The Research Section of the Royal Statistical Society would like to
remind allstat members of the opportunity to submit manuscripts for
possible publication, with discussion, in the Journal of the Royal
Statistical Society Series B (JRSS-B). With an impact factor of 3.50,
JRSS-B is currently ranked as 1st by the ISI Web of Knowledge in
the Statistics and Probability category.

Publication of discussion papers is a long-standing tradition of the
Journal. Upon acceptance, a discussion paper is presented before
the Society at one of its Ordinary Meetings and is published in the
Journal with contributions from discussants together with the authors'
response. Typically, JRSS-B discussion papers attract a large number
of discussion contributions, either presented at the meeting itself or
submitted subsequently in writing, and go on to become exceptionally
highly cited.

We seek papers containing exciting original work which is at the
leading edge of methodological development, with a strong emphasis
on relevance to statistical practice and with the clear potential for
stimulating discussion. This includes papers on statistical models,
methods of analysis and the theory that underlies them - almost
invariably motivated or illustrated by real examples. JRSS-B aims to
disseminate work which is innovative, insightful and likely to have a
substantial impact on the way that data are collected and analysed;
within these parameters the Journal's scope is broad, embracing for
example relevant work in applied probability, computational methods
and the foundations of statistics. Crucially, discussion papers should
be written in such a way as to attract a large and varied audience,
and to encourage discussion contributions from others. Papers which
are written for narrow specialist groups are unlikely to be accepted
as read papers. As a rough guide, the length of a typical discussion
paper, in the Journal format, tends not to exceed 24 pages. For
further information about (Research Section) Ordinary Meetings and
the criteria for papers see
http://www.rss.org.uk/site/cms/contentCategoryView.asp?category=88

Papers submitted early this year, if accepted, are likely to appear in
the Journal before 31 December 2013, the cut-off date for publication
of research outputs in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework
(REF).

To submit your work, go to ScholarOne Manuscripts at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jrss, and, in the submission process,
choose "Paper for Reading - Series B" as Manuscript Type. We will,
naturally, be happy to answer any queries: please email the Research
Section Secretary at the address below.


Piotr Fryzlewicz
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Honorary Secretary, Research Section
The Royal Statistical Society
London
http://stats.lse.ac.uk/fryzlewicz/

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