Journal profile · STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
South African Statistical Journal
ISSN 0038-271X · eISSN 1996-8450 · South African Statistical Association
South African Statistical Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Mathematics (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 4 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
South African Statistical Journal is published by South African Statistical Association 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 Distribution Estimation and Applications and Statistical Methods and Inference, together about 40.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Advanced Statistical Methods and ModelsMathematics15.4%
- Statistical Distribution Estimation and ApplicationsMathematics15%
- Statistical Methods and InferenceMathematics10.5%
- Bayesian Methods and Mixture ModelsComputer Science7.4%
- Statistical Methods and Bayesian InferenceMathematics7%
- Advanced Statistical Process MonitoringDecision Sciences6%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.3%
- Probabilistic and Robust Engineering DesignDecision Sciences2.9%
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 | Statistics & Probability | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Mathematics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Mathematics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Statistics & Probability | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 70.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 5LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 299 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 552 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10 | 14 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- South African Statistical Association
- ISSN
- 0038-271X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1996-8450
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about South African Statistical Journal
What CAS zone is South African Statistical Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, South African Statistical Journal is in Zone 4 of Mathematics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Statistics & Probability. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Mathematics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index South African Statistical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, South African Statistical Journal is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is South African Statistical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
South African Statistical Journal is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .