07 July 2026
The Stata Journal continues to grow in both readership and prestige. The latest rankings show that the Journal is widely read and frequently cited. This is a reflection of the breadth in the content—with articles discussing graphics, data management, statistics, reporting, and many other topics—and of the range of disciplines represented.
The Journal Citation Reports ranks the Stata Journal consistently in the top 20 among journals in the Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods category in terms of citations, impact factor, and five-year impact factor.
The Stata Journal has a two-year impact factor of 3.0. The Stata Journal is ranked 16 out of 70 in the Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods category and 19 out of 170 in Statistics and Probability.
The Journal has a five-year impact factor of 6.5, ranking 7 out of 70 in the Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods category and 6 out of 170 in Statistics and Probability.
The Stata Journal has a strong h5-index of 32 and frequently ranks among the top publications in the Google Scholar metrics category Physics and Mathematics, subcategory Probability and Statistics with Applications.
The Stata Journal received 814,033 full text downloads during the prior calendar year.