviewers assess:

• Suitability of the title
• Quality of the abstract
• Sufficiency of the background and introduction
• Clarity and justification of the research problem and objectives
• Coverage of theoretical and empirical literature
• Soundness of the methodology
• Quality of the results and discussion
• Strength of the conclusions and implications
• Originality and contribution to the field
• References, formatting, language and plagiarism checks