Series A (Statistics in Society) publishes high quality papers that demonstrate how statistical thinking, design and analyses play a vital role in all walks of life and benefit society in general. There is no restriction on subject-matter: any interesting, topical and revelatory applications of statistics are welcome. For example, important applications of statistical and related data science methodology in medicine, business and commerce, industry, economics and finance, education and teaching, physical and biomedical sciences, the environment, the law, government and politics, demography, psychology, sociology and sport all fall within the journal's remit. The journal is therefore aimed at a wide statistical audience and at professional statisticians in particular. Its emphasis is on well-written and clearly reasoned quantitative approaches to problems in the real world rather than the exposition of technical detail. Thus, although the methodological basis of papers must be sound and adequately explained, methodology per se should not be the main focus of a Series A paper. Of particular interest are papers on topical or contentious statistical issues, papers which give reviews or exposés of current statistical concerns and papers which demonstrate how appropriate statistical thinking has contributed to our understanding of important substantive questions. Historical, professional and biographical contributions are also welcome, as are discussions of methods of data collection and of ethical issues, provided that all such papers have substantial statistical relevance.

《Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series A-statistics In Society》是一本由Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd出版商出版的專業(yè)數(shù)學期刊，該刊創(chuàng)刊于1988年，刊期Tri-annual，該刊已被國際權(quán)威數(shù)據(jù)庫SCIE、SSCI收錄。在中科院最新升級版分區(qū)表中，該刊分區(qū)信息為大類學科：數(shù)學3區(qū)，小類學科：社會科學：數(shù)理方法 3區(qū)；統(tǒng)計學與概率論 3區(qū)；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分區(qū)等級為Q2。該刊發(fā)文范圍涵蓋SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS等領(lǐng)域，旨在及時、準確、全面地報道國內(nèi)外SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS工作者在該領(lǐng)域取得的最新研究成果、工作進展及學術(shù)動態(tài)、技術(shù)革新等，促進學術(shù)交流，鼓勵學術(shù)創(chuàng)新。2023年影響因子為1.5，平均審稿速度 12周，或約稿 。