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Statistics and Probability Letters
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Statistics and Probability Letters

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mathematics 259 58 87 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 98
Documents by Best Scientists*: 127
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 76
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.478
Impact Factor: N/A

Overview

Top Research Topics at Statistics & Probability Letters?

The journal focuses on Statistics, Applied mathematics, Combinatorics, Mathematical analysis and Probability theory. It features Statistics research that overlaps with concepts in Econometrics. Statistics & Probability Letters holds forums on Applied mathematics that merges themes from other disciplines such as Mathematical optimization, Markov chain, Autoregressive model, Rate of convergence and Calculus.

The journal explores issues in Combinatorics which can be linked to other research areas like Discrete mathematics, Random variable, Distribution (mathematics), Central limit theorem and Sequence. While work presented in Statistics & Probability Letters provided substantial information on Mathematical analysis, it also covered topics in Pure mathematics and Brownian motion. The research on Probability theory discussed in Statistics & Probability Letters draws on the closely related field of Probability distribution.

Some problems in Estimator that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Mean squared error and Estimation theory.

  • Statistics (35.54%)
  • Applied mathematics (26.99%)
  • Combinatorics (20.12%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Bayesian quantile regression (621 citations)
  • Estimating the number of change-points via Schwarz criterion (494 citations)
  • Functional linear model (431 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Statistics & Probability Letters:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Statistics, Applied mathematics, Mathematical analysis, Probability theory and Combinatorics. Most of the works presented in the journal papers deal with Statistics but they intersect with the subject of Econometrics. While work presented in the most cited articles provide substantial information on Combinatorics, it also covers topics in Discrete mathematics, Sequence, Random variable and Distribution function.

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

  • Statistics
  • Mathematical analysis
  • Normal distribution

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The discussions in the journal mainly cover the fields of Constant (mathematics), Applied mathematics, Random variable, Mathematical analysis and Multivariate statistics. The Applied mathematics study presented in it encompasses related topics like Renewal equation and also examines its connection to subjects such as Context (language use). The Random variable works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Combinatorics, Poisson distribution, Distribution (mathematics), Identifiability and Pattern recognition.

The research on Mathematical analysis tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Function (mathematics), Estimator and Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Statistics & Probability Letters deals with Estimator in conjunction with Differential equation and similar fields in Lipschitz continuity. The studies on Multivariate statistics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Cube, Markov chain, Copula (linguistics), Algorithm and Mixing (physics).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The least squares estimator of random variables under convex operators on LF∞(μ) space (0 citations)
  • Learning sparse deep neural networks with a spike-and-slab prior (0 citations)
  • Integro-local limit theorems for supercritical branching process in a random environment (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 & Probability Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan (73 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Saralees Nadarajah (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Lajos Horváth (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anton Schick (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Barry C. Arnold (22 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 & Probability Letters (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Indian Statistical Institute (142 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Paris (87 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • McMaster University (82 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Florida (76 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Academia Sinica (70 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 2022 edition, 18.18% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.67% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.56% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 5.56% of all publications and 72.22% 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

  • Ulam-Hyers stability of Caputo type fractional stochastic neutral differential equations

    Arzu Ahmadova;Nazim I. Mahmudov

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • Exact tests via multiple data splitting

    Cyrus J. DiCiccio;Thomas J. DiCiccio;Joseph P. Romano

    (2020)
    29 Citations
  • Construction of optimal fractional Order-of-Addition designs via block designs

    Jianbin Chen;Rahul Mukerjee;Dennis K.J. Lin

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • On Tsallis extropy with an application to pattern recognition

    Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan;Francesco Buono;Maria Longobardi

    (2022)
    26 Citations
  • Jensen-information generating function and its connections to some well-known information measures

    Omid Kharazmi;Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Wasserstein upper bounds of the total variation for smooth densities

    Minwoo Chae;Stephen G. Walker

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • On the probability that a binomial variable is at most its expectation

    Svante Janson

    (2021)
    15 Citations
  • A hypothesis-testing perspective on the G-normal distribution theory

    Shige Peng;Quan Zhou

    (2020)
    12 Citations
  • Functional CLT for nonstationary strongly mixing processes

    Florence Merlevède;Magda Peligrad

    (2020)
    11 Citations
  • Schoenberg coefficients and curvature at the origin of continuous isotropic positive definite kernels on spheres

    Ahmed Arafat;Pablo Gregori;Emilio Porcu

    (2020)
    10 Citations

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