''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 ''

Annals of Mathematical Statistics The ''Annals of Mathematical Statistics'' was a peer-reviewed statistics journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics from 1930 to 1972. It was superseded by the '' Annals of Statistics'' and the '' Annals of Probability''. In 1 ...

'', which was split into the '' Annals of Statistics'' 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 (), according to the ''

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''. The impact factor for 2018 is 2.085. Its

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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 (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 (2006–2008) * Ofer Zeitouni (2009–2011) * Krzysztof Burdzy (2012–2014) * Maria Eulália Vares (2015–2017) * Amir Dembo (2018–2020) * Christophe Garban & Alice Guionnet (2021–2023)

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External links

* {{Official, https://www.imstat.org/journals-and-publications/annals-of-probability/ Probability journals Bimonthly journals English-language journals Academic journals established in 1973 Institute of Mathematical Statistics academic journals