It is published by Taylor & Francis in three series, Theory and Methods, Simulation and Computation, and Case Studies, Data Analysis and Applications.

Based on Web of Science, the five most cited papers in the journal are:[1] Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods is indexed in the following services: This series started publishing in 1972 and publishes papers related to computational statistics.

Based on Web of Science, the five most cited papers in the journal are:[2] Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation is indexed in the following services: This series started publishing in 2015 and publishes case studies and associated data analytic methods in statistics.

It publishes 4 online-only issues a year.

Based on CrossRef, the three most cited papers in the journal are:[3]