Significance cover, December 2009 |
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| Editor | Julian Champkin |
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| Categories | Statistics |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Circulation | 28,000 (September 2010) |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| First issue | March 2004 |
| Company | Royal Statistical Society and American Statistical Association |
| Country | UK / USA |
| Language | English |
| Website | Significance magazine |
| ISSN | 1740-9705 |
Significance, established in 2004, is a magazine published quarterly by both the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association[1]. The major part of the content consists of articles on topics of statistical interest presented at a level suited to a general audience. It is not a research journal and articles are not peer reviewed[2]. The founding editor was Helen Joyce[3], now at The Economist, and Frank Duckworth also served on its Editorial Board. The current editor is Julian Champkin[4].
As well as ordinary articles in the magazine itself,[5] additional "virtual issues" (collections of articles on a particular subject area) are available.[6] The magazine's website was launched the same week as World Statistics Day[7].
Members of both the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association receive Significance.[8] The frequency of publication will increase to 8 issues per year by 2013.