'' Probability Theory and Related Fields'' is a

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published by

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. Established in 1962, it was originally named ''Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und verwandte Gebiete'', with the English replacing the German starting from volume 71 (1986). The journal publishes articles on

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. The journal is indexed by ''

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'' and

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. Its 2019

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was 2.29, and its 2019

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was 2.125. The current

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are

Fabio Toninelli Fabio Toninelli (born 1975) is an Italian mathematician who works in probability theory, stochastic processes and probabilistic aspects of mathematical physics. Education He obtained his PhD in physics, in 2003, from Scuola Normale Superiore ...

(Technical University of Vienna) and

Bálint Tóth Bálint Tόth (born 1955, Cluj/Kolozsvár/Klausenburg) is a Hungarian mathematician whose work concerns probability theory, stochastic process and probabilistic aspects of mathematical physics. He obtained PhD in 1988 from the Hungarian Academy ...

(University of Bristol and Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics). The journal

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is 3.8 and its

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is 3.198, both from 2020. It is currently ranked 11th in the field of Probability & Statistics with Applications according to

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Past Editors-in-chief

1961-1971:

Leopold Schmetterer Leopold Karl Schmetterer (8 November 1919 in Vienna – 23 August 2004 in Gols) was an Austrian mathematician working on analysis, probability, and statistics. Decorations and awards * 1973: Fellow of the American Statistical Association * ...

(Vienna) 1971-1985:

Klaus Krickeberg Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus *Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American basebal ...

(Bielefeld) 1985-1991:

Hermann Rost Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, M ...

(Heidelberg) 1991-1994: Olav Kallenberg (Auburn AL) 1994-2000:

Erwin Bolthausen Erwin Bolthausen (born 15 October 1945 in Rohr, Aargau) is a Swiss mathematician, specializing in probability theory, statistics, and stochastic models in mathematical physics. Education and career Bolthausen received his doctorate in mathematics ...

(Zurich) 2000-2005:

Geoffrey Grimmett Geoffrey Richard Grimmett (born 20 December 1950) is a mathematician known for his work on the mathematics of random systems arising in probability theory and statistical mechanics, especially percolation theory and the contact process. He i ...

(Cambridge) 2005-2010: Jean-Francois Le Gall (Paris) and

Jean Bertoin Jean Bertoin (born 1961) is a French mathematician, specializing in probability theory. Education and career Bertoin received in 1987 his doctorate from University of Paris VI under Marc Yor with ''Étude des processus de Dirichlet''. Bertoin taug ...

(Paris) 2010-2015:

Gérard Ben Arous Gérard Ben Arous (born 26 June 1957) is a French mathematician, specializing in stochastic analysis and its applications to mathematical physics. He served as the director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York Universit ...

(New York) and

Amir Dembo Amir Dembo (born 25 October 1958, Haifa) is an Israeli-American mathematician, specializing in probability theory. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022. Biography Dembo received his bachelor's degree in electrical en ...

(Stanford) 2015-2020:

Michel Ledoux Michel Ledoux (born 1958) is a French mathematician, specializing in probability theory. He is a professor at the University of Toulouse. Ledoux received in 1985 his PhD from the University of Strasbourg with thesis ''Propriétés limites des vari ...

(Toulouse) and

Fabio Martinelli Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). Its English equivalent is Fabian. The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented ...

(Rome) 2021-2024:

(Vienna) and

(Budapest and Bristol)

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