''Biometrics'' is a

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that publishes articles on the application of statistics and mathematics to the biological sciences.JSTOR entry on biometrics
/ref> It is published by the International Biometric Society (IBS).Biometrics homepage
Originally published in 1945 under the title ''Biometrics Bulletin'', the journal adopted the shorter title in 1947. Biometrics, Vol. 3, No. 1, Mar., 1947 Page 53
/ref> A notable contributor to the journal was

R.A. Fisher Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic. For his work in statistics, he has been described as "a genius who ...

, for whom a memorial edition was published in 1964.Biometrics, Vol. 20, No. 2, In Memoriam: Ronald Aylmer Fisher, 1890-1962, Jun., 1964
/ref> In a survey of statistics researchers' opinions, it was

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fifth overall among 40 statistics journals, and it was second only to the ''

Journal of the American Statistical Association The ''Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA)'' is the primary journal published by the American Statistical Association, the main professional body for statisticians in the United States. It is published four times a year in Mar ...

'' in the ranking provided by

biometrics Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics. Biometric authentication (or realistic authentication) is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify i ...

specialists..

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International Biometric Society (IBS)

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