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Improving Official Statistics

Workshop “Writing manuscripts for Official Statistics journals: Guidelines for practitioners and researchers”

8–15 February 2022 

Location: Register for free

The workshop will be held via GoToWebinar in three separate sessions:

  • Session 1: 8 February 2022,     3.00–5.00 PM (CET)
  • Session 2: 10 February 2022,   3.00–5.00 PM (CET)
  • Session 3: 15 February 2022,   3.00–5.00 PM (CET)

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.

How to register

Participants are invited to register using the registration link. The workshop is offered free of charge.

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) Check your own timezone.

  • 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 2: 10 February 2022
3.00-5.00 PM (CET) Check your own timezone.

  • 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 3: 15 February 2022
3.00-5.00 PM (CET) Check your own timezone.

  • 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)