CHANCE is published quarterly. The magazine is designed for anyone who has an interest in using data to advance science, education, and society. CHANCE is a non-technical magazine highlighting applications that demonstrate sound statistical practice. CHANCE represents a cultural record of an evolving field, intended to entertain as well as inform.
Since its creation in 1988, CHANCE has covered such topics as the 1990 census adjustment and the redesigned population survey, sports, the environment, DNA evidence in the courts, a variety of medical issues—even how to win on “Jeopardy.” CHANCE offers a unique opportunity to reach beyond statistics professionals to a more general audience.
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ASA Statement on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI)
The leadership of the American Statistical Association commits to strengthening our professional community by making it more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive. We affirm that our mission, Promote the Practice and Profession of Statistics, can be realized only by fully embracing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusivity in all of our operations. Individuals embody many traits, so the leadership will work with the members of ASA to create and sustain responsive, flourishing, and safe environments that support individual needs, stimulate intellectual growth, and promote professional advancement for all. We commit to these objectives:
Learn from our members and others how to identify and overcome systemic racism and hindering biases of any kind
Critically reappraise and improve the effectiveness of our JEDI efforts
Identify and develop resources for individuals and organizations in our professional community to enable growth and appreciation for cultural humility
Share openly our diversity and inclusion efforts and the solutions we have implemented
Journal metrics
Usage
49K annual downloads/views
Speed/acceptance
59 days avg. from submission to first
decision
15 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
15% acceptance rate
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who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication.
However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s
quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it
should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to
support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
(find out why).
Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Sam Behseta -California State University, Fullerton, USA
Scott EvansGeorge Washington University, USA Michael Larsen -Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont, USA Michael Lavine -University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Hal S. Stern- University of California, Irvine, USA COLUMN EDITORS
Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel - Duke University and RStudio, USA Andrew Gelman - Columbia University, USA Ed Gracely - Drexel University, USA Mary Gray- American University, USA Nicole Lazar - University of Georgia, USA Fang Liu - University of Notre Dame, USA Brian Macdonald – Yale University, USA Bob Oster - University of Alabama, USA Christian Robert -Ceremade - Universite Paris - Dauphine, France Aleksandra Slavkovic - Penn State University, USA Maria Tackett - Duke University, USA Howard Wainer -National Board of Medical Examiners, USA
EDITORS
Simina Boca - Georgetown University Medical Center, USA Jim Albert - Bowling Green State University, USA Phil Everson-Swarthmore University, USA Jo Hardin - Pomona College, USA Kimberly Kaufeld- Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Mary Meyer- Colorado State University at Fort Collins, USA Sinjini Mitra - California State University, Fullerton, USA Lu Tian - Stanford University, USA Diane Uschner - George Washington University, USA
PAST EDITORS
2020-2022 Amanda Peterson-Plunkett 2014-2019 Scott Evans 2011-2013 Sam Behseta 2008-2010 Mike Larsen 2005-2007 Michael Lavine 2002-2004 Dalene Stangl 1999-2001 Hal S. Stern 1996-1998 George P.H. Styan 1992-1995 John E. Rolph 1988-1991 William F. Eddy and Stephen E. Fienberg
Abstracting and indexing
CHANCE is abstracted/indexed in:
Academic Search
American Statistical Association Current Index to Statistics (Online)
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