Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Series C (Applied Statistics) promotes papers that are focused on statistical methods for real life problems. Applications should be central to papers, rather than illustrative, to motivate the work and to justify any methodological developments. All papers should feature an adequate description of a substantial application and a justification for any new theory. Case-studies may be particularly appropriate and should include some contextual details, though there should also be a novel statistical contribution, for instance by adapting or developing methodology, or by demonstrating the proper application of new or existing statistical methods to solve challenging applied problems. Papers describing interdisciplinary work are especially welcome, as are those that give interesting novel applications of existing methodology or provide new insights into the practical application of methods, and papers explaining innovative analysis of generic applied problems but not necessarily focused on a particular application also have a place in Series C. Short communications may also be appropriate. Methodological papers that are not motivated by a genuine application are not acceptable; nor are papers that include only brief numerical illustrations or that mainly describe simulation studies of properties of statistical techniques. However, papers describing developments in statistical computing are encouraged, provided that they are driven by practical examples. Extended algebraic treatment should be avoided.

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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
Statistics and Probability	1999	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2000	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2001	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2002	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2003	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2004	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2005	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2006	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2007	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2008	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2009	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2010	Q3
Statistics and Probability	2011	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2012	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2013	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2014	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2015	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2016	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2017	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2018	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2019	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2020	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2021	Q2
Statistics and Probability	2022	Q1
Statistics and Probability	2023	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	1999	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2000	Q2
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	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2006	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2007	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2008	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2009	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2010	Q3
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2011	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2012	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2013	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2014	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2015	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2016	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2017	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2018	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2019	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2020	Q1
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2021	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2022	Q2
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty	2023	Q2

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	1.469
2000	1.328
2001	1.625
2002	1.648
2003	1.523
2004	1.722
2005	1.054
2006	1.236
2007	1.210
2008	1.694
2009	1.088
2010	0.642
2011	0.817
2012	1.029
2013	1.363
2014	1.381
2015	1.031
2016	1.445
2017	1.982
2018	1.323
2019	1.014
2020	1.205
2021	0.975
2022	0.916
2023	0.739

Total Documents

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

Year	Documents
1999	37
2000	39
2001	33
2002	32
2003	36
2004	42
2005	55
2006	39
2007	35
2008	36
2009	40
2010	50
2011	41
2012	39
2013	39
2014	41
2015	39
2016	40
2017	54
2018	64
2019	77
2020	61
2021	63
2022	84
2023	82

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	1.239
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	1.347
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	1.493
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	1.757
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.610
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.686
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.727
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.921
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.663
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.877
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	1.842
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.400
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.516
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.743
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.759
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.704
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.713
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.063
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.925
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.655
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.792
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.766
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.051
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.049
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	1.737
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.239
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	1.396
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	1.514
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	1.596
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.394
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.446
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.500
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.850
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.522
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.023
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	1.255
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.243
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.429
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.695
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.808
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.605
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.782
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.899
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.975
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.609
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.677
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.815
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	1.990
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	1.891
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	1.601
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	1.189
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.458
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.444
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.185
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.074
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.385
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.546
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.574
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	1.176
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.197
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	1.079
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.211
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.560
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	1.688
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.769
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.575
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.863
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.810
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.340
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.737
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.610
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	1.536
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	1.718
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	1.102

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	4
Self Cites	2000	6
Self Cites	2001	4
Self Cites	2002	3
Self Cites	2003	9
Self Cites	2004	7
Self Cites	2005	4
Self Cites	2006	6
Self Cites	2007	6
Self Cites	2008	11
Self Cites	2009	2
Self Cites	2010	6
Self Cites	2011	3
Self Cites	2012	7
Self Cites	2013	6
Self Cites	2014	2
Self Cites	2015	4
Self Cites	2016	9
Self Cites	2017	4
Self Cites	2018	5
Self Cites	2019	10
Self Cites	2020	6
Self Cites	2021	11
Self Cites	2022	10
Self Cites	2023	7
Total Cites	1999	140
Total Cites	2000	155
Total Cites	2001	168
Total Cites	2002	174
Total Cites	2003	145
Total Cites	2004	146
Total Cites	2005	165
Total Cites	2006	246
Total Cites	2007	207
Total Cites	2008	261
Total Cites	2009	138
Total Cites	2010	138
Total Cites	2011	180
Total Cites	2012	222
Total Cites	2013	235
Total Cites	2014	191
Total Cites	2015	212
Total Cites	2016	226
Total Cites	2017	237
Total Cites	2018	214
Total Cites	2019	265
Total Cites	2020	354
Total Cites	2021	402
Total Cites	2022	380
Total Cites	2023	333

