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Journal of the
Royal Statistical Society
DisciplineStatistics
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1838 to present
Publisher
1.484 (Series A)
2.835 (Series B)
1.057 (Series C) (2008)
ISO 4Find out here
Indexing
ISSN0964-1998

The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society is a series of three peer-reviewed statistics journals published by Blackwell Publishing for the London-based Royal Statistical Society.

History

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The Statistical Society of London was founded in 1834, but would not begin producing a journal for four years. From 1834–1837, members of the society would read the results of their studies to the other members, and some details were recorded in the proceedings. The first study reported to the society in 1834 was a simple survey of the occupations of people in Manchester, England. Conducted by going door-to-door and inquiring, the study revealed that the most common profession was mill-hands, followed closely by weavers.[1]

When founded, the membership of the Statistical Society of London overlapped almost completely with the statistical section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1837 a volume of Transactions of the Statistical Society of London were written, and in May 1838 the society began its journal. The first editor of the journal was Rawson W. Rawson.[1] In the early days of the society and the journal, there was dispute over whether or not opinions should be expressed, or merely the numbers. The symbol of the society was a wheatsheaf, representing a bundle of facts, and the motto Aliis exterendum, Latin for "to be threshed out by others." Many early members chafed under this prohibition, and in 1857 the motto was dropped.[2]

From 1838–1886, the journal was published as the Journal of the Statistical Society of London (ISSN 0959-5341). In 1887 it was renamed the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (ISSN 0952-8385) when the society was granted a Royal Charter.

On its centenary in 1934, the society inaugurated a Supplement to the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society to publish work on industrial and agricultural applications.[3] In 1948 the society reorganised its journals and the main journal became the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General) (ISSN 0035-9238) and the supplement became Series B (Statistical Methodology). In 1988, the flagship changed its name to Series A (Statistics in Society).

In 1952, the society founded Applied Statistics of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society which became Series C (Applied Statistics). After merging with the Institute of Statisticians in 1993, the society published Series D (The Statistician) (ISSN 0039-0526), but this journal was closed in 2004.

Current journals

As of 2007, three journals are published under this general title.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society)

Statistics in Society (ISSN 0964-1998) is published quarterly. The Editors are A. Fielding (University of Birmingham, UK) and S. Day (Roche Products Ltd., UK). Its 2008 impact factor is 1.484.[4]

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology)

Statistical Methodology (ISSN 1369-7412) is published five times a year. The Editors are George Casella (University of Florida, USA) and Gareth Roberts (University of Warwick, UK). Its 2008 impact factor is 2.835.[5]

Starting in 1934, it was originally called Supplement to the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (ISSN 1466-6162), and in 1948 was changed to Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B (Methodological) (ISSN 0035-9246), before being changed to its current name in 1998.

In a 2003 survey of statisticians, Series B was perceived to have been one of the highest quality journals in statistics.[6]

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics)

Applied Statistics (ISSN 0035-9254) is published five times a year. The Editors are M.S. Ridout (University of Kent, UK) and C.J. Skinner (University of Southampton, UK). Its 2008 impact factor is 1.057.[7]

A review of the first 227 algorithms published as source code in Applied Statistics is available.[8] The last such code was published in 1997.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D (The Statistician)

The Statistician (ISSN 0039-0526) is no longer published, but was published 4 times a year up to 2001. The final Editors were A.J. Watkins (University of Wales, Swansea, UK) and L.C. Wolstenholme (City University, London, UK).[9] The Statistician was added in parallel to Series A-C as a Royal Statistical Society publication in 1993, having previously been published by the Institute of Statisticians.

Allied publications

The Society also publishes the magazine-format journal Significance.

References

  1. ^ a b S. Rosenbaum (2001). "Precursors of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society". The Statistician. 50 (4): 457–466.
  2. ^ S. Rosenbaum (1984). "The Growth of the Royal Statistical Society". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). 147 (2). Blackwell Publishing: 375–388. doi:10.2307/2981692. JSTOR 10.2307/2981692.
  3. ^ J. Aldrich (2010) Mathematics in the London/Royal Statistical Society 1834-1934, Electronic Journ@l for History of Probability and Statistics, 6, (1).
  4. ^ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society) (accessed 17 February 2010)
  5. ^ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology) (accessed 17 February 2010)
  6. ^ Vasilis, Theoharakis; Skordia, Mary (2003). "How Do Statisticians Perceive Statistics Journals?". The American Statistician. 57 (2): 115–123. doi:10.1198/0003130031414.
  7. ^ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics) (accessed 17 February 2010)
  8. ^ Martynov, G.V. (1990) Probabilistic-statistical programs from “applied statistics”, Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 50 (3), 1643–1684. http://www.springerlink.com/content/v768870578w85872
  9. ^ http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120094253/home

Further reading

  • (May 1838). "Introduction". Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 1 (1): 1-5. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.
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