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.

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B-Statistical Methodology已被国际权威数据库SCIE收录，中科院分区：数学 1区，JCR分区等级：Q1，其旨在发表有关统计学和数据科学方法论方面的高质量论文。 期刊的目的应是促进对统计方法的理解和/或发展和改进统计方法；任何数学理论都应针对这些目的。所考虑的贡献类型包括描述收集或分析数据的新方法，并附带基本理论、应用范围说明，最好还有一个实际例子。此外，还考虑对现有方法进行比较、批判性评价和新的应用，对具有明确实用性的概率论的贡献（包括随机模型的制定和分析），涉及原创方法的统计计算或模拟，以及对统计科学基础的原创贡献。