Journal profile · Statistics & Probability
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)
ISSN 1369-7412 · eISSN 1467-9868 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1998
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology): CAS Zone 1 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 3.72; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,456; median 512 days to acceptance (10 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 86 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 1 of Mathematics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Statistical Methods and Inference, Advanced Statistical Methods and Models and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference, together about 43% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B (Statistical Methodology) aims to publish high quality papers on the methodological aspects of statistics and data science more broadly. Papers should contribute to the understanding of statistical methodology and/or develop and improve statistical methods; any mathematical theory should be directed towards these aims. Many papers published in Series B present new methods of collecting or analysing data, with associated theory, an indication of the scope of application, and a real example. Also considered are comparisons, critical evaluations and new applications of existing methods, contributions to probability theory which have a clear practical bearing, statistical computation or simulation where original methodology is involved, and original contributions to the foundations of statistical science. A paper, even if correct and well presented, is likely to be rejected if it only presents straightforward special cases of previously published work, if it is of mathematical interest only, if it is too long in relation to the importance of the new material that it contains, or if it is dominated by computations or simulations of a routine nature.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Statistics & Probability
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Statistical Methods and InferenceMathematics16.2%
- Advanced Statistical Methods and ModelsMathematics13.9%
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics12.9%
- Bayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsComputer Science8.7%
- Optimal Experimental Design MethodsDecision Sciences5.1%
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsMathematics4.6%
- Bayesian Modeling and Causal InferenceComputer Science4.1%
- Statistical Methods in Clinical TrialsMathematics3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Mathematics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Mathematics Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOCAB AbstractsMathSciNetzbMATHEconLitGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, AGRICOLA, RePEc
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.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 3.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 114LetPub ·
- h-index
- 311OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,630OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.11OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 29.31%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,221 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 127 | 47 | 38 |
| 2025 | 86 | 56 | 172 |
| 2024 | 126 | 97 | 506 |
| 2023 | 168 | 139 | 1,995 |
| 2022 | 91 | 66 | 1,554 |
| 2021 | 71 | 38 | 1,464 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
512 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 438 days – 598 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 34 days (10 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 553 days
- Sample
- 10 articles with submission and acceptance dates (30 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | GBP 2,621 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) publicationethics.org
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1369-7412
- Electronic ISSN
- 1467-9868
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 88, Issue 4 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)
What CAS zone is Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) is in Zone 1 of Mathematics, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Statistics & Probability; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.72; CiteScore 7.6, h-index 311.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)?
Based on the dates recorded on 10 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 512 days (interquartile range 438–598 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology)?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO, CAB Abstracts, MathSciNet, zbMATH, EconLit, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,456.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .