Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Series A (Statistics in Society) publishes high quality papers that demonstrate how statistical thinking, design and analyses play a vital role in all walks of life and benefit society in general. There is no restriction on subject-matter: any interesting, topical and revelatory applications of statistics are welcome. For example, important applications of statistical and related data science methodology in medicine, business and commerce, industry, economics and finance, education and teaching, physical and biomedical sciences, the environment, the law, government and politics, demography, psychology, sociology and sport all fall within the journal's remit. The journal is therefore aimed at a wide statistical audience and at professional statisticians in particular. Its emphasis is on well-written and clearly reasoned quantitative approaches to problems in the real world rather than the exposition of technical detail. Thus, although the methodological basis of papers must be sound and adequately explained, methodology per se should not be the main focus of a Series A paper. Of particular interest are papers on topical or contentious statistical issues, papers which give reviews or exposés of current statistical concerns and papers which demonstrate how appropriate statistical thinking has contributed to our understanding of important substantive questions. Historical, professional and biographical contributions are also welcome, as are discussions of methods of data collection and of ethical issues, provided that all such papers have substantial statistical relevance.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Economics and Econometrics	1999	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2000	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2001	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2002	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2003	Q2
Economics and Econometrics	2004	Q2
Economics and Econometrics	2005	Q2
Economics and Econometrics	2006	Q2
Economics and Econometrics	2007	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2008	Q2
Economics and Econometrics	2009	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2010	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2011	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2012	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2013	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2014	Q2
Economics and Econometrics	2015	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2016	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2017	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2018	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2019	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2020	Q1
Economics and Econometrics	2021	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2006	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2007	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2018	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Statistics and Probability	1999	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2000	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2001	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2002	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2003	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2004	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2005	Q3
Statistics and Probability	2006	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2007	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2008	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2009	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2010	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2011	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2012	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2013	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2014	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2015	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2016	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2017	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2018	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2019	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2020	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2021	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	1999	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2000	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2001	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2002	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2003	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2004	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2005	Q4
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2006	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2007	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2008	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2009	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2010	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2011	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2012	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2013	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2014	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2015	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2016	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2017	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2018	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2019	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2020	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2021	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	2.019
2000	1.481
2001	1.092
2002	1.229
2003	0.876
2004	0.892
2005	0.454
2006	0.936
2007	1.227
2008	1.151
2009	1.383
2010	1.821
2011	2.031
2012	1.485
2013	1.697
2014	1.175
2015	1.122
2016	1.497
2017	1.982
2018	1.690
2019	1.529
2020	1.103
2021	1.191

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	23
2000	23
2001	32
2002	35
2003	30
2004	39
2005	37
2006	49
2007	51
2008	45
2009	42
2010	41
2011	53
2012	41
2013	47
2014	44
2015	48
2016	45
2017	56
2018	51
2019	68
2020	76
2021	96

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	1.753
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.860
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	1.581
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.431
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.487
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.633
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.463
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.525
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.768
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	2.108
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.549
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	2.663
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.765
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.856
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	3.288
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	2.198
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.384
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.578
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	3.005
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	2.378
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	3.080
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.477
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.665
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.753
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	1.471
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.614
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.577
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.322
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.423
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.202
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.642
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.824
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.219
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.269
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.645
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.727
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.654
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.281
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.092
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.447
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.612
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.562
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	2.477
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.704
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.337
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.626
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.894
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.383
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.891
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.527
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.060
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.938
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.145
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.737
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	2.047
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.890
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.115
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.667
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.602
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.553
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.926
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	2.159
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	2.264
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	2.163
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.828
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.941
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	2.299
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.109
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.424

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	13
Self Cites	2000	5
Self Cites	2001	6
Self Cites	2002	3
Self Cites	2003	5
Self Cites	2004	11
Self Cites	2005	5
Self Cites	2006	12
Self Cites	2007	11
Self Cites	2008	7
Self Cites	2009	14
Self Cites	2010	24
Self Cites	2011	15
Self Cites	2012	12
Self Cites	2013	15
Self Cites	2014	6
Self Cites	2015	6
Self Cites	2016	13
Self Cites	2017	10
Self Cites	2018	10
Self Cites	2019	18
Self Cites	2020	14
Self Cites	2021	20
Total Cites	1999	135
Total Cites	2000	103
Total Cites	2001	113
Total Cites	2002	123
Total Cites	2003	119
Total Cites	2004	138
Total Cites	2005	125
Total Cites	2006	174
Total Cites	2007	228
Total Cites	2008	304
Total Cites	2009	329
Total Cites	2010	365
Total Cites	2011	349
Total Cites	2012	361
Total Cites	2013	308
Total Cites	2014	295
Total Cites	2015	323
Total Cites	2016	363
Total Cites	2017	351
Total Cites	2018	369
Total Cites	2019	411
Total Cites	2020	409
Total Cites	2021	512

