Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series B: Statistical Methodology

Series B (Statistical Methodology) aims to publish high quality papers on the methodological aspects of statistics and data science more broadly. The objective of papers should be to contribute to the understanding of statistical methodology and/or to develop and improve statistical methods; any mathematical theory should be directed towards these aims. The kinds of contribution considered include descriptions of new methods of collecting or analysing data, with the underlying theory, an indication of the scope of application and preferably a real example. Also considered are comparisons, critical evaluations and new applications of existing methods, contributions to probability theory which have a clear practical bearing (including the formulation and analysis of stochastic models), statistical computation or simulation where original methodology is involved and original contributions to the foundations of statistical science. Reviews of methodological techniques are also considered. A paper, even if correct and well presented, is likely to be rejected if it only presents straightforward special cases of previously published work, if it is of mathematical interest only, if it is too long in relation to the importance of the new material that it contains or if it is dominated by computations or simulations of a routine nature.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Statistics and Probability	1999	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2000	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2001	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2002	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2003	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2004	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2005	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2006	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2007	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2008	Q1
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	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2015	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2016	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2017	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2018	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2019	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2020	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2021	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2022	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	1999	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2000	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2001	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2002	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2003	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2004	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2005	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2006	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2007	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2008	Q1
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	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2015	Q1
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	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2021	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2022	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	5.006
2000	5.777
2001	4.856
2002	3.889
2003	4.525
2004	6.145
2005	5.551
2006	3.708
2007	5.133
2008	5.559
2009	6.072
2010	5.671
2011	6.176
2012	5.646
2013	7.737
2014	6.613
2015	7.086
2016	7.154
2017	7.005
2018	6.413
2019	6.218
2020	6.523
2021	6.251
2022	3.976

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	54
2000	52
2001	48
2002	51
2003	54
2004	56
2005	40
2006	42
2007	45
2008	51
2009	47
2010	30
2011	29
2012	33
2013	35
2014	39
2015	40
2016	45
2017	70
2018	46
2019	35
2020	48
2021	44
2022	102

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	2.289
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	2.397
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	2.733
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	2.446
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	3.185
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	3.571
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	4.167
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	4.677
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	3.604
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	4.366
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	5.309
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	5.481
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	5.699
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	6.764
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	7.137
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	7.701
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	7.912
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	5.803
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	5.352
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	5.325
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	4.597
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	5.224
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	5.809
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	6.434
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	2.289
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	2.407
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	2.461
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	2.305
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	3.086
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	3.503
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	4.143
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	2.947
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	3.594
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	4.024
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	4.768
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	4.594
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	5.359
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	6.443
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	7.217
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	7.052
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	5.065
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	5.649
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	4.815
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	4.058
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	4.404
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	5.007
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	5.279
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	5.512
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	2.302
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.863
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	2.311
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	2.020
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	2.980
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	3.248
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	2.209
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	2.927
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	2.768
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	3.322
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	3.917
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	4.133
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	4.519
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	6.288
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	6.581
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.897
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	5.054
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	5.165
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.929
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	3.539
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	4.457
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	3.802
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	4.542
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	5.598

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	22
Self Cites	2000	25
Self Cites	2001	31
Self Cites	2002	19
Self Cites	2003	12
Self Cites	2004	22
Self Cites	2005	12
Self Cites	2006	15
Self Cites	2007	15
Self Cites	2008	15
Self Cites	2009	24
Self Cites	2010	16
Self Cites	2011	27
Self Cites	2012	10
Self Cites	2013	14
Self Cites	2014	6
Self Cites	2015	12
Self Cites	2016	20
Self Cites	2017	16
Self Cites	2018	24
Self Cites	2019	15
Self Cites	2020	23
Self Cites	2021	23
Self Cites	2022	17
Total Cites	1999	222
Total Cites	2000	361
Total Cites	2001	379
Total Cites	2002	355
Total Cites	2003	466
Total Cites	2004	536
Total Cites	2005	667
Total Cites	2006	442
Total Cites	2007	496
Total Cites	2008	511
Total Cites	2009	658
Total Cites	2010	657
Total Cites	2011	686
Total Cites	2012	683
Total Cites	2013	664
Total Cites	2014	684
Total Cites	2015	542
Total Cites	2016	644
Total Cites	2017	597
Total Cites	2018	629
Total Cites	2019	709
Total Cites	2020	756
Total Cites	2021	681
Total Cites	2022	700

