Subject Classifications for Annals of Statistics Submissions

1. Applications

A) Biology and Medicine

i. Genetics
ii. Brain Imaging
iii. Bioinformatics
iv. Epidemiology
v. Neuroscience
vi. Cell Biology
vii. Other

B) Environmental

C) Social Sciences

i. Econometrics
ii. Psychology
iii. Sociology
iv. Actuarial Science
v. Finance
vi. Other

D) Engineering/Industry

E) Physics

i. Astronomy
ii. Quantum Mechanics
iii. Other

2. Algorithms
3. Bayesian Methods

A) Computer Intensive

B) Theory

C) Frequentist Evaluations

D) Other

4. Causal Inference & Missing Data
5. Computer Intensive Inference

A) Model Selection

B) Resampling Methods

C) Simulation-Based Methods

D) Other

6. Decision Theory
7. Errors in Variables
8. Experimental Design
9. Functional Data Analysis
10. Machine Learning/High Dimensional Data Analysis

A) Learning Theory and Generalization Error

B) Supervised

C) Unsupervised

D) Dimension Reduction

E) Other

11. Graphical Modeling
12. Hypothesis Testing

A) Concerning an High Dimensional Parameter

B) Many Multiple Tests

C) Other

13. Nonparametric Estimation/Inference

A) Via Basis Functions (wavelets/splines etc)

B) Local Linear Models

C) Generalized Additive Models

D) Mixture Models

E) Kernel Estimation

F) Using Penalization

G) Shape-Restricted

H) Via Maximum Likelihood/Estimating Equations

I) Other

14. Parametric Inference

A) Linear Mixed and Random Effects

B) Other

15. Robust Statistics
16. Semiparametric Inference

A) Estimating Equations

B) Change Point Methods

C) Empirical Likelihood

D) Quasi Likelihood

E) Other

17. Sequential Methods
18. Spatial Statistics
19. Survival Analysis
20. Survey Sampling/ Survey Research
21. Stochastic Processes

A) Time Series

B) Markov Models

C) Other

22. Applied Probability

A) Empirical Processes

B) Higher Order Asymptotics

C) Limit Theory

D) Large Deviations

E) Probability Inequalities

F) Other