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	1.584
External Cites per document	2000	1.400
External Cites per document	2001	1.529
External Cites per document	2002	1.538
External Cites per document	2003	1.373
External Cites per document	2004	1.460
External Cites per document	2005	1.412
External Cites per document	2006	1.723
External Cites per document	2007	1.938
External Cites per document	2008	2.267
External Cites per document	2009	2.316
External Cites per document	2010	2.603
External Cites per document	2011	2.879
External Cites per document	2012	2.792
External Cites per document	2013	2.344
External Cites per document	2014	2.141
External Cites per document	2015	2.556
External Cites per document	2016	2.672
External Cites per document	2017	2.623
External Cites per document	2018	2.528
External Cites per document	2019	2.710
External Cites per document	2020	2.324
External Cites per document	2021	2.549
Cites per document	1999	1.753
Cites per document	2000	1.471
Cites per document	2001	1.614
Cites per document	2002	1.577
Cites per document	2003	1.322
Cites per document	2004	1.423
Cites per document	2005	1.202
Cites per document	2006	1.642
Cites per document	2007	1.824
Cites per document	2008	2.219
Cites per document	2009	2.269
Cites per document	2010	2.645
Cites per document	2011	2.727
Cites per document	2012	2.654
Cites per document	2013	2.281
Cites per document	2014	2.092
Cites per document	2015	2.447
Cites per document	2016	2.612
Cites per document	2017	2.562
Cites per document	2018	2.477
Cites per document	2019	2.704
Cites per document	2020	2.337
Cites per document	2021	2.626

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	13.04
2000	13.04
2001	28.13
2002	17.14
2003	13.33
2004	25.64
2005	37.84
2006	24.49
2007	23.53
2008	22.22
2009	19.05
2010	24.39
2011	45.28
2012	39.02
2013	29.79
2014	43.18
2015	27.08
2016	42.22
2017	33.93
2018	47.06
2019	38.24
2020	35.53
2021	29.17

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	7
Non-citable documents	2004	10
Non-citable documents	2005	19
Non-citable documents	2006	12
Non-citable documents	2007	13
Non-citable documents	2008	6
Non-citable documents	2009	9
Non-citable documents	2010	7
Non-citable documents	2011	12
Non-citable documents	2012	11
Non-citable documents	2013	10
Non-citable documents	2014	6
Non-citable documents	2015	8
Non-citable documents	2016	8
Non-citable documents	2017	7
Non-citable documents	2018	7
Non-citable documents	2019	7
Non-citable documents	2020	5
Non-citable documents	2021	2
Citable documents	1999	77
Citable documents	2000	70
Citable documents	2001	70
Citable documents	2002	78
Citable documents	2003	83
Citable documents	2004	87
Citable documents	2005	85
Citable documents	2006	94
Citable documents	2007	112
Citable documents	2008	131
Citable documents	2009	136
Citable documents	2010	131
Citable documents	2011	116
Citable documents	2012	125
Citable documents	2013	125
Citable documents	2014	135
Citable documents	2015	124
Citable documents	2016	131
Citable documents	2017	130
Citable documents	2018	142
Citable documents	2019	145
Citable documents	2020	170
Citable documents	2021	193

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	32
Uncited documents	2000	19
Uncited documents	2001	24
Uncited documents	2002	26
Uncited documents	2003	41
Uncited documents	2004	52
Uncited documents	2005	50
Uncited documents	2006	52
Uncited documents	2007	49
Uncited documents	2008	54
Uncited documents	2009	45
Uncited documents	2010	44
Uncited documents	2011	41
Uncited documents	2012	41
Uncited documents	2013	44
Uncited documents	2014	52
Uncited documents	2015	44
Uncited documents	2016	42
Uncited documents	2017	46
Uncited documents	2018	52
Uncited documents	2019	44
Uncited documents	2020	66
Uncited documents	2021	65
Cited documents	1999	45
Cited documents	2000	51
Cited documents	2001	46
Cited documents	2002	52
Cited documents	2003	49
Cited documents	2004	45
Cited documents	2005	54
Cited documents	2006	54
Cited documents	2007	76
Cited documents	2008	83
Cited documents	2009	100
Cited documents	2010	94
Cited documents	2011	87
Cited documents	2012	95
Cited documents	2013	91
Cited documents	2014	89
Cited documents	2015	88
Cited documents	2016	97
Cited documents	2017	91
Cited documents	2018	97
Cited documents	2019	108
Cited documents	2020	109
Cited documents	2021	130