A report from the International mathematical union (IMU) in cooperation with the International council of industrial and applied mathematics (ICIAM) and the institute of mathematical statistics (IMS)

Statistical Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Adler, Robert ^a   Ewing, John ^b   Taylor, Peter ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citation data; Citation statistics; Citations; h Index; Impact factor; Journal evaluation; Research evaluation; Scientific ranking

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049185128     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/09-STS285     Document Type: Article

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