International Journal of Biostatistics

International Journal of Biostatistics is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH and is in Zone 4 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Statistical Methods and Inference, Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference and Advanced Causal Inference Techniques, together about 54.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal ObjectiveThe International Journal of Biostatistics (IJB) seeks to publish new biostatistical models and methods, new statistical theory, as well as original applications of statistical methods, for important practical problems arising from the biological, medical, public health, and agricultural sciences with an emphasis on semiparametric methods. Given many alternatives to publish exist within biostatistics, IJB offers a place to publish for research in biostatistics focusing on modern methods, often based on machine-learning and other data-adaptive methodologies, as well as providing a unique reading experience that compels the author to be explicit about the statistical inference problem addressed by the paper. IJB is intended that the journal cover the entire range of biostatistics, from theoretical advances to relevant and sensible translations of a practical problem into a statistical framework. Electronic publication also allows for data and software code to be appended, and opens the door for reproducible research allowing readers to easily replicate analyses described in a paper. Both original research and review articles will be warmly received, as will articles applying sound statistical methods to practical problems. Topics Biostatistical methods and models Statistical theory Biostatistics computing and applications of statistical methods for important practical problems in the biological, medical, public health, and agricultural sciences Article formatsResearch and survey articles Information on submission process Submit Article Your Benefits Your benefits Up-to-date research on biostatistics Original methodology Edited by the most prominent scholars in the field Rapid online publication of contributions ahead of print Complete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, meaning subscribers can access even more research at no additional cost. History One issue/year, updated continuouslyContent available since 2005 (Volume 1, Issue 1)ISSN: 1557-4679

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Mathematics-Statistics and Probability

Editor-in-chief Antoine ChambazPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

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MathSciNetPublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor

1.87LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

3.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

3.1Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.72LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.89LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

29LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

59OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

228OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.14OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

9.23%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

28LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

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.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Country or region

Germany

Language

English

Frequency

Irregular

Founded

2005

ISSN

1557-4679

Print ISSN

2194-573X

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website