''Sankhyā: The Indian Journal of Statistics'' is a quarterly

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published by the

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(ISI). It was established in 1933 by

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, founding director of ISI, along the lines of

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. Each volume of ''Sankhya'' consists of four issues, two of them are in Series A, containing articles on theoretical statistics,

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es, whereas the other two issues form Series B, containing articles on applied statistics, i.e. applied probability, applied stochastic processes,

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, and statistical computing. ''Sankhya'' is considered as "core journal" of statistics by the

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Publication history

''Sankhya'' was first published in June 1933. In 1961, the journal split into two series: Series A which focused on mathematical statistics and Series B which focused on statistical methods and applications. A third series, Series C, was added in 1974 and covered sample surveys and quantitative economics in alternating issues. In 1978, the quantitative economics portion became Series D. In 1981, the journal returned to two series when Series B-D were merged. In 2003, Series A and B were recombined into a single journal, but then split again in 2008. ISI began publishing ''Sankhya A'' and ''B'' via

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in 2010.

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