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	2.062
External Cites per document	2000	2.240
External Cites per document	2001	2.260
External Cites per document	2002	2.182
External Cites per document	2003	3.007
External Cites per document	2004	3.359
External Cites per document	2005	4.068
External Cites per document	2006	2.847
External Cites per document	2007	3.486
External Cites per document	2008	3.906
External Cites per document	2009	4.594
External Cites per document	2010	4.483
External Cites per document	2011	5.148
External Cites per document	2012	6.349
External Cites per document	2013	7.065
External Cites per document	2014	6.990
External Cites per document	2015	4.953
External Cites per document	2016	5.474
External Cites per document	2017	4.685
External Cites per document	2018	3.903
External Cites per document	2019	4.311
External Cites per document	2020	4.854
External Cites per document	2021	5.101
External Cites per document	2022	5.378
Cites per document	1999	2.289
Cites per document	2000	2.407
Cites per document	2001	2.461
Cites per document	2002	2.305
Cites per document	2003	3.086
Cites per document	2004	3.503
Cites per document	2005	4.143
Cites per document	2006	2.947
Cites per document	2007	3.594
Cites per document	2008	4.024
Cites per document	2009	4.768
Cites per document	2010	4.594
Cites per document	2011	5.359
Cites per document	2012	6.443
Cites per document	2013	7.217
Cites per document	2014	7.052
Cites per document	2015	5.065
Cites per document	2016	5.649
Cites per document	2017	4.815
Cites per document	2018	4.058
Cites per document	2019	4.404
Cites per document	2020	5.007
Cites per document	2021	5.279
Cites per document	2022	5.512

% 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	27.78
2000	19.23
2001	35.42
2002	21.57
2003	46.30
2004	37.50
2005	35.00
2006	35.71
2007	40.00
2008	45.10
2009	46.81
2010	43.33
2011	48.28
2012	18.18
2013	45.71
2014	51.28
2015	32.50
2016	51.11
2017	45.71
2018	41.30
2019	34.29
2020	41.67
2021	34.09
2022	35.29

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	5
Non-citable documents	2004	9
Non-citable documents	2005	11
Non-citable documents	2006	6
Non-citable documents	2007	3
Non-citable documents	2008	2
Non-citable documents	2009	3
Non-citable documents	2010	3
Non-citable documents	2011	4
Non-citable documents	2012	3
Non-citable documents	2013	3
Non-citable documents	2014	3
Non-citable documents	2015	4
Non-citable documents	2016	4
Non-citable documents	2017	3
Non-citable documents	2018	3
Non-citable documents	2019	3
Non-citable documents	2020	3
Non-citable documents	2021	2
Non-citable documents	2022	2
Citable documents	1999	97
Citable documents	2000	150
Citable documents	2001	154
Citable documents	2002	154
Citable documents	2003	146
Citable documents	2004	144
Citable documents	2005	150
Citable documents	2006	144
Citable documents	2007	135
Citable documents	2008	125
Citable documents	2009	135
Citable documents	2010	140
Citable documents	2011	124
Citable documents	2012	103
Citable documents	2013	89
Citable documents	2014	94
Citable documents	2015	103
Citable documents	2016	110
Citable documents	2017	121
Citable documents	2018	152
Citable documents	2019	158
Citable documents	2020	148
Citable documents	2021	127
Citable documents	2022	125

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	25
Uncited documents	2000	47
Uncited documents	2001	38
Uncited documents	2002	59
Uncited documents	2003	48
Uncited documents	2004	47
Uncited documents	2005	46
Uncited documents	2006	42
Uncited documents	2007	31
Uncited documents	2008	32
Uncited documents	2009	29
Uncited documents	2010	28
Uncited documents	2011	26
Uncited documents	2012	14
Uncited documents	2013	14
Uncited documents	2014	9
Uncited documents	2015	18
Uncited documents	2016	11
Uncited documents	2017	24
Uncited documents	2018	25
Uncited documents	2019	24
Uncited documents	2020	21
Uncited documents	2021	20
Uncited documents	2022	25
Cited documents	1999	72
Cited documents	2000	103
Cited documents	2001	116
Cited documents	2002	95
Cited documents	2003	103
Cited documents	2004	106
Cited documents	2005	115
Cited documents	2006	108
Cited documents	2007	107
Cited documents	2008	95
Cited documents	2009	109
Cited documents	2010	115
Cited documents	2011	102
Cited documents	2012	92
Cited documents	2013	78
Cited documents	2014	88
Cited documents	2015	89
Cited documents	2016	103
Cited documents	2017	100
Cited documents	2018	130
Cited documents	2019	137
Cited documents	2020	130
Cited documents	2021	109
Cited documents	2022	102