its periodicity had to be revised further by changing it to a monthly publication from 1973. At a later stage in the recent years the procedure of the refereeing was reviewed introducing double refereeing process in order to further improve the quality of the Journal. The frequency of the Journal was changed to a bi-monthly from the year 2006. The IJPAM publishes carefully selected papers dealing with original research in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Statistics and related Mathematical Sciences such as Operations Research, Game Theory, Mathematical Economics, Computer Science, Stochastic Modelling, Numerical Analysis, Pattern Recognition, Mathematical Systems etc. involving new developments and/or applications of Mathematics or Statistics. A paper will be considered for publication in the journal if it is not submitted for publication elsewhere and includes results which are new, nontrivial and significant. Further, it must be well written and of interest to a wide section of mathematicians or statisticians. Piecemeal results such as an inconclusive step toward an unproved result or a minor variation on a known result are in general not acceptable for publication. Formal novelty and mathematical correctness alone are not sufficient for publication. Editors might invite papers on specials topic which are currently of interest. However, all papers will be refereed whether invited or contributed.

The Journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index; Current Contents (Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences); Mathematical Reviews; INSPEC Science Abstracts (Part A), Zentralblatt fiir Mathematik as well as other major international abstracting services.

The authors are encouraged to contribute and prepare their manuscript as per INSA guidelines. The size of the Journal has been changed to Demi Quarto A4 International since January 1998.