Journal of the Royal Statistical Society
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The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of statistics. It comprises three series and is published by Oxford University Press for the Royal Statistical Society.
History
The Statistical Society of London was founded in 1834, but would not begin producing a journal for four years. From 1834 to 1837, members of the society would read the results of their studies to the other members, and some details were recorded in the proceedings. The first study reported to the society in 1834 was a simple survey of the occupations of people in Manchester, England. Conducted by going door-to-door and inquiring, the study revealed that the most common profession was mill-hands, followed closely by weavers.[1]
When founded, the membership of the Statistical Society of London overlapped almost completely with the statistical section of the
From 1838 to 1886, the journal was published as the Journal of the Statistical Society of London (
On its centenary in 1934, the society inaugurated a Supplement to the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society to publish work on industrial and agricultural applications. In 1988, Series A changed its name to Series A (Statistics in Society).
In 1952, the society founded Applied Statistics of the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society which became Series C (Applied Statistics). After merging with the
Discussion papers
Traditionally papers were presented at ordinary meetings of the society and those present, whether fellows or not, were invited to comment on the presentation. The paper and subsequent discussion would then be published in the journal. This followed a format used by other scientific societies of the time, such as the Royal Society. This practice continues although papers are selected for reading and go through peer review before being presented. It is considered a significant recognition to be invited to present a paper at an ordinary meeting of the society. This selection is currently done by the research section of the society for Series B and by an appointed editor for Series A&C. Papers are selected to be of importance and wide interest in terms of application or applicability.
Any person is invited to attend discussion meetings and contribute to the discussion although they are limited to 5 minutes speaking time. Following the formal presentation of the paper, two speakers are invited to comment by prior arrangement. Formally they are there to propose and second the 'vote of thanks' and would have respectively praised and criticised the presentation. Contributions to the discussion are not peer reviewed but are limited to 400 words in the journal.
Current series
As of 2009, three series are published under this general title.
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society)
Statistics in Society (
Past and current editors:
- 1987–1990: Harvey Goldstein
- 1989–1992: S M Gore
- 1991–1994: D Holt
- 1993–1996: S G Thompson
- 1995–1998: I F Plewis
- 1997–2000: G M Raab
- 1999–2001: C D Payne
- 2001–2004: Nicola Best
- 2002–2005: P J Lynn
- 2004–2004: J Haigh
- 2005–2008: Geert Verbeke
- 2006–2010: Antony Fielding
- 2009–2012: Simon Day
- 2011–2014: Arnaud Chevalier
- 2013–2016: Linda Sharples
- 2015–2018: Harvey Goldstein
- 2017–2020: James Carpenter
- 2019–2022: Jouni Kuha
- 2021–2024: Bianca de Stavola
- 2023–2026: Mike Elliott
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology)
Statistical Methodology (
Starting in 1934, it was originally called Supplement to the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (
In a 2003 survey of statisticians, Series B was perceived to have been one of the highest quality journals in statistics.[6]
Past and current editors:
- 1951–1959: J. O. Irwin
- 1960–1964: N. T. J. Bailey
- 1960–1964: D. R. Cox
- 1965–1969: D. M. G. Wishart
- 1965–1969: D. J. Bartholomew
- 1970–1974: D. E. Barton
- 1975–1978: M. Stone
- 1978–1981: J. A. Anderson
- 1978–1983: T. M. F. Smith
- 1980–1983: P. Holgate
- 1982–1985: P. M. E. Altham
- 1984–1987: P. J. Diggle
- 1986–1989: D. M. Titterington
- 1988–1991: R. L. Smith
- 1990–1993: John T. Kent
- 1992–1995: Anthony C. Atkinson
- 1994–1997: Alastair Young
- 1996–1999: Chris Jones
- 1998–2001: David Firth
- 2000–2003: Anthony C. Davison
- 2002–2005: Robin Henderson
- 2004–2007: Andy Wood
- 2006–2009: Christian Robert
- 2008–2011: George Casella
- 2010–2013: Gareth Roberts
- 2012–2015: Ingrid van Keilegom
- 2014–2017: Piotr Fryzlewicz
- 2016–2019: David B Dunson
- 2018–2021: Simon Wood
- 2020–2022: Aurore Delaigle
- 2021–2023: Steffen Lauritzen
- 2022–2024: Q. Yao
- 2023–2025: Daniela Witten
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics)
Applied Statistics (
A review of the first 227 algorithms published as source code in Applied Statistics is available.[8] The last such code was published in 1997.
Past and current editors:
- 1987–1990: I. R. Dunsmore
- 1989–1992: David J. Hand
- 1991–1994: W. J. Krzanowski
- 1993–1996: D. A. Preece
- 1995–1998: S. M. Lewis
- 1997–2000: J. N. S. Matthews
- 1999–2002: A. W. Bowman
- 2001–2004: Geert Molenberghs
- 2003–2006: C. A. Glasbey
- 2005–2008: M. S. Ridout
- 2007–2010: Chris J. Skinner
- 2009–2012: Stephen Gilmour
- 2011–2014: Richard Chandler
- 2013–2016: Peter W. F. Smith
- 2015–2019: Nigel Stallard
- 2017–2019: Richard Boys
- 2019–2022: Nial Friel
- 2020–2020: Peter W. F. Smith
- 2021–2024: Janine Illian
- 2023–2026: Thomas Kneib
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D (The Statistician)
The Statistician (
Allied publications
Since 2004 the Society has published Significance, which consists of articles on topics of statistical interest presented at a level suited to a general audience. From September 2010 Significance is jointly published with the American Statistical Association and distributed to members of both societies.[10]
References
- ^ JSTOR 2681228.
- ^ JSTOR 2981692.
- ^ J. Aldrich (2010) Mathematics in the London/Royal Statistical Society 1834-1934, Electronic Journ@l for History of Probability and Statistics, 6, (1).
- ^ [1] (accessed 6 September 2022)
- ^ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology) (accessed 6 September 2022)
- S2CID 122626806.
- ^ Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics) (accessed 6 September 2022)
- S2CID 119486792.
- ^ "Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D (The Statistician) - Wiley Online Library". .interscience.wiley.com. 2003-11-19. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- ^ "Significance Magazine—An ASA and RSS Partnership | Amstat News". Magazine.amstat.org. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
Further reading
- (May 1838). "Introduction". Journal of the Statistical Society of London, 1 (1): 1–5. Retrieved on 2007-10-13.