Communications in Statistics
journal
Communications in Statistics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers related to statistics. It is published by Taylor & Francis in three series, Theory and Methods, Simulation and Computation, and Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications.
Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods
This series started publishing in 1970 and publishes papers related to statistical theory and methods. It publishes 20 issues each year. Based on Web of Science, the five most cited papers in the journal are:
Kulldorff M. A spatial scan statistic, 1997, 982 cites.
Holland PW, Welsch RE. Robust regression using iteratively reweighted least-squares, 1977, 526 cites.
Sugiura N. Further analysts of the data by Akaike's information criterion and the finite corrections, 1978, 490 cites.
Hosmer DW, Lemeshow S. Goodness of fit tests for the multiple logistic regression model, 1980, 401 cites.
Iman RL, Conover WJ. Small sample sensitivity analysis techniques for computer models. with an application to risk assessment, 1980, 312 cites.
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