Journal of Applied Probability

Journal of Applied Probability is published by Cambridge University Press 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 Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics, Probability and Risk Models and Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis, together about 36.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

With a publication record spanning more than five decades, the Journal of Applied Probability is the oldest journal devoted to the publication of research in the field of applied probability. It is an international journal published by the Applied Probability Trust, and it serves as a companion publication to the Advances in Applied Probability. Its wide audience includes leading researchers across the entire spectrum of applied probability, including biosciences applications, operations research, telecommunications, computer science, engineering, epidemiology, financial mathematics, the physical and social sciences, and any field where stochastic modeling is used.A submission to Applied Probability represents a submission that may, at the Editor-in-Chief’s discretion, appear in either the Journal of Applied Probability or the Advances in Applied Probability. Typically, shorter papers appear in the Journal, with longer contributions appearing in the Advances.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Statistics & Probability

Editor-in-chief Peter TaylorPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United Kingdom 14, Germany 8, United States 6, France 5, Australia 3 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

0.61LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

1.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.49LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.91LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

52LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

136OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

3,858OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.7OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

23.73%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

73LetPub · 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.

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

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

Cambridge University Press

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

Multi-Language

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

1964

ISSN

0021-9002

Electronic ISSN

1475-6072

Society / sponsor

Applied Probability Trust

Official links

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