Journal profile · STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
Journal of Official Statistics
ISSN 0282-423X · eISSN 2001-7367 · Statistics Sweden · SWEDEN · Quarterly · Founded 1985
Journal of Official Statistics: CAS Zone 4 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.97; fully open access; no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Official Statistics is published by Statistics Sweden 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 Survey Methodology and Nonresponse, Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference and Census and Population Estimation, together about 35.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JOS is an international quarterly published by Statistics Sweden. We publish research articles in the area of survey and statistical methodology and policy matters facing national statistical offices and other producers of statistics. The intended readers are researchers or practicians at statistical agencies or in universities and private organizations dealing with problems which concern aspects of production of official statistics.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Survey Methodology and NonresponseSocial Sciences17.6%
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics9.8%
- Census and Population EstimationMathematics8%
- Statistical Methods and InferenceMathematics5.5%
- Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceMedicine5.4%
- Survey Sampling and Estimation TechniquesMathematics5.3%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
- demographic modeling and climate adaptationDecision Sciences3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 2 |
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 | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.97LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 296OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 30%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 893 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 2 |
| 2025 | 59 | 59 | 84 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 129 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 87 |
| 2022 | 53 | 53 | 244 |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 277 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double blind peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 accepted1
- bloggBloggLength not stated
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
- Statistics Sweden
- Country or region
- SWEDEN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0282-423X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2001-7367
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Official Statistics
What CAS zone is Journal of Official Statistics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Official Statistics is in Zone 4 of Mathematics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods / Statistics & Probability. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Official Statistics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.97; CiteScore 2, h-index 50.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Official Statistics?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Official Statistics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Official Statistics is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Official Statistics open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Official Statistics is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .