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Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom

ISSN0964-1998eISSN1467-985X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.919

H-Index

181

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.197

Total Works

4,038

Total Citations

204,188

2yr Mean Citedness

1.28

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal publishes research on statistical methodologies applied to diverse societal issues, including social contagion, healthcare quality metrics, spatial data perturbation in surveys, small area estimation, audit experiments, legislative voting analysis, online survey recruitment bias, labor force statistics, crime event analysis, financial market dependencies, and blockchain technology. The articles employ advanced statistical models such as Bayesian hierarchical models, copula regression, Dirichlet mixed models, spatio-temporal M-quantile regression, and network approaches to address complex real-world problems.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFour No. A Year, 2004-

StatusActive

Total Publications4,038

Publisher OrgRoyal Statistical Society

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0964-1998 / 1467-985X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Statistics and ProbabilityQ1

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyQ1

Economics and EconometricsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Sciences, Mathematical MethodsStatistics & Probability

Scopus Categories

Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Economics and EconometricsStatistics and Probability

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceStatistical Methods and InferenceAdvanced Causal Inference TechniquesAdvanced Statistical Methods and ModelsCensus and Population Estimation