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Annals of Probability
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Annals of Probability

0091-1798

Published by: Institute of Mathematical Statistics

https://imstat.org/journals-and-publications/annals-of-probability/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 40 75 88 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 81
Documents by Best Scientists*: 90
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 105
SCIMAGO SJR: 3.326
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Annals of Probability?

Annals of Probability investigates studies in Combinatorics, Mathematical analysis, Discrete mathematics, Random variable and Pure mathematics. In addition to Combinatorics research, it aims to explore topics under Probability theory, Distribution (mathematics), Central limit theorem, Sequence and Random walk. Central limit theorem and Convergence of random variables are closely related fields of research discussed in Annals of Probability.

Mathematical analysis research presented in Annals of Probability encompasses a variety of subjects, including Martingale (probability theory), Applied mathematics, Stochastic process, Brownian motion and Diffusion process. Many of the studies tackled connect Discrete mathematics with a similar field of study like Markov chain. The majority of Markov chain studies presented zero in on Markov kernel.

Topics like Independent and identically distributed random variables and Law of the iterated logarithm are tackled as part of the discussions on Random variable.

  • Combinatorics (40.92%)
  • Mathematical analysis (29.40%)
  • Discrete mathematics (18.61%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • $I$-Divergence Geometry of Probability Distributions and Minimization Problems (1283 citations)
  • Residual Life Time at Great Age (1014 citations)
  • The two-parameter Poisson-Dirichlet distribution derived from a stable subordinator (1011 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Annals of Probability:

The journal publications aim to foster the development of research in Combinatorics, Mathematical analysis, Discrete mathematics, Random variable and Pure mathematics. Issues in Combinatorics were discussed in the journal papers, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Probability theory, Distribution (mathematics), Central limit theorem, Markov chain and Random walk. The study of Mathematical analysis in the published articles encompasses disciplines such as Brownian motion, as well as fields such as Stochastic process, all of which overlap with one another.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Mathematical analysis
  • Statistics
  • Real number

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main research concerns discussed in the journal are Combinatorics, Mathematical analysis, Brownian motion, Random graph and Random walk. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Combinatorics, it also covered topics in Ball (mathematics) and Order (ring theory). The journal investigates Mathematical analysis research which frequently intersects with White noise.

The research on Brownian motion featured in Annals of Probability combines topics in other fields like Distribution (mathematics), Line (geometry), Hecke algebra and Differential equation. While Random graph is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Random variable, Spectrum (functional analysis) and Degree (graph theory), Degree distribution. Topics in Random walk explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Schramm–Loewner evolution, Type (model theory) and Planar graph.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • On the Uniqueness of Global Multiple SLEs (11 citations)
  • Diffusion approximation for fully coupled stochastic differential equations (9 citations)
  • Eigenvector statistics of Lévy matrices (7 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Annals of Probability (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Jay Rosen (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Yuval Peres (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • David Nualart (33 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michel Talagrand (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas M. Liggett (29 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Annals of Probability (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Luxembourg (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre de Recherches Mathématiques (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of California, Berkeley (17 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Institut Élie Cartan de Lorraine (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • New York University (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 15.94% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.52% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.34% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 27.59% of all publications and 46.55% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • From nonlinear Fokker–Planck equations to solutions of distribution dependent SDE

    Viorel Barbu;Michael Röckner

    (2020)
    132 Citations
  • On a perturbation theory and on strong convergence rates for stochastic ordinary and partial differential equations with nonglobally monotone coefficients

    Martin Hutzenthaler;Arnulf Jentzen

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • Mean field games master equations with nonseparable Hamiltonians and displacement monotonicity

    Unknown

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • Averaging dynamics driven by fractional Brownian motion

    Martin Hairer;Xue-Mei Li

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • Algorithmic thresholds for tensor PCA

    Gérard Ben Arous;Reza Gheissari;Aukosh Jagannath

    (2020)
    74 Citations
  • From the master equation to mean field game limit theory: Large deviations and concentration of measure

    François Delarue;Daniel Lacker;Kavita Ramanan

    (2020)
    69 Citations
  • The Riemann zeta function and Gaussian multiplicative chaos: Statistics on the critical line

    Eero Saksman;Christian Webb

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • The Tutte embedding of the mated-CRT map converges to Liouville quantum gravity

    Ewain Gwynne;Jason Miller;Scott Sheffield

    (2021)
    59 Citations
  • The endpoint distribution of directed polymers

    Erik Bates;Sourav Chatterjee

    (2020)
    58 Citations
  • The overlap gap property and approximate message passing algorithms for $p$-spin models

    David Gamarnik;Aukosh Jagannath

    (2021)
    49 Citations

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