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Statistical Science
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Statistical Science

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Published by: Institute of Mathematical Statistics

https://imstat.org/journals-and-publications/statistical-science/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 98 60 82 18

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 92
Documents by Best Scientists*: 107
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 16
SCIMAGO H-index: 125
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.672
Impact Factor: 3.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Statistical Science?

Statistical Science is mainly concerned with subjects like Statistics, Econometrics, Artificial intelligence, Inference and Bayesian probability. Specifically, studies on Estimator are prevalent in the Statistics works discussed. Regression analysis and Estimation are some topics wherein Econometrics research discussed in it have an impact.

The study on Artificial intelligence presented in it intersects with subjects under the field of Machine learning. The work on Bayesian probability presented in the journal focuses on Frequentist inference in particular.

  • Statistics (21.29%)
  • Econometrics (21.02%)
  • Artificial intelligence (10.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Inference from Iterative Simulation Using Multiple Sequences (10413 citations)
  • The design and analysis of computer experiments (5996 citations)
  • Bootstrap Methods for Standard Errors, Confidence Intervals, and Other Measures of Statistical Accuracy (4880 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Statistical Science:

The most cited publications focus on Econometrics, Statistics, Artificial intelligence, Inference and Bayesian probability. The most cited articles explore research in Econometrics alongside concepts in Observational study and other areas of study in Randomized experiment. The featured Bayesian probability studies in the journal articles mainly concentrate on Mathematical optimization but also cover areas of interest in Markov chain Monte Carlo.

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

  • Statistics
  • Law
  • World War II

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal investigates studies in Inference, Algorithm, Statistical model, Estimator and Artificial intelligence. It encompasses Statistical model studies in the context of Statistics as a whole. The studies on Statistics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Compromise and Focus (linguistics).

While Estimator is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Additive model, Econometrics, Score and Missing data. Topics in Econometrics were tackled in line with various other fields like Outcome (probability), Causal model and Confounding. The featured Artificial intelligence research zeroes in on concepts in Bayesian probability, Artificial neural network and Generative grammar but also tackles themes under Focus (optics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A General Framework for Vecchia Approximations of Gaussian Processes (35 citations)
  • Convex Relaxation Methods for Community Detection (24 citations)
  • Testing Randomness Online (13 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 Statistical Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Andrew Gelman (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • George Casella (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen E. Fienberg (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Bradley Efron (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Stephen M. Stigler (14 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 Statistical Science (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Harvard University (33 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Columbia University (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Stanford University (21 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Washington (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Pennsylvania (16 papers) published 1 paper 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, 27.27% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 31.25% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 21.88% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.50% of all publications and 34.38% 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

  • Best Subset, Forward Stepwise or Lasso? Analysis and Recommendations Based on Extensive Comparisons

    Unknown

    (2020)
    293 Citations
  • A selective overview of deep learning.

    Jianqing Fan;Cong Ma;Yiqiao Zhong

    (2021)
    124 Citations
  • Invariance, Causality and Robustness

    Peter Bühlmann

    (2020)
    112 Citations
  • Sparse Regression: Scalable Algorithms and Empirical Performance

    Dimitris Bertsimas;Jean Pauphilet;Bart Van Parys

    (2020)
    70 Citations
  • Rejoinder: Best Subset, Forward Stepwise or Lasso? Analysis and Recommendations Based on Extensive Comparisons

    Trevor Hastie;Robert Tibshirani;Ryan J. Tibshirani

    (2020)
    64 Citations
  • Additive and Multiplicative Effects Network Models

    Peter D. Hoff

    (2021)
    54 Citations
  • Robust high dimensional factor models with applications to statistical machine learning.

    Jianqing Fan;Kaizheng Wang;Yiqiao Zhong;Ziwei Zhu

    (2021)
    49 Citations
  • Aitchison’s Compositional Data Analysis 40 Years on: A Reappraisal

    (2022)
    42 Citations
  • The Dependent Dirichlet Process and Related Models

    (2022)
    35 Citations
  • Checking for Prior-Data Conflict Using Prior-to-Posterior Divergences

    David J. Nott;Xueou Wang;Michael Evans;Berthold-Georg Englert

    (2020)
    35 Citations

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