Get your Electronic Journal of Statistics paper right the first time: a ready-made structure with the right abstract and citations, so editors see your science, not formatting slips.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 10 August, 2026
Submitting to Electronic Journal of Statistics goes smoothly when your draft already matches the journal's own rules. Editors screen new manuscripts against the Electronic Journal of Statistics guide for authors before peer review, so formatting, structure, and required statements should be right on the first draft rather than repaired during upload. This template sets that structure up for you.
It is a manuscript shell aligned to Electronic Journal of Statistics. It covers front matter, the abstract the journal expects, a body organized to the journal's article types, and a reference list in the journal's required style. Confirm current scope and article types on the Electronic Journal of Statistics journal page before you draft.
Prepare the title, authors, affiliations, and ORCID iDs. Write the abstract to the journal's rule and word limit, organize the body to the article type, and apply the required reference style from the first citation. Complete every declaration (ethics, competing interests, funding, data availability) the Electronic Journal of Statistics guide for authors lists, and cite figures and tables in order.
The common failure modes are formatting or reference style that does not match the guide for authors, missing required statements, and an incomplete portal checklist. Clear all three against the Electronic Journal of Statistics guide for authors before you submit.
The shell mirrors what editorial staff check first: article-type fit, the abstract rules, required declarations, and the journal's reference style. For more detail see the author resources. When your draft is ready, upload it through the journal's submission system.
| Element | Electronic J Stat requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | The abstract should be clear, descriptive, self-explanatory and not longer than 200 words. It should be suitable for publication in abstracting services. Formulas should be used as sparingly as possible within the abstract. The abstract should not make reference to results, bibliography or formulas in the body of the paper—it should be self-contained. Unstructured format (no specific headings required) |
| Main text | Organize sections for the chosen article type; no single overall word limit is stated in the accessible guide |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | MSC (Mathematics Subject Classification) keywords are requested (primary and secondary classifications). Additionally, regular keywords are included (no specific count requirement stated in the guide). The LaTeX template shows examples with 2-3 MSC codes and 2 regular keywords, but no explicit limits are specified |
| References | Papers should be written in the same style as in typical statistical journals such as The Annals of Statistics or The Journal of the American Statistical Association (typically numbered/Vancouver-style citations). The LaTeX template provides BibTeX style files: acmtrans-ims.bst, imsart-nameyear.bst, imsart-number.bst for formatting references |
| Peer review | Single-blind. As stated in the IMS Ethical Principles: 'Editors, Associate Editors and referees must go to all reasonable lengths to ensure confidentiality of the process of handling submissions. In particular, Associate Editors and referees must not knowingly identify, to authors of a submission, their involvement in the review of that work, even after the review process has been completed.' |
| Submission | www.e-publications.org/ims/submission/ |
Read the Electronic Journal of Statistics guide for authors once before drafting and once before upload. Draft the abstract after results are stable. Set the reference style before adding citations. Keep a cover letter that states your contribution and fit to Electronic Journal of Statistics in under a page.
Skim two or three recent Electronic J Stat papers to calibrate depth and figure style. Make the novelty clear in the first two pages. Deposit data and code when the policy on the Electronic Journal of Statistics journal page requires it. Disclose any preprint or conference version with identifiers in the cover letter.
Do one focused pass against the Electronic Journal of Statistics guide for authors: scope, length, reference style, required declarations, and figure quality. Then submit through the journal's submission system.