Sankhya (journal)

Sankhya
Sankhyaː Indian Journal of Statistics, first issue, title page, June 1933
DisciplineStatistics
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1933–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Sankhya
Indexing
ISSN0972-7671
OCLC no.475703733
Links

Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal on statistics published by the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).

It was established in 1933 by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, founding director of ISI, along the lines of Karl Pearson's Biometrika.[1] Mahalanobis was the founding editor-in-chief.[2]

Each volume of Sankhya consists of four issues, two of them are in Series A, containing articles on theoretical statistics, probability theory, and stochastic processes, whereas the other two issues form Series B, containing articles on applied statistics, i.e. applied probability, applied stochastic processes, econometrics, and statistical computing.[3]

Sankhya is considered as "core journal" of statistics by the Current Index to Statistics.[4]

  1. ^ Rao, C. R (1973). Prasantha Chandra Mahalanobis. 1893–1972. Vol. 19. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. pp. 454–492.
  2. ^ S. B. Rao. "Indian Statistical Institute – A Tradition". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Sankhya Home". Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Core Journal List" (PDF). Current Index to Statistics. p. 3. Retrieved 11 February 2013.