About the journal
Aims and Scope
The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology) aims to publish high quality papers on the methodological aspects of statistics and data science more broadly. Papers should contribute to the understanding of statistical methodology and/or develop and improve statistical methods; any mathematical theory should be directed towards these aims. Many papers published in Series B present new methods of collecting or analysing data, with associated theory, an indication of the scope of application, and a real example. Also considered are comparisons, critical evaluations and new applications of existing methods, contributions to probability theory which have a clear practical bearing, statistical computation or simulation where original methodology is involved, and original contributions to the foundations of statistical science. A paper, even if correct and well presented, is likely to be rejected if it only presents straightforward special cases of previously published work, if it is of mathematical interest only, if it is too long in relation to the importance of the new material that it contains, or if it is dominated by computations or simulations of a routine nature.
Discussion papers
Series B also publishes papers which have been presented for discussion at a meeting of the society. Forthcoming discussion papers are available from the society’s web pages.
Abstracting and Indexing Information
- ABI/INFORM Database (ProQuest)
- Abstracts on Hygiene & Communicable Diseases (CABI)
- AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library)
- CAB Abstracts® (CABI)
- CABDirect (CABI)
- CompuMath Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
- CSA Biological Sciences Database (ProQuest)
- CSA Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management Database (ProQuest)
- Current Contents: Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences (Clarivate Analytics)
- Current Index to Statistics (ASA/IMS)
- Dairy Science Abstracts (CABI)
- Ecology Abstracts (ProQuest)EconLit (AEA)
- Forestry Abstracts (CABI)
- GeoRef (AGI)
- Global Health (CABI)
- IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (ProQuest)
- Irrigation & Drainage Abstracts (CABI)
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics)
- Mathematical Reviews/MathSciNet/Current Mathematical Publications (AMS)
- Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews Series A: Human & Experimental (CABI)0
- Postharvest News & Information (CABI)
- ProQuest Central (ProQuest)
- PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
- Review of Agricultural Entomology (CABI)
- Science Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)
- SCOPUS (Elsevier)
- Soils & Fertilizers Abstracts (CABI)
- Statistical Theory & Method Abstracts (Zentralblatt MATH)
- Tropical Diseases Bulletin (CABI)
- ZBMATH (Zentralblatt MATH)
