Annual Reviews, the non-profit publisher that synthesises critical research literature, has announced the launch of its first new journal in 2014 - The Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application. The new journal will publish critical reviews about developments in the field of statistics and is edited by Stephen E. Fienberg, the Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science in the Department of Statistics, the Machine Learning Department, Heinz College, and Cylab at Carnegie Mellon University.
With statistical methods and tools important to any study or field that involves quantitative data and reasoning - from biostatistics, bioinformatics, economics, and machine learning to psychology, sociology, and aspects of the physical sciences - the journal will provide broad analysis of major methodological advances and computational devices not only for statisticians and quantitative methodologists, but for all scientists and users of statistics.
Complimentary online access to the first volume of the journal, www.annualreviews.org/journal/statistics, is available until January 2015. The journal's articles explore the role of statistics in topics ranging from brain imaging to climate, and from evaluation of observational studies to the discovery of the Higgs boson. It also includes an introduction from Dr. Fienberg that examines past attempts to define statistics (back to the earliest appearance of the term in 1749) and illustrates the cross-disciplinary nature of the field. The journal's aim is to acknowledge the importance of broadening awareness of evolving tools and methods, while recognizing core statistical principles and the need to connect statistical activity across diverse research domains.
The Annual Reviews team will have additional information about the journal at upcoming events, including VALA (February 3-6), ER&L (March 16-19), UKSG (April 14-16), SIOP (May 15-17), SLA (June 8-10), the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (August 1-5), and the Joint Statistical Meeting (August 2-7).
