FOREWORD
From volume 31 onwards, the Hacettepe Bulletin of Natural Sciences and Engineering,
series B, continues publication under its new title Hacettepe
Journal of Mathematics and Statistics. This represents more than just a
change of name. It continues the philosophy of permitting the publications of the
Faculty of Science to develop along lines appropriate to their content and purpose.
It will bring in its wake various changes in editorial policy.
It remains important that our journal should continue to provide an outlet for
research originating in Turkey. However, a journal is useful only to the extent that
it can bring this research to a wide international audience, and this in turn depends
on it being able to attract an increasing amount of good material from abroad. One
important aspect of this process, that will continue over the coming years, is to attract
internationally well known scientists to our editorial board to advise on policy
and help in the promotion of our journal. It gives me great pleasure to welcome
those who have agreed to join us, and to thank them for giving their valuable time.
The ability to publish articles quickly is becoming increasingly important,
and we hope to build on the well earned reputation of the Hacettepe Bulletin in this
respect. Here we owe a deep debt of gratitude to our referees, without whose
staunch support this would be impossible. With an increase in international content the
role of the internet will undoubtedly increase, and we cannot emphasize too strongly the
importance of the electronic submission and refereeing of articles. For some years now,
papers on mathematics and statistics have been published using the LaTeX
typesetting system. We can assure authors who submit a LaTeX version of
their paper by e-mail that their paper will be processed with the greatest possible speed.
Finally it gives me the greatest pleasure to announce that, thanks to the good offices of
our Rector, we will not need to make any page charges for the foreseeable future. On
behalf of the Faculty of Science I take the greatest pleasure in wishing the
Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statistics every success in the
future.
Prof. Dr. Ali Kalaycioglu (Former Dean)
