Journal profile · Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Journal of Statistical Software
ISSN 1548-7660 · University of California at Los Angeles · UNITED STATES · Irregular · Founded 1996
Journal of Statistical Software: CAS Zone 2 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 13.75; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Statistical Software is published by University of California at Los Angeles and is in Zone 2 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference, Statistical Methods and Inference and Data Analysis with R, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability and Artificial Intelligence. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Statistical Software (JSS) is an open-source and open-access scientific journal by the statistical software community for everybody interested in statistical computing.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Editor-in-chief Bettina GrünPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 4, Italy 3, United Kingdom 2, Canada 2, Hong Kong, China 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics14.6%
- Statistical Methods and InferenceMathematics13.9%
- Data Analysis with RComputer Science10.9%
- Bayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsComputer Science7.7%
- Advanced Statistical Methods and ModelsMathematics7.1%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics4.1%
- Bayesian Modeling and Causal InferenceComputer Science3.5%
- Soil Geostatistics and MappingEnvironmental Science3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 13.75LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.68LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 5.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 115LetPub ·
- h-index
- 233OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,120OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 14.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,651 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 594 |
| 2024 | 39 | 39 | 811 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 2,009 |
| 2022 | 55 | 55 | 1,457 |
| 2021 | 65 | 65 | 3,239 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 53 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
No author fees or subscription fees. Model summary
As a matter of principle, JSS charges no author fees or subscription fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
The software and manuscript will be peer reviewed by the statistical software community. The editor-in-chief selects a section editor, the section editor selects two reviewers (one of whom can be the section editor). The review has two parts: both the software and the manuscript are reviewed. The software should work as indicated, be clearly documented, and serve a useful purpose. Reviewers are in…
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
- University of California at Los Angeles
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 1996
- ISSN
- 1548-7660
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Statistical Software
What CAS zone is Journal of Statistical Software in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Statistical Software is in Zone 2 of Computer Science, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Statistics & Probability / Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Statistical Software?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 13.75; CiteScore 13.9, h-index 233.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Statistical Software?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Statistical Software based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (4), Italy (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Statistical Software?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Statistical Software is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Statistical Software open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Statistical Software is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .