Journal of Statistical Software

The Journal of Statistical Software is a peer-reviewed open-access journal founded in 1996 and published by the Foundation for Open Access Statistics, publishing statistical software with its source code and reproducible articles, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 14.3（Journal of Statistical Software）是 1996 年创办的同行评审开放获取期刊，由（Foundation for Open Access Statistics）出版，发表统计软件及其源代码与可复现论文，2025 年影响因子为 14.3。

Scope

• It covers the design, implementation, documentation, application, evaluation, comparison and maintenance of statistical software涵盖统计软件的设计、实现、文档、应用、评估、比较与维护。
• Open-source code and its article are jointly reviewed and published as a unity开源代码与其论文联合评审，作为一个整体共同发表。
• Full reproducibility is mandatory and the source code is published alongside each article完全可复现是硬性要求，源代码随论文一同发表。
• Software may be written in languages such as R, Python, MATLAB, C, C++ or Java软件可使用（R）、（Python）、（MATLAB）、（C）、（C++）或（Java）等语言编写。
• It also publishes code snippets, book reviews and structured reviews of closed-source statistical software还发表代码片段、书评以及针对闭源统计软件的结构化评述。
• It does not publish methodological innovations in computational statistics不发表计算统计的方法学创新。

History

• It was founded in 1996 by Jan de Leeuw at the University of California, Los Angeles该刊由（Jan de Leeuw）于 1996 年在（University of California, Los Angeles）创办。
• It has been an electronic-only open-access journal free to both readers and authors since its foundation自创刊起即为对读者与作者均免费的纯电子开放获取期刊。^[1]
• It applies the Creative Commons Attribution licence to its articles while code is released under the GPL论文采用知识共享署名许可，代码以（GPL）发布。
• It is published by the Foundation for Open Access Statistics, a California nonprofit corporation由（Foundation for Open Access Statistics）出版，后者为加州非营利法人。
• Its volumes grew from volume 1 in 1996 to volume 117 in 2026卷号从 1996 年的第 1 卷增至 2026 年的第 117 卷。
• Its Journal Impact Factor rose from 6.44 in 2021 to 6.992 in 2022, 8.1 in 2024 and 14.3 in 2025影响因子从 2021 年的 6.44 升至 2022 年的 6.992，2024 年为 8.1，2025 年为 14.3。^[2]

Editors

• The founding editor is Jan de Leeuw of the University of California, Los Angeles创始主编为（Jan de Leeuw），来自（University of California, Los Angeles）。
• The Editors-in-Chief are Bettina Grun, Torsten Hothorn, Rebecca Killick, Nathalie Vialaneix and Achim Zeileis现任主编为（Bettina Grun）、（Torsten Hothorn）、（Rebecca Killick）、（Nathalie Vialaneix）与（Achim Zeileis）。
• Bettina Grun works at WU Vienna and Achim Zeileis at the University of Innsbruck, where the journal is hosted（Bettina Grun）任职于（WU Vienna），（Achim Zeileis）任职于期刊托管地（University of Innsbruck）。
• Torsten Hothorn is at the University of Zurich and Rebecca Killick at Clemson University（Torsten Hothorn）任职于（University of Zurich），（Rebecca Killick）任职于（Clemson University）。
• Nathalie Vialaneix is with INRAE in Toulouse, France（Nathalie Vialaneix）任职于法国图卢兹的（INRAE）。
• The book review editor is Ulrike Groemping and the editor and publisher is Katharine Mullen书评编辑为（Ulrike Groemping），编辑兼出版人为（Katharine Mullen）。