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Statistical Methods and Applications

Statistical Methods and Applications is a research topic within Statistics and Probability. Science Explorer counts 4.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of multivariate analysis in statistical research, covering topics such as principal component analysis, regression analysis, machine learning, model selection, and overfitting. It explores various statistical modeling techniques and data reduction methods to analyze complex relationships within multidimensional datasets.

  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Principal Component Analysis
  • Regression Analysis
  • Machine Learning
  • Statistical Modeling
  • Data Reduction
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Discriminant Analysis
  • Model Selection
  • Overfitting
Research works
4.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
440
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Statistical Methods and Applications

Which countries lead Statistical Methods and Applications research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (145 and 92 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 145 works
  2. 2 United States 92 works
  3. 3 Brazil 62 works
  4. 4 India 31 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 28 works
  6. 6 China 25 works
  7. 7 Spain 25 works
  8. 8 Mexico 18 works
  9. 9 Germany 16 works
  10. 10 Italy 14 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Indonesia: 31.9%United States: 20.2%Brazil: 13.6%India: 6.9%6 others listed: 27.5%32%largest
Indonesia145 · 31.9%United States92 · 20.2%Brazil62 · 13.6%India31 · 6.9%6 others listed125 · 27.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Statistical Methods and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology publishes the most Statistical Methods and Applications research, followed by State University of Padang and IPB University.

Who are the leading researchers in Statistical Methods and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Statistical Methods and Applications include Robert John Tibshirani, Donald B. Rubin and Trevor Hastie.

  1. 1 Robert John Tibshirani United States 396k citations
  2. 2 Donald B. Rubin United States 301k citations
  3. 3 Trevor Hastie United States 301k citations
  4. 4 Ralph B. D’Agostino United States 255k citations
  5. 5 Peter M. Bentler United States 233k citations
  6. 6 Jerome H. Friedman United States 224k citations
  7. 7 Marko Sarstedt Germany 221k citations
  8. 8 Christian M. Ringle Germany 215k citations
  9. 9 Claes Fornell United States 198k citations
  10. 10 David A. Kenny United States 198k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Statistical Methods and Applications?

The most cited paper in Statistical Methods and Applications is "Multivariate Data Analysis" (Xianggui Qu, 2007), with 14,841 citations. Next come "Hierarchical Linear Models: Applications and Data Analysis Methods" (13,916) and "Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error: Algebra and Statistics" (13,256).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multivariate Data Analysis Xianggui Qu · Technometrics Feb 2007 14,841
2 Hierarchical Linear Models: Applications and Data Analysis Methods Marie Davidian · Journal of the American Statistical Association Sep 2003 13,916
3 Structural Equation Models with Unobservable Variables and Measurement Error: Algebra and Statistics Claes Fornell, David F. Larcker · Journal of Marketing Research Aug 1981 13,256
4 Use of Ranks in One-Criterion Variance Analysis William Kruskal, W. Allen Wallis · Journal of the American Statistical Association Dec 1952 12,511
5 A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems Alain F. Zuur, Elena N. Ieno, Chris S. Elphick · Methods in Ecology and Evolution Open access 13 Nov 2009 8,308
All 96 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Statistical Methods and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Statistical Methods and Applications research in 2022-now are Surabaya (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Surabaya.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 SurabayaIndonesia 22 works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 11 works
  3. 3 SemarangIndonesia 10 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 10 works
  5. 5 PadangIndonesia 8 works
  6. 6 BogorIndonesia 7 works
  7. 7 BandungIndonesia 7 works
  8. 8 BogotáColombia 7 works
  9. 9 MedanIndonesia 7 works
  10. 10 MadridSpain 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SurabayaID · 21.8 works6.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Statistical Methods and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Statistical Methods and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 3.95.1%46.8×12 -4.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Statistical Methods and Applications, country by country

Is Statistical Methods and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Statistical Methods and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Statistical Methods and Applications0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Statistical Methods and Applications over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Statistical Methods and Applications10.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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