Journal of the International Asscoiation for Official

Statistics2017

www.iospress.nl/statistical-journal-of-the-iaos

Status ReportJuly 2017-July 2018

Presented by Kirsten West

Editor-in-Chief

September 20, 2018

About SJIAOS

• Flagship journal of the International Association for Official Statistics.

• Widely circulated and subscribed to by individuals and institutions in all parts of the world.

• Main aim is to support the IAOS mission by publishing articles to promote understanding and advancement of official statistics and to foster development of effective and efficient official statistical services on a global basis.

• All papers are refereed.

How is SJIAOS organized?

• We have an editorial staff consisting of: Editor-in-Chief (three years), Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Managing Editor, Technical Editor.

• We have an editorial board composed of regional and special emphasis experts from all over the world.

• The Editor-in-Chief directs manuscripts deemed to have a potential contribution to our mission to these experts.

• They in turn solicit the help of one or more reviewers to determine if a manuscript is suitable for publication.

Achievements July 2017 – July 2018

Statistics

We published:

• 64 manuscripts

• 706 pages

• 4 issues (published every quarter)

We strive to have international participation and appeal:

• Manuscripts came from 32 countries

• We promoted SJIAOS at 6 international conferences

• Our mailing list reaches 8,000 individuals

Author Countries

Algeria Ethiopia Malaysia South Africa

Argentina France Mexico Sweden

Australia Germany Netherlands Switzerland

Belgium Iceland Nigeria Tunisia

Bolivia Ireland Norway UAE

Brazil Italy Palestine UK

Denmark Japan Poland USA

Finland Luxembourg Portugal Vietnam

Distribution of Author Countries

US

Interviews

We published interviews. The goal is to connect official statisticians globally, but especially within the IAOS by getting to know the person in the position a little bit better.

Mario Palma, SJIAOS president, MexicoNancy McBeth, SJIAOS EXCO member, OmanOliver Chinganya, SJIAOS EXCO member, EthiopiaAsta Manninen, SJIAOS Associate Editor, Finland

The views and opinions expressed in the interviews and conversations are those of the interviewee and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the Journal, IAOS, or IOS Press.

Conversations

From time to time, we publish a conversation about a topic we find to be of special interest to our readers.

We covered:

The intersect of geography and statistics

Geography as a statistical framework

Census geography

Themes

Each issue had a theme:September 2017: Urban, Regional and Small Area StatisticsDecember 2017:Implementing the Fundamental PrinciplesMarch 2018:U.S. Statistics of Income at Age 100: Building for the FutureJune 2018:

IAOS, Past, Present and Future

Manuscript Topics

• Big data, synthetic data, administrative data

• Data quality: linkage error, fabrication

• Confidentiality, disclosure and protection

• Dissemination

• Data collection: census taking

• Data management: statistical systems

Other Topics

• UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Independence of statistical agencies

• Fundamental Principles of National Official Statistics

Invitation

• You are invited to share your research and best practices in the field of official statistics.

• Submit a manuscript to be considered for publication.

• All manuscripts go through peer-review.

• See https://www.iospress.nl/journal/statistical-journal-of-the-iaos/

• Many manuscripts have co-authors.

How to Submit a Manuscript

• https://www.iospress.nl/journal/statistical-journal-of-the-iaos/

• Manuscript Submission and Author Instruction

• Editorial Management System

How to get access to SJIAOS

• To get full access to the contents in all issues of the Journal all that is needed is to join the IAOS.

• http://isi.cbs.nl/iaos-form.asp.

• If you have any questions concerning the membership please contact Mrs. Margaret de Ruiter-Molloy

• m.deruitermolloy@cbs.nl

Thank you for your time and your support.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to

contact me.

kwestiaos@gmail.com