The ''Journal of Official Statistics'' is a

peer-reviewed Peer review is the evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work ( peers). It functions as a form of self-regulation by qualified members of a profession within the relevant field. Peer review ...

scientific journal In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication designed to further the progress of science by disseminating new research findings to the scientific community. These journals serve as a platform for researchers, schola ...

that publishes papers related to

official statistics Official statistics are statistics published by Government, government agencies or other Statutory corporation, public bodies such as International organization, international organizations as a Public good (economics), public good. They provide q ...

. It is published by

Statistics Sweden Statistics Sweden ( ; SCB, ) is the Swedish government agency operating under the Ministry of Finance and responsible for producing official statistics for decision-making, debate and research. The agency's responsibilities include: * developin ...

, the national statistical office of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

. The journal was established in 1985, when it replaced the

Swedish language Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the G ...

journal ''Statistisk Tidskrift'' (Statistical Review), which had been published by

since 1860 (with a hiatus between 1914 and 1952). It publishes four issues each year.

Abstracting and indexing

''Journal of Official Statistics'' is indexed in the

Current Index to Statistics The Current Index to Statistics was an online database published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the American Statistical Association that contained bibliographic data of articles in statistics, probability, and related fields. ...

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