Research in Statistics

Journal overview

Aims and scope

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Research in Statistics is a broad open access journal publishing original research in all areas of statistics and probability. The journal focuses on broadening existing research fields, and in facilitating international collaboration, and is devoted to the international advancement of the theory and application of advanced statistical techniques. This includes both theoretical and official statistics, statistics for financial data, and administrative statistics. The journal welcomes original and significant contributions in the area of statistics whether on empirical or mathematical foundations, or their applications to any domain of statistical and information technology, and more generally to any field of investigation where statistical methodologies are relevant. Applied papers demonstrating the usefulness of statistical methodology in practical problems are particularly welcome. Papers submitted for consideration should provide novel contributions in statistical theory or applications as they relate to the following interdisciplinary topics:

• Statistical Theory
• Statistical Modeling
• Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
• Biostatistics
• Agricultural Statistics
• Environmental Statistics
• Physical Sciences Statistics
• Engineering Statistics
• Extremes and its applications
• Risk Theory
• Behavioural and Psychological Statistics
• Economics & Business Statistics
• Statistics Education
• Statistical Surveys
• Statistical Computing, Data Visualization, and Simulation
• Social Sciences
• Demography
• History of Statistics
• Theory of Fuzzy Measures, Fuzzy Probability, and Information and its Statistical Applications
• Randomness, Stochastic Processes, and Statistical Applications

The journal publishes the following article types: original articles, reviews, selected/invited conference papers, short articles, and letters to the editor. Authors are encouraged to submit supplementary technical arguments, computer code, data analyzed in the paper, or any additional information for online publication along with the published paper.

Special issues dedicated to relevant and timely special topics will also be of interest. Proposals should be emailed to the Editor-in-Chief for consideration in the first instance.

Peer Review Policy

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees, under the guidance of a team of expert Associate Editors. All peer-review is double anonymized and submissions can be made online via the Submission Portal.

Publishing Ethics

The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of the C ommittee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals.

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Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.

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