Journal profile · Statistics & Probability
AMERICAN STATISTICIAN
ISSN 0003-1305 · eISSN 1537-2731 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1947
AMERICAN STATISTICIAN: CAS Zone 3 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.8; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 320 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 68 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AMERICAN STATISTICIAN is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 3 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Advanced Statistical Methods and Models, Statistics Education and Methodologies and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 34.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Are you looking for general-interest articles about current national and international statistical problems and programs, interesting and fun articles of a general nature about statistics and its applications, or the teaching of statistics? Then you are looking for The American Statistician ( TAS ), published quarterly by the American Statistical Association. TAS contains timely articles organized into the following sections: Statistical Practice, General, Teacher's Corner, Statistical Computing and Graphics, Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials, Letters to the Editor, History Corner, and Interdisciplinary. Statistical Practice This section contains articles that are interesting or useful with regard to the practice of statistics, such as: case studies that illustrate important lessons and issues involved in the practice of statistics, or that deal with applications having broad appeal; discussions and comparisons of modern statistical methods, focusing on their usefulness in practice; articles that address practical problems at the interface between statistical methodology and areas of application; and articles that present statistical solutions to current industrial problems, with emphasis on methodology. General The following list illustrates examples of topics for articles in this section: national and international statistical problems and programs, and public policy matters of direct interest to the statistical profession; the history of statistics and probability; commentaries, or informative essays, that provide viewpoints and perspective on statistical topics of general interest (these are similar in spirit to Letters to the Editor but involve longer discussions of background, issues, and perspective); methodological developments that are both of broad interest to statisticians and generally not highly technical; and expository or tutorial state-of-the-art surveys of the discipline. The editorial board particularly desires to attract expository articles written for a general statistical audience on topics of current importance in areas including, but not limited to, the preceding list. Teacher's Corner In this section, The American Statistician publishes articles, notes, and discussions of interest to statistics teachers covering a variety of different courses and settings. The range includes: statistics and probability topics for high school students, including Advanced Placement Statistics; introductory college courses in statistics for all a
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Statistics & Probability
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Statistical Methods and ModelsMathematics13%
- Statistics Education and MethodologiesMathematics12.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering8.7%
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics7.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.1%
- Statistical Methods and InferenceMathematics5%
- Census and Population EstimationMathematics4.8%
- Data Analysis with RComputer Science3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedMathSciNetzbMATHGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, MathSci Online, ISI Web of Knowledge, the SRM Database, Current Index to Statistics, CABI (various), De Gruyter Saur (various), EBSCOhost (various), Gale (various), Genamics JournalSeek, H.W. Wilson Social Sciences Index, Wilson Business Abstracts, OCLC ArticleFirst, Education Index (Online), Periodical Abstracts, ProQuest (various), Statistical Theory and Method Abstracts (CD-ROM)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.87Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.23Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 211OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,502OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.61OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 24.44%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 419,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 9,023 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | 31 | 25 |
| 2025 | 68 | 38 | 117 |
| 2024 | 50 | 35 | 143 |
| 2023 | 59 | 41 | 330 |
| 2022 | 65 | 36 | 442 |
| 2021 | 46 | 22 | 650 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
320 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 209 days – 485 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 64 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 367 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (143 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 18%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 53 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 123 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 66 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- letter to the editorLetter to the Editor | Published online: 8 Sep 2026Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 14 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
The American Statistician is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1947
- ISSN
- 0003-1305
- Electronic ISSN
- 1537-2731
- Society / sponsor
- American Statistical Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 80, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AMERICAN STATISTICIAN
What CAS zone is AMERICAN STATISTICIAN in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AMERICAN STATISTICIAN is in Zone 3 of Mathematics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Statistics & Probability. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AMERICAN STATISTICIAN?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.8; CiteScore 4.3, h-index 211.
How long does peer review take at AMERICAN STATISTICIAN?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 320 days (interquartile range 209–485 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 18%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is AMERICAN STATISTICIAN in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Mathematics.
Which databases index AMERICAN STATISTICIAN?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AMERICAN STATISTICIAN is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, MathSciNet, zbMATH, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is AMERICAN STATISTICIAN open access, and what is the APC?
AMERICAN STATISTICIAN is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .