Statistics, Politics and Policy

Aims & Scope

Statistics, Politics, and Policy studies the ways that statistical analysis drives public policy decisions, and publishes significant research on the application of statistical ideas to problems that relate to policy implementation.

The increasing amount and complexity of available data is constantly creating new challenges for statistical thinking in policy problems.

While many academic statisticians tend to share among themselves their latest methods and models, less attention has been paid to the usefulness of those statistical methods and models to inform public policy decisions, and what statistical approaches might be most effective in designing how policies are implemented.

In the policy sphere, statistical methods are sometimes taken as a given, with less attention to all the variations, assumptions, and effects of different methods in differing contexts.

But it is in the policy sphere that statistical debates can have the great value and impact, and the intersection of statistics and public policy is a fertile ground for statistical research and analysis to address important policy issues that may have widespread ramifications.

As an electronic journal, Statistics, Politics, and Policy will use a mix of voices and approaches to reach a broad audience.

The journal aims to open avenues of communication between statisticians and policy makers on questions that pique the interest of the public.

The primary objective of the journal will be to highlight the use of innovative statistical methodology in order to elucidate and resolve important public policy issues.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.227

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	12

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	19698

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	53

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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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Mathematics and Social Sciences, 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.

• Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality – An Overview

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Matthew

• Understanding the 2016 US Presidential Polls: The Importance of Hidden Trump Supporters

  Citation: 31

  Authors: Peter K., Julius, Jonathon P.

• Unbiased Estimation of the Average Treatment Effect in Cluster-Randomized Experiments

  Citation: 29

  Authors: Joel A., Peter M.

• Did Shy Trump Supporters Bias the 2016 Polls? Evidence from a Nationally-representative List Experiment

  Citation: 28

  Authors: Alexander

• Predicting the Brexit Vote by Tracking and Classifying Public Opinion Using Twitter Data

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Julio Cesar, Sofia, Kenneth, Akitaka

• What do we Lose with Online-Only Surveys? Estimating the Bias in Selected Political Variables Due to Online Mode Restriction

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Klaus, Tanja

• The Impact of Voting Advice Applications on Electoral Turnout: Evidence from Greece

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Kostas

• Substantive Importance and the Veil of Statistical Significance

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Kelly, Carlisle

• Healthcare Expenditure Prediction with Neighbourhood Variables – A Random Forest Model

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Sigrid M., Adriënne H., Gerda, Johan J.

• Religion and Voter Choice Homogeneity in the Nigerian Presidential Elections of the Fourth Republic

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Cletus Famous

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