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International Statistical Review

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 241 35 46 11

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 61
Documents by Best Scientists*: 67
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 7
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.922
Impact Factor: 1.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Statistical Review?

The foci of the journal are Statistics, Econometrics, Humanities, Applied mathematics and Operations research. Estimator, Regression analysis, Regression, Sampling (statistics) and Sample (statistics) are some of the study areas of Statistics discussed.

  • Statistics (26.46%)
  • Econometrics (14.62%)
  • Humanities (7.42%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Rank Correlation Methods (3398 citations)
  • A test for normality of observations and regression residuals (2041 citations)
  • Discriminatory Analysis - Nonparametric Discrimination: Consistency Properties (1332 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Statistical Review:

The most cited publications facilitate discussions on Statistics, Econometrics, Humanities, Regression analysis and Nonparametric statistics. The journal publications explore issues in Econometrics which can be linked to other research areas like Weighting, Sampling (statistics), Estimation and Extreme value theory. The most cited papers focus on Humanities but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Maximum likelihood and Calculus.

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

  • Statistics
  • Law
  • Normal distribution

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Statistics, Estimator, Bayesian probability, Library science and Statistical physics are tackled in International Statistical Review. The journal features Statistics research that overlaps with concepts in Inference. The research on Estimator featured in International Statistical Review combines topics in other fields like Calibration (statistics) and Missing data.

The journal deals with Bayesian probability in conjunction with Context (language use) and similar fields in Dirichlet process, Nonparametric statistics, Bayesian information criterion, Econometrics and Model selection. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Library science, it also covered topics in Publishing, Tribute, Official statistics and Mahalanobis distance. The journal explores topics in Statistical physics which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Monte Carlo method, Importance sampling and Statistical model.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Predictive Inference Based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo Output (12 citations)
  • Initialization of Hidden Markov and Semi‐Markov Models: A Critical Evaluation of Several Strategies (4 citations)
  • Hierarchical Models for the Analysis of Likert Scales in Regression and Item Response Analysis (4 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 International Statistical Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David J. Hand (91 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Carl M. O'Brien (51 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jayanta K. Ghosh (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Martin Crowder (31 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Norman R. Draper (31 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 International Statistical Review (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Imperial College London (128 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Tampere (62 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (48 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Purdue University (40 papers) absent at the last 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, 7.84% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 8.51% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 6.38% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.15% of all publications and 65.96% 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

  • Prediction, Estimation, and Attribution

    Bradley Efron

    (2020)
    122 Citations
  • A Critical Review of LASSO and Its Derivatives for Variable Selection Under Dependence Among Covariates

    Laura Freijeiro-González;Manuel Febrero-Bande;Wenceslao González-Manteiga

    (2021)
    89 Citations
  • Predictive Inference Based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo Output

    Fabian Krüger;Sebastian Lerch;Sebastian Lerch;Thordis Thorarinsdottir;Tilmann Gneiting;Tilmann Gneiting

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • A Review of Spatial Causal Inference Methods for Environmental and Epidemiological Applications

    Brian J Reich;Shu Yang;Yawen Guan;Andrew B Giffin

    (2021)
    53 Citations
  • Hierarchical Models for the Analysis of Likert Scales in Regression and Item Response Analysis

    Gerhard Tutz

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Statistical Implementations of Agent‐Based Demographic Models

    Mevin Hooten;Christopher Wikle;Michael Schwob

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Tests of Normality of Functional Data

    Tomasz Górecki;Lajos Horváth;Piotr Kokoszka

    (2020)
    19 Citations
  • Stable Discovery of Interpretable Subgroups via Calibration in Causal Studies

    Raaz Dwivedi;Yan Shuo Tan;Briton Park;Mian Wei

    (2020)
    15 Citations
  • Horseshoe Regularisation for Machine Learning in Complex and Deep Models

    Anindya Bhadra;Jyotishka Datta;Yunfan Li;Nicholas Polson

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Small Area Estimation for Disease Prevalence Mapping

    Jonathan Wakefield;Taylor Okonek;Jon Pedersen

    (2020)
    13 Citations

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