The central purpose of Statistical Science is to convey the richness, breadth and unity of the field by presenting the full range of contemporary statistical thought at a moderate technical level, accessible to the wide community of practitioners, researchers and students of statistics and probability.

1. A paper that follows the usual theory and methods format and focuses on publishing a slew of new results is not suitable for STS. In particular, papers that have previously been submitted to such journals and have been rejected should not be resubmitted to STS directly, since such papers are likely to be quickly rejected. Similarly, papers that primarily deal with case studies are also not suitable for Statistical Science.
2. While a core purpose of Statistical Science is reviews of statistical areas of interest, the journal does allow technical results (and often publishes such) provided they are placed in a larger review context.

We understand that there might be papers that fall in a grey zone between (a) and (b), in which case, it is the prerogative of the editor and the review team to make a call as to how to proceed.

Published Issues

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS:

Short communications will have an upper bound of 10 pages with references and could comprise philosophical musings on current research areas; alternative proofs and interpretations of important existing statistical results; suggestions for new methodology; short new proofs of new results or simulation experiments that point out downsides of a widely used procedure that have hitherto gone unnoticed. Short communications should not be used as an introduction for a long arXiv paper or supplement. Note that the platform is not intended to incorporate isolated short technical results. On the other hand,  an interesting interpretation of an important existing result that is consequential or a theorem that builds on existing results in a broad area and provides key insights is admissible.

Authors wishing to target ‘Short Communications’ should indicate that they want a submitted paper to be considered for the platform since a short paper does not automatically qualify as a short communication.

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