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 ''

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 It was superseded by the ''Annals of Statistics'' and the '' Annals of Probability''.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 19 ...

'', 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

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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 Richard Mansfield Dudley (July 28, 1938 – January 19, 2020) was Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Education and career Dudley was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his BA at Harvard College and received ...

(1979–1981) *

Thomas M. Liggett Thomas Milton Liggett (March 29, 1944 – May 12, 2020) was a mathematician at the University of California, Los Angeles. He worked in probability theory, specializing in interacting particle systems. Early life Thomas Milton Liggett was born o ...

(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 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 199 ...

(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