Journal profile · SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Statistics and Public Policy
ISSN 2330-443X · Taylor & Francis Group · United States
Statistics and Public Policy: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,680; median 404 days to acceptance (27 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 33% (journal website); 6 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Statistics and Public Policy is published by Taylor & Francis Group and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Census and Population Estimation and Crime Patterns and Interventions, together about 29.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Statistics and Probability. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Statistics and Public Policy is a fully open access journal that publishes papers that apply sound statistical thinking and methods to issues related to public policy. The journal is an official publication of the American Statistical Association (ASA). Statistics and Public Policy publishes research related to evidence-based methods directly relevant to public policy questions. Such research includes data analysis that sheds light on particular questions in public policy, as well as investigates methods typically used in such analyses. Submitted articles need not include innovative statistical methodology—insightful and appropriate application of existing techniques is perfectly acceptable. We encourage submissions from all areas of statistics and public policy, including education, energy, the environment, health, politics, and policy evaluation. Manuscripts published in the journal may address international, national, or local policy questions. Peer-Review Policy All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor and, if found suitable for further consideration, to rigorous and rapid peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single-anonymized and submission is online via the Submission Portal: https://rp.tandfonline.com/submission/create?journalCode=USPP 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). All articles are made freely and permanently available online through gold open access publication. ASA Statement on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) The leadership of the American Statistical Association commits to strengthening our professional community by making it more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive. We affirm that our mission, Promote the Practice and Profession of Statistics, can be realized only by fully embracing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity in all of our operations. Individuals embody many traits, so the leadership will work with the members of ASA to create and sustain responsive, flourishing, and safe environments that support individual needs, stimulate intellectual growth, and promote professional advancement for all. We commit to these objectives: Learn from our members and others how to identify and overcome systemic racism and hindering biases of any kind Critically reappraise an
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS
Editor-in-chief Feng GuoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationSocial Sciences11%
- Census and Population EstimationMathematics10.5%
- Crime Patterns and InterventionsSocial Sciences7.9%
- School Choice and PerformanceSocial Sciences7.9%
- Data-Driven Disease SurveillanceMedicine7%
- Advanced Causal Inference TechniquesMathematics4.4%
- Game Theory and Voting SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.4%
- Income, Poverty, and InequalitySocial Sciences4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, PorticoPublisher website
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.41Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.15Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 7LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 92,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 188 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 26 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 72 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 161 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 | 71 |
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 Crossref · to
404 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 311 days – 582 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 53 days (27 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 460 days
- Sample
- 27 articles with submission and acceptance dates (25 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)
- about 32 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 33%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 121 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 138 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 32 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | AUD 2,340 / EUR 1,615 / USD 1,680 / GBP 1,344 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 925 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 925 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,250 | — | — |
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 Open access
Statistics and Public Policy is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not just …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor and, if found suitable for further consideration, to rigorous and rapid peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
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
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2330-443X
- Society / sponsor
- American Statistical Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 13, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Statistics and Public Policy
What CAS zone is Statistics and Public Policy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Statistics and Public Policy is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Statistics and Public Policy?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Statistics and Public Policy?
Based on the dates recorded on 27 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 404 days (interquartile range 311–582 days); authors report an average review time of about 32 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 33%. 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 Statistics and Public Policy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Statistics and Public Policy is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Statistics and Public Policy open access, and what is the APC?
Statistics and Public Policy is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,680.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .