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CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS)

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Philosophy of CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS)

For more information, please see CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS) Aims and Scope page.

Who Can Submit?

Anyone may submit an original article to be considered for publication in CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS) provided he or she owns the copyright to the work being submitted or is authorized by the copyright owner or owners to submit the article. Authors are the initial owners of the copyrights to their works (an exception in the non-academic world to this might exist if the authors have, as a condition of employment, agreed to transfer copyright to their employer).

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General Submission Rules

Submitted articles cannot have been previously published, nor be forthcoming in an archival journal or book (print or electronic). Please note: "publication" in a working-paper series does not constitute prior publication. In addition, by submitting material to CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS), the author is stipulating that the material is not currently under review at another journal (electronic or print) and that he or she will not submit the material to another journal (electronic or print) until the completion of the editorial decision process at CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS). If you have concerns about the submission terms for CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS), please contact the editors.

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Formatting Requirements

CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS) has no general rules about the formatting of articles upon initial submission. There are, however, rules governing the formatting of the final submission. See Final Manuscript Preparation Guidelines for details. Although bepress can provide limited technical support, it is ultimately the responsibility of the author to produce an electronic version of the article as a high-quality PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) file, or a Microsoft Word, WordPerfect or RTF file that can be converted to a PDF file.

It is understood that the current state of technology of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) is such that there are no, and can be no, guarantees that documents in PDF will work perfectly with all possible hardware and software configurations that readers may have.

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Rights for Authors and CBN Digital Commons

As further described in our submission agreement (the Submission Agreement), in consideration for publication of the article, the authors assign to CBN Digital Commons all copyright in the article, subject to the expansive personal--use exceptions described below.

Attribution and Usage Policies

Reproduction, posting, transmission or other distribution or use of the article or any material therein, in any medium as permitted by a personal-use exemption or by written agreement of CBN Digital Commons, requires credit to CBN Digital Commons as copyright holder (e.g., CBN Digital Commons © 2025).

Personal-use Exceptions

The following uses are always permitted to the author(s) and do not require further permission from CBN Digital Commons provided the author does not alter the format or content of the articles, including the copyright notification:

  • Storage and back-up of the article on the author's computer(s) and digital media (e.g., diskettes, back-up servers, Zip disks, etc.), provided that the article stored on these computers and media is not readily accessible by persons other than the author(s);
  • Posting of the article on the author(s) personal website, provided that the website is non-commercial;
  • Posting of the article on the internet as part of a non-commercial open access institutional repository or other non-commercial open access publication site affiliated with the author(s)'s place of employment (e.g., a Phrenology professor at the University of Southern North Dakota can have her article appear in the University of Southern North Dakota's Department of Phrenology online publication series); and
  • Posting of the article on a non-commercial course website for a course being taught by the author at the university or college employing the author.

People seeking an exception, or who have questions about use, should contact the editors.

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General Terms and Conditions of Use

Users of the CBN Digital Commons website and/or software agree not to misuse the CBN Digital Commons service or software in any way.

The failure of CBN Digital Commons to exercise or enforce any right or provision in the policies or the Submission Agreement does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any term of the Submission Agreement or these policies is found to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Submission Agreement and these policies remain in full force and effect. These policies and the Submission Agreement constitute the entire agreement between CBN Digital Commons and the Author(s) regarding submission of the Article.

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Copyright Agreement

Authors shall complete the Manuscript Submission and Copyright Release form for each manuscript accepted for publication in the CBN-JAS. Persons unable to complete copyright agreements, such as federal employees, must indicate the reason for exemption on the form. The copyright to material published in the CBN-JAS is held by Central Bank of Nigeria. Persons who wish to reproduce material in the CBN-JAS must request written permission to reprint copyrighted information from the managing editor. Likewise, it is the responsibility of authors of the CBN-JAS manuscripts who include material (usually tables or figures) taken from other copyrighted sources to secure permission from the copyright holders and provide evidence of this permission at the time the manuscript is submitted to the CBN-JAS for review. Tables or figures reproduced from the work of others must include an acknowledgment of the original source in a footnote or legend.

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Instructions to Contributors

Types of Articles Articles published in the CBN-JAS encompass a broad range of research topics in applied statistics and fundamental aspects of applied economics and econometrics will be considered for publication. The preceding paragraph is not meant to exclude manuscripts but, rather, is a clarification of the focus of the journal. If there are any questions concerning the appropriateness of a manuscript for the journal, please contact the editor-in-chief.

Research Articles: Results of work contained in manuscripts submitted to the CBN-JAS must not have been published or submitted previously in a refereed scientific journal. Previous presentation at a scientific meeting or the use of data in field day reports or similar documents, including press publications or postings to personal or departmental websites, does not preclude the publication of such data in the CBN-JAS. Articles simultaneously posted to websites and submitted to the CBN. JAS should carry a disclaimer on the website that this version of the paper has not undergone the CBN-JAS peer-review and is not to be considered the final published form of the article. If the article is published in the CBN-JAS, the author should post the PDF (reprint) version of the article to the website so that proper credit can be given to the CBN-JAS as the publisher of the article. Because the CBN-JAS holds the copyright to articles it publishes, posting altered the CBN-JAS articles that are represented as an exact duplicate of the published version constitutes copyright violation.

Review Article: The journal publishes board-invited review articles each year in the areas of monetary, banking, financial and general economic statistics. There is also a document section where key note addresses or special remarks by distinguished personalities on money, banking, financial and general economic statistics would be published. These reviews are identified by the Editor-in-Chief in consultation with the Editor and Managing Editor. Occasionally proposals for review articles to be published in the CBN-JAS may be solicited by Associate Editors, after consultation with the Editor-in-Chief; the authors will be eligible for publication honorarium for these articles just like other authors. Unsolicited review articles will not be considered. Special Topics: Papers will be considered for publication in this division that present Biographical or Historical Sketches, or that present viewpoints dealing with Contemporary Issues or Teaching in statistics and applied statistics, or Perspectives that put a particular current topic into context in terms of its relationship or importance to an entire area. Biographies and Histories are part of the Special Topics Division but will be published on the journal webpage (www.cenbank.org/documents/cbnjas.asp). The frequency of publication depends on the availability of the prepared sketches. Contemporary Issues include topics such as environmental concerns, legislative proposals, systems analysis, and others. Teaching papers may discuss innovative pedagogical methods, philosophy of education, or solutions to teaching problems in statistics and applied statistics. Although Contemporary Issues or Teaching papers do not have to include original data, whenever appropriate the stated assertions should be substantiated by references to established information from credible published sources. Special Topics papers will be subject to peer review in a manner similar to other submissions. Because of the nature of these papers, their format may vary from that of standard scientific articles.

Technical Notes:A technical note is a vehicle to report a new method, technique, or procedure of interest to the CBN-JAS readers. When possible, a technical note should include a comparison of results from the new method with those from previous methods, using appropriate statistical tests. The advantages and disadvantages of the new procedure should be discussed. When typeset, a technical note shall not exceed 6 pages (9 typed manuscript pages), including tables and figures. The words “Technical note” shall be the first words of the title of such manuscripts. The review process for a technical note will be the same as that for other manuscripts.

Letters to the Editor:Letters judged suitable for publication will be printed in a “Letters to the Editor” section of the CBN-JAS. The purpose of this section is to provide a forum for scientific exchange relating to matters published in the CBN-JAS. To be acceptable for publication, letters must adhere to the following guidelines: (1) Only letters that address matters of science and relate to information published in the CBN-JAS will be considered. In general, letters should not exceed 5,000 characters plus spaces and should contain no more than 5 citations; (2) Letters should provide supporting evidence based on published data for the points made or must develop logical scientific hypotheses; letters based on conjecture or on unsubstantiated claims will not normally be published. No new data may be presented in the letters; (3) Letters will be considered by the editor-in-chief and if deemed appropriate for publication, the author(s) of original paper(s) will be invited to write a letter of response. Normally both letters will be published together; and (4) All letters will be subject to acceptance and editing by the editor-in-chief and editing by the editorial board.

Review of Manuscripts.

General Procedures: Every manuscript received undergoes first an internal vetting process; where the Editorial team judges it for its suitability for publication in the CBN-JAS, then it is put through an originality test using an anti-plagiarism software. All communications regarding a submitted manuscript maintains strict confidentiality. Associate editors handle correspondences with the author and promptly work with the Managing editor, the Editor and the Editor-in-Chief on preliminary evaluation to certify whether a manuscript should be rejected or accepted for further review. Note that at this stage, manuscripts may be returned to the author for revision before acceptance. The Editor-in-chief is the final arbiter regarding acceptance or rejection of manuscripts at this stage. Next, manuscripts that pass the preliminary evaluation stage are then sent to three external reviewers for blind review. A reviewer is given a maximum of three (3) months to conclude with a paper; after the first month, a reminder would be sent to the reviewer, if the report is not received by the end of the second month, a second reminder would be sent to such a reviewer, if at the end of the third month the reviewer had still not responded then the paper is reassigned to another reviewer and the concerned reviewer communicated about the reassignment. As a policy, the CBN-JAS would not contact an author about the status of the review process on his or her manuscript until at least two reviewers’ reports have been received and these reports are such that a conclusive decision can be taken on the manuscript based on them. A manuscript must typically receive two positive reviews to be considered for publication. Manuscripts that are eventually considered for publication are returned to the authors for revision. Normally, the revised manuscripts must be returned to the Secretariat within 4 weeks from the date of receipt by the authors. If at the expiration of the 4 weeks an author had failed to send in his/her revised paper, he or she would be given a maximum of two (2) reminders of two weeks interval each; if after the second reminder the author fails to respond, then it would be taken that the author is no longer interested in publishing the article with the CBN-JAS and the review process would stop. Extenuating circumstances must be communicated to the Managing editor for consideration and granting of an extension.

Rejections: There are four main grounds for rejection of manuscripts. First, manuscripts that are not written clearly, concisely, and coherently or that do not conform to the CBN-JAS style and guidelines will be rejected without review. Authors whose first language is not English are urged to have their paper reviewed by an editing service. Second, the substance of the manuscript may not meet the CBN-JAS standard: the work may be incomplete, the evidence may not support the conclusions, the experimental approach may be poorly conceived, or the work may repeat established fact or represent no advances of existing knowledge and thus two reviewers recommend its rejection. Third, although the work may be sound and the results valid, the paper may be better suited for publication in other journals rather than the CBN-JAS. Fourth, if it is discovered that the author had published the work in another journal while it is under consideration at the CBN-JAS.

Galley proofs: Accepted manuscripts are forwarded by the Editor-in-Chief to the editorial office for technical editing and typesetting. At this point, the Managing Editor may contact the authors for missing information or figure revisions. The manuscript is then typeset, figures reproduced, and author proofs prepared. Correspondence concerning the accepted manuscript should be directed to the Managing Editor. Proofs of all manuscripts will be provided to the corresponding author and should be read carefully and checked against the typed manuscript; accuracy of the galley proof is the author’s responsibility. Corrections would usually be returned by email. Changes sent by email must indicate page, column, and line numbers for each correction to be made on the proof. Editor queries should be answered on the galley proofs; failure to do so may delay publication.

Digital Archiving and Open Access Dissemination: Articles accepted and published in CBN-JAS are placed in EconStor, the Open Access publication server of the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics and also Germany’s most important repository for economics, https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/142031, for the digital dissemination of her publications in Open Access. EconStor helps to disseminate the publications on the web visibly and effectively.

References Guidelines for the CBN Journal of Applied Statistics: The CBN-JAS advice the authors to adopt the APA (7th Edition) referencing style.

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