''Biometrics'' is a

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that publishes articles on the

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

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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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