08 - 15 February 2022

Writing Manuscripts for Official Statistics Journals: Guidelines for Practitioners and Researchers

Date 08 - 15 Feb 2022
Time 14:00 GMT+01:00 - 16:00 GMT+01:00
Level of instruction
Instructor
Pieter Everaers
Steve Raywood
Wesley Yung
Denise Silva
Ingegerd Jansson
Steve MacFeely
Kim Willems
Gemma van Halderen
Registration fee

Under the auspices of the ISI, the Statistical Journal of the IAOS (IAOS),  The Survey Statistician (IASS), Journal of Official Statistics (JOS, Statistics Sweden), Survey Methodology (SMJ, Statistics Canada), IOS Press and Wiley are organizing a workshop comprising three separate webinars of two hours each.  

Presenters at the workshop are the Chief Editors (or former Chief Editors) of the journals involved, as well as experienced and successful authors and representatives from the publishers. The detailed programme can be found below.

Target group

The workshop is intended for Official Statisticians and academics (from all over the world) with interest in preparing a submission of a manuscript to a refereed international journal in the field of statistics. The workshop language will be English. 

Requirements of the participants

Working knowledge of the English language.
Involved in the preparation or with an interest to prepare manuscripts for submission to a refereed international journal in the field of Official Statistics.
Access to internet to follow the webinars. (Windows, Mac)

Objective of the workshop

The objective of this workshop is to prepare Official Statisticians and researchers to draft and submit manuscripts to Official Statistics journals. The workshop focuses on manuscript drafting and structuring skills as well as on anticipating  the knowledge level and expectations of the audiences and on organizing and preparing a manuscript for submission to a journal in the field of Official Statistics.

Certificate of Attendance

After successful participation in the workshop, participants will be awarded with a Certificate of Attendance by the ISI. Successful participation is defined as having participated in at least 70% of the duration of each of the three webinars.

Workshop Programme

Session 1: 8 February 2022
3.00-5.00 PM (CET) - Watch the recording

  • A word of welcome by Stephen Penneck (President of the ISI)
  • Introduction to the organization and content of the workshop — Pieter Everaers (SJIAOS)
  • Why, how and for whom to draft a manuscript? — Steve Raywood (Wiley)
  • The overall structure of a manuscript — Wesley Yung (Statistics Canada)
  • Some practical examples of types of manuscripts — Denise Britz do Nascimento Silva (IBGE, Brazil)
  • Closing of first session and introduction to exercises A and B — Pieter Everaers (SJIAOS)

Session 1 slides: 

Session 2: 10 February 2022
3.00-5.00 PM (CET) - Watch the recording.

  • Recapitulation of Session 1 — Ingegerd Jansson (Statistics Sweden)
  • Outcomes of exercise A — Pieter Everaers (SJIAOS)/Peter de Jong (IOS Press)
  • Outcomes and reflection on exercise B — Wesley Yung (Statistics Canada)
  • How to restrict to the necessary — Denise Britz do Nascimento Silva (IBGE, Brazil)
  • Working efficiently in structuring and drafting — Steve MacFeely  (WHO)
  • Closing of the second session and introduction to exercise C — Ingegerd Jansson (Statistics Sweden)

Session 2 slides: 

Session 3: 15 February 2022
3.00-5.00 PM (CET) - Watch the recording.

  • Recapitulation of the second session — Wesley Yung (Statistics Canada)
  • Typical structure of a manuscript — Steve Raywood (Wiley)
  • Submission, review and revision from the content perspective — Ingegerd Jansson (Statistics Sweden)/Pieter Everaers (SJIAOS)
  • Submission, review and revision from the technical perspective — Kim Willems (IOS Press)/Steve Raywood (Wiley)
  • Young Statisticians Awards — Gemma van Halderen (ABS, Australia)
  • Closing of the third session and the workshop — Wesley Yung (Statistics Canada)/Pieter Everaers (SJIAOS)

Session 3 slides:

Instructors

Pieter Everaers
Instructor
Pieter Everaers

About the instructor

Jozef Olenski
Instructor
Steve Raywood

About the instructor

Wesley Yung
Instructor
Wesley Yung

About the instructor

Denise Silva
Instructor
Denise Silva

About the instructor

Denise Silva is retired and voluntary Principal Researcher of the National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE) from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and Senior Associate Researcher at the Society for the Development of Scientific Research (SCIENCE). 

She completed her PhD in Statistics at the University of Southampton and has been working as a survey methodologist for more than 35 years as well as a lecturer at graduate and undergraduate levels. 

Denise was president (2019-2021) of the International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS), is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) and is an editor of the Statistical Journal of the IAOS. 

Her main areas of interest are survey methods, official/public statistics, small area estimation and time series analysis.

Jozef Olenski
Instructor
Ingegerd Jansson

About the instructor

Steve MacFeely  Head of Statistics and Information  United Nations
Instructor
Steve MacFeely

About the instructor

Jozef Olenski
Instructor
Kim Willems

About the instructor

Gemma van Halderen
Instructor
Gemma van Halderen

About the instructor