Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation

Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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 Advanced Statistical Methods and Models, Statistical Methods and Inference and Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications, together about 38% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (JSCS) is a leading subscription-based peer-reviewed journal covering significant contributions or novelty approaches involving Computation or Simulation. “Computation” refers to Data Analysis, whereas “Simulation” refers to the statistical technique or procedure often called Monte Carlo Simulation. JSCS does not consider new distributions or extensions of existing distributions. JSCS does not consider the analysis of specific data sets, except as examples. JSCS may consider a novel approach to the analysis of a data type specific to an applied area, but not to a specific data set in that area, except as an illustrative example. In this case a significant improvement in the applied area must be demonstrated. An illustrative example, using a specific data set, would be helpful.To aid in choosing appropriate reviewers for the paper, please indicate with { } the primary technique or procedure used to determine significance or novelty and, if different, please indicate the area of that significance or novelty, just preceding your Abstract. For example: Abstract: {Simulation is used to demonstrate a significant improvement in Quality Control.} Continue here with your abstract. High-quality Special Issue proposals are welcomed by the journal. Proposals should be sent directly to the Editors for consideration. Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article. Peer Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees, under the guidance of a team of expert Associate Editors. All peer-review is double anonymized and submissions can be made online via the Submission Portal. Publishing Ethics The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/ The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy which can be viewed here: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-appeals-and-complaints-from-authors/.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
• CiteScore Q2 · 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 ScienceCAB AbstractsMathSciNetzbMATHPublisher website

Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, ACM Guide to Computing Literature, Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC), Australian Research Council ERA list 2015, Baidu Scholar, British Library Inside, CNPIEC, CnpLINKer, Current Index to Statistics, Danish Bibliometric Research Indicator (BFI), DTU Findit, E-lib Breman, EBSCO Databases, Electronic Journals Library (EZB), Finnish Publication Forum (Julkaisufoorumi), Genamics JournalSeek, JournalTOCs, Microsoft Academic, Naver Academic, New Jour, NHN, Norwegian Register of Scientific Journals and Publishers, ProQuest Computer and Information Systems Abstracts, ProQuest Technology Collection, Publons

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.

Impact

Impact factor

1.29LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.3Publisher website · 2026-09-30

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

1.4Publisher website · 2026-09-30

CiteScore 2026-06

2.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

2.4Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SJR 2026-06

0.52LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2025

0.52Publisher website · 2026-09-30

SNIP 2026-06

1.06LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2025

1.06Publisher website · 2026-09-30

h-index

42LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

95OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,750OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.26OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.7%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

3.65%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

198LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

127,000Publisher website · 2026-09-30

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 review time (community reports)

4–8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

15%Publisher website · 2026-09-30

Submission to first decision

3 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

First decision after review

80 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Acceptance to publication

14 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-30

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

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.

Publisher

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1972

ISSN

0094-9655

Electronic ISSN

1563-5163

Latest issue on the website

Volume 96, Issue 14 (2026)

Official links

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