Journal profile · Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics
Statistical Journal of the IAOS
ISSN 1874-7655 · eISSN 1875-9254 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
Statistical Journal of the IAOS: impact factor 0.6 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 104 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Statistical Journal of the IAOS is published by SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Survey Methodology and Nonresponse, Census and Population Estimation and Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques, together about 36.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
This is the flagship journal of the International Association for Official Statistics and is expected to be widely circulated and subscribed to by individuals and institutions in all parts of the world.The main aim of the journal is to support the IAOS mission by publishing articles to promote the understanding and advancement of official statistics and to foster the development of effective and efficient official statistical services on a global basis. Papers are expected to be of wide interest to readers. Such papers may or may not contain strictly original material. All papers are refereed.The journal has an Editor-in-Chief who is responsible for ensuring that the journal focuses on current and emerging issues and challenges related to the management, production and use of official statistics and related public policy matters. The journal should publish papers of wide interest to both users and producers of official statistics. The journal should encourage papers with a focus on the basic principles for official statistics covering areas such as the importance of applying the best scientific methods, the need for statistical independence, balancing the needs of users with the burden on respondents, the continuing challenges around confidentiality, and the growing need for consistency and coherence across statistical domains and over time and for international comparability.Authors and referees of all papers should bear in mind that many of the readers of the journal (particularly in the developing world) do not have easy access to libraries or to other journals, and therefore are strongly encouraged to make the papers as self-contained as possible, while of course giving proper bibliographic credit. Papers of more than 30 manuscript pages, including diagrams, tables and references, will normally not be considered for publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics and Econometrics
Editor-in-chief Hossein HassaniPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 9, Austria 6, Switzerland 5, Italy 3, Germany 2 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Survey Methodology and NonresponseSocial Sciences16.8%
- Census and Population EstimationMathematics10.2%
- Survey Sampling and Estimation TechniquesMathematics9.3%
- Data Quality and ManagementDecision Sciences8.1%
- Statistics Education and MethodologiesMathematics5.9%
- Big Data Technologies and ApplicationsDecision Sciences4.7%
- Research Data Management PracticesComputer Science4.5%
- Statistical Methods and ApplicationsMathematics4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 156OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,495 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 119 | 31 | 779 |
| 2025 | 104 | 27 | 738 |
| 2024 | 84 | 54 | 653 |
| 2023 | 100 | 45 | 745 |
| 2022 | 141 | 93 | 545 |
| 2021 | 142 | 54 | 574 |
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
- Peer review
- Single 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.
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 | USD 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare10 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- If not, it will not be reviewed.
Article types accepted2
- original research articleOriginal Research Article Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or …Length not stated
- research articleOriginal Research Article Research Articles should present novel work within the scope of the journal which represents an important advancement in knowledge or …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, fees will be determined and applied at production stage. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
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
- SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
- ISSN
- 1874-7655
- Electronic ISSN
- 1875-9254
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Statistical Journal of the IAOS
What is the impact factor of Statistical Journal of the IAOS?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 30.
What are the manuscript requirements of Statistical Journal of the IAOS?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Statistical Journal of the IAOS based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (9), Austria (6) and Switzerland (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Statistical Journal of the IAOS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Statistical Journal of the IAOS is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Statistical Journal of the IAOS open access, and what is the APC?
Statistical Journal of the IAOS is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .