STM publisher IOS Press, Netherlands, has announced that it is supporting the International Year of Statistics to promote awareness and public understanding of the power and impact of statistics on all aspects of society.
According to IOS Press, statistics is becoming more acute as academia, businesses and governments come to depend on data-driven decisions, significantly increasing the demand for statisticians. All over the world, people are reportedly commemorating the importance of statistics. Statistics has affected nearly every aspect of life, like healthcare, transportation, national security and climate change, to name a few.
IOS Press contributes in this endeavour with the dissemination of statistical data and analysis through the publication of the Statistical Journal of the IAOS and the Journal of Economic and Social Measurement.
IOS Press seeks to serve the information needs of scientific and medical communities worldwide. It publishes more than 100 international journals and approximately 120 book titles each year on subjects ranging from computer sciences and mathematics to medicine and the natural sciences. The publisher claims to offer distinct benefits to academic, government and corporate libraries as well as to readers, authors and editors.
