The ''Annals of Probability'' is a leading peer-reviewed probability

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published by the

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, which is the main international society for researchers in the areas probability and statistics. The journal was started in 1973 as a continuation in part of the ''

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'', which was split into the ''

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'' and this journal. In July 2021, the journal was ranked 7th in the field Probability & Statistics with Applications according to

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. It had an

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of 1.470 (as of 2010), according to the ''

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''. The impact factor for 2018 is 2.085. Its CiteScore is 4.3, and

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is 3.184, both from 2020.

Editors-in-Chief: Past and Present

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal: * Ronald Pyke (1972–1975) *

Patrick Billingsley Patrick Paul Billingsley (May 3, 1925 – April 22, 2011) was an American mathematician and stage and screen actor, noted for his books in advanced probability theory and statistics. He was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and gradua ...

(1976–1978) * Richard M. Dudley (1979–1981) * Thomas M. Liggett (1985–1987) * Peter E. Ney (1988–1990) * Burgess Davis (1991–1993) * James W. Pitman (1994–1996) * Raghu Varadhan (1997–1999) * Thomas Kurtz (2000–2002) * Steven Lalley (2003–2005) *

Greg Lawler Gregory Francis Lawler (born July 14, 1955) is an American mathematician working in probability theory and best known for his work since 2000 on the Schramm–Loewner evolution. He received his PhD from Princeton University in 1979 under the supe ...

(2006–2008) *

Ofer Zeitouni Ofer Zeitouni (עפר זיתוני, born 23 October 1960, Haifa) is an Israeli mathematician, specializing in probability theory. Biography Zeitouni received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1980 from the Technion. He obtaine ...

(2009–2011) * Krzysztof Burdzy (2012–2014) *

Maria Eulália Vares Maria Eulália Vares is a Brazilian mathematical statistician and probability theorist who is known for her expertise in stochastic processes and large deviations theory. She is a professor of statistics in the Institute of Mathematics of the Fed ...

(2015–2017) *

Amir Dembo Amir Dembo (born 25 October 1958, Haifa) is an Israeli-American mathematician, specializing in probability theory. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022. Biography Dembo received his bachelor's degree in electrical en ...

(2018–2020) * Christophe Garban &

Alice Guionnet Alice Guionnet (born 24 May 1969) is a French mathematician known for her work in probability theory, in particular on large random matrices. Biography Guionnet entered the École Normale Supérieure (Paris) in 1989. She earned her PhD in 1995 ...

(2021–2023)

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External links

* {{cite web, title=Official website, url=https://www.imstat.org/journals-and-publications/annals-of-probability/ Probability journals Bimonthly journals English-language journals Publications established in 1973 Institute of Mathematical Statistics academic journals