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Paper submission

From 9 November 2020, any new submissions to the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society should be made to one of the following ScholarOne Manuscripts sites:

• Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society) https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jrssa;
• Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jrssb;
• Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jrssc

It is no longer possible to submit new articles to the https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jrss site.

Please note that all current submissions will not be affected.

For help with submissions, please contact the journal’s Editorial Office at:
jrsssa.editorialoffice@oup.com, jrsssb.editorialoffice@oup.com or jrsssc.editorialoffice@oup.com

Guidance for authors

• Our Notes on submission of papers gives guidance to authors
• Download our Journal of the RSS style guide (ZIP/PDF) for details of style used in papers
• Download our Statement on the disclosure of financial and other interest (PDF) for details of our policy on conflict of interests
• Download our Statement on the provision of data and computer code for published papers (PDF) for details of our policy on data and computer code

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Authors of papers can make them free and available to all through the OUP open access option. More information and guidance is available on our journals page.

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