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	1.204
External Cites per document	2000	1.342
External Cites per document	2001	1.477
External Cites per document	2002	1.569
External Cites per document	2003	1.308
External Cites per document	2004	1.376
External Cites per document	2005	1.464
External Cites per document	2006	1.805
External Cites per document	2007	1.478
External Cites per document	2008	1.938
External Cites per document	2009	1.236
External Cites per document	2010	1.189
External Cites per document	2011	1.405
External Cites per document	2012	1.641
External Cites per document	2013	1.762
External Cites per document	2014	1.588
External Cites per document	2015	1.748
External Cites per document	2016	1.824
External Cites per document	2017	1.942
External Cites per document	2018	1.571
External Cites per document	2019	1.614
External Cites per document	2020	1.785
External Cites per document	2021	1.936
External Cites per document	2022	1.841
External Cites per document	2023	1.567
Cites per document	1999	1.239
Cites per document	2000	1.396
Cites per document	2001	1.514
Cites per document	2002	1.596
Cites per document	2003	1.394
Cites per document	2004	1.446
Cites per document	2005	1.500
Cites per document	2006	1.850
Cites per document	2007	1.522
Cites per document	2008	2.023
Cites per document	2009	1.255
Cites per document	2010	1.243
Cites per document	2011	1.429
Cites per document	2012	1.695
Cites per document	2013	1.808
Cites per document	2014	1.605
Cites per document	2015	1.782
Cites per document	2016	1.899
Cites per document	2017	1.975
Cites per document	2018	1.609
Cites per document	2019	1.677
Cites per document	2020	1.815
Cites per document	2021	1.990
Cites per document	2022	1.891
Cites per document	2023	1.601

% 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	16.22
2000	17.95
2001	6.06
2002	25.00
2003	27.78
2004	30.95
2005	23.64
2006	43.59
2007	34.29
2008	36.11
2009	30.00
2010	34.00
2011	17.07
2012	33.33
2013	23.08
2014	31.71
2015	30.77
2016	37.50
2017	44.44
2018	31.25
2019	28.57
2020	40.98
2021	31.75
2022	40.48
2023	30.49

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	1
Non-citable documents	2004	1
Non-citable documents	2005	1
Non-citable documents	2006	0
Non-citable documents	2007	0
Non-citable documents	2008	4
Non-citable documents	2009	4
Non-citable documents	2010	5
Non-citable documents	2011	4
Non-citable documents	2012	4
Non-citable documents	2013	3
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	2
Non-citable documents	2016	2
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	0
Non-citable documents	2019	0
Non-citable documents	2020	0
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	1999	113
Citable documents	2000	111
Citable documents	2001	111
Citable documents	2002	109
Citable documents	2003	103
Citable documents	2004	100
Citable documents	2005	109
Citable documents	2006	133
Citable documents	2007	136
Citable documents	2008	125
Citable documents	2009	106
Citable documents	2010	106
Citable documents	2011	122
Citable documents	2012	127
Citable documents	2013	127
Citable documents	2014	118
Citable documents	2015	117
Citable documents	2016	117
Citable documents	2017	119
Citable documents	2018	133
Citable documents	2019	158
Citable documents	2020	195
Citable documents	2021	202
Citable documents	2022	201
Citable documents	2023	208

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	54
Uncited documents	2000	55
Uncited documents	2001	44
Uncited documents	2002	40
Uncited documents	2003	47
Uncited documents	2004	47
Uncited documents	2005	43
Uncited documents	2006	47
Uncited documents	2007	56
Uncited documents	2008	44
Uncited documents	2009	48
Uncited documents	2010	47
Uncited documents	2011	51
Uncited documents	2012	45
Uncited documents	2013	45
Uncited documents	2014	46
Uncited documents	2015	41
Uncited documents	2016	41
Uncited documents	2017	44
Uncited documents	2018	51
Uncited documents	2019	58
Uncited documents	2020	69
Uncited documents	2021	71
Uncited documents	2022	73
Uncited documents	2023	82
Cited documents	1999	59
Cited documents	2000	56
Cited documents	2001	67
Cited documents	2002	69
Cited documents	2003	57
Cited documents	2004	54
Cited documents	2005	67
Cited documents	2006	86
Cited documents	2007	80
Cited documents	2008	85
Cited documents	2009	62
Cited documents	2010	64
Cited documents	2011	75
Cited documents	2012	86
Cited documents	2013	85
Cited documents	2014	73
Cited documents	2015	78
Cited documents	2016	78
Cited documents	2017	76
Cited documents	2018	82
Cited documents	2019	100
Cited documents	2020	126
Cited documents	2021	131
Cited documents	2022	128
Cited documents	2023	126