Journal of Multivariate Analysis

Aims & Scope

Founded in 1971, the Journal of Multivariate Analysis (JMVA) is the central venue for the publication of new, relevant methodology and particularly innovative applications pertaining to the analysis and interpretation of multidimensional data.

The journal welcomes contributions to all aspects of multivariate data analysis and modeling, including cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, factor analysis, and multidimensional continuous or discrete distribution theory.

Topics of current interest include, but are not limited to, inferential aspects of Copula modeling Functional data analysis Graphical modeling High-dimensional data analysis Image analysis Multivariate extreme-value theory Sparse modeling Spatial statistics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.7

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4754

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	701

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.009

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	93

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Decision Sciences and Mathematics, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A well-conditioned estimator for large-dimensional covariance matrices

  Citation: 2108

  Authors: Olivier, Michael

• Quantile regression for longitudinal data

  Citation: 1583

  Authors: Roger

• Comparing clusterings—an information based distance

  Citation: 1115

  Authors: Marina

• Generating random correlation matrices based on vines and extended onion method

  Citation: 743

  Authors: Daniel, Dorota, Harry

• A General Class of Multivariate Skew-Elliptical Distributions

  Citation: 552

  Authors: Márcia D., Dipak K.

• Integrals, conditional expectations, and martingales of multivalued functions

  Citation: 540

  Authors: Fumio, Hisaharu

• On the theory of elliptically contoured distributions

  Citation: 516

  Authors: Stamatis, Steel, Gordon

• The Fréchet distance between multivariate normal distributions

  Citation: 507

  Authors: D.C, B.V

• Sparse principal component analysis via regularized low rank matrix approximation

  Citation: 489

  Authors: Haipeng, Jianhua Z.

• Statistical decision theory for quantum systems

  Citation: 478

  Authors: A.S

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