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Statistics

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Published by: Taylor & Francis

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Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 520 11 30 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 23
Documents by Best Scientists*: 51
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 41
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.439
Impact Factor: 1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Statistics?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Statistics, Applied mathematics, Estimator, Mathematical optimization and Combinatorics. Statistics focuses on Statistics research which is adjacent to topics in Econometrics. Topics in Applied mathematics explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Function (mathematics), Linear model, Autoregressive model and Mathematical analysis.

The research on Estimator featured in it combines topics in other fields like Nonparametric statistics, Linear regression and Consistency (statistics). In addition to Combinatorics research, Statistics aims to explore topics under Discrete mathematics and Random variable. Bias of an estimator and Stein's unbiased risk estimate are all areas of Minimum-variance unbiased estimator tackled in Statistics.

It focused on Efficient estimator research but expanded to cover Consistent estimator.

  • Statistics (44.53%)
  • Applied mathematics (34.15%)
  • Estimator (23.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Statistical tools for simulation practitioners (550 citations)
  • Deconvolving kernel density estimators (318 citations)
  • Approximate discrete-time schemes for statistics of diffusion processes (223 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Statistics:

The published articles focus on Statistics, Applied mathematics, Estimator, Mathematical optimization and Econometrics. The most cited publications focus on Statistics as well as the interrelated topics of Function (mathematics). The most cited articles hold forums on Applied mathematics that merge themes from other disciplines such as Generalized beta distribution, Linear model, Autoregressive model and Asymptotic distribution.

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

  • Statistics
  • Normal distribution
  • Mathematical analysis

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Applied mathematics, Statistics, Estimator, Algorithm and Quantile. The studies on Applied mathematics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Nonparametric statistics, Representation (mathematics) and Stress strength. The presented research on Nonparametric statistics deals specifically with Hierarchy (mathematics) but it also addresses topics in Distribution (mathematics).

Series (mathematics) and Feature selection are some topics wherein Statistics research discussed in it have an impact. Issues in Estimator were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Convergence (routing), Sampling (statistics), Current (mathematics), Consistency (statistics) and Function (mathematics). Topics in Algorithm were tackled in line with various other fields like Minimum distance estimation, General regression, Semimartingale, Simple (abstract algebra) and Receiver operating characteristic.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Second-order stochastic comparisons of order statistics (1 citations)
  • High-dimensional MANOVA under weak conditions (1 citations)
  • Multi-component stress–strength parameter estimation of a non-identical-component strengths system under the adaptive hybrid progressive censoring samples (0 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 Statistics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Saralees Nadarajah (36 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Debasis Kundu (22 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Arjun K. Gupta (19 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jafar Ahmadi (12 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 Statistics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • McMaster University (40 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Polish Academy of Sciences (38 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Indian Statistical Institute (32 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Humboldt University of Berlin (31 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Manchester (28 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, 8.89% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 14.63% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.32% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 7.32% of all publications and 70.73% 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

  • A bimodal gamma distribution: properties, regression model and applications

    Roberto Vila;Letícia Ferreira;Helton Saulo;Fábio Prataviera

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • New closed form estimators for a bivariate gamma distribution

    (2023)
    9 Citations
  • Exact likelihood-ratio tests for joint type-II censored exponential data

    Xiaojun Zhu;N. Balakrishnan;Chengzhu Feng;Jiacheng Ni

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Optimal plan for ordered step-stress stage life testing

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • The sparse variance contamination model

    Ery Arias-Castro;Rong Huang

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Acceptance reliability sampling plan for discrete lifetime models

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Analyzing competing risks data using bivariate Weibull-geometric distribution

    Debasis Kundu;Shuvashree Mondal

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • On two exponential populations under a joint adaptive type-II progressive censoring

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Location invariant heavy tail index estimation with block method

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Closed form estimators for a multivariate gamma distribution

    (2023)
    3 Citations

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