Biometrics Journal

Biometrics

A Journal of the International Biometric Society

Biometrics promotes statistical and mathematical methods in the biosciences. Articles focus on novel biometrical techniques and their application to real-world challenges. The journal typically includes four sections:

  • Biometric Methodology: Development of new methods and results for use in the biosciences.
  • Biometric Practice: Innovative applications of methods, practical contributions, and biological insights.
  • Reader Reaction: Responses to previously published articles.
  • Letters to the Editor: Comments and suggestions on journal content. 

Editorial Team

Executive Editor: Geert Molenberghs

Co-Editors: Erica Moodie (through 31 December 2026), Cécile Proust-Lima (through 31 December 2027), Matthew Schofield (through 31 December 2025)

Editor of Book Reviews, as of June 2024: Andrew Spieker (to whom book reviews are sent) 

Editorial Manager: Rishika Chopara and Ann Hanhart

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Paul S. Albert, National Cancer Institute

Eleni-Rosalina Andrinopoulou, Statistics and Data Science Innovation Hub, GSK

Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University

Jonathan Bradley, University of Missouri

Bibhas Chakraborty, Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School

Guanhua Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Hua Yun Chen, University of Illinois Chicago

Qixuan Chen, Columbia University

Steve Coad, University of Brighton

Abhirup Datta, Johns Hopkins University

Rob Deardon, University of Calgary

Chong-Zhi Di, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Guoqing Diao, The George Washington University

Karla Diaz-Ordaz, University College London

Michael Fay, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Rachel M. Fewster, University of Auckland

Youyi Fong, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Shirin Golchi, McGill University

Yair Goldberg, University of Haifa

Michele Guindani, University of California, Los Angeles

Jesse Gronsbell, University of Toronto

Agathe Guilloux, Inria, Université Paris Cité, Inserm

Freedom Gumedze, University of Cape Town

Paul Gustafson, The University of British Columbia

Peisong Han, University of Michigan

Boris Hejblum, Université de Bordeaux, Inserm

Mevin Hooten, The University of Texas

Guanyu Hu, Michigan State University

Liangyuan Hu, Rutgers University

Yen-Tsung Huang, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica 

Ying Huang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Yunda Huang, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center & University of Washington

Michael G. Hudgens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Anke Huels, Emory University

Iuliana Ionita-Laza, Columbia University

Francis KC Hui, The Australian National University

Chris Jackson, University of Cambridge

Holly Janes, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Shu (Joy) Jiang, Washington University School of Medicine

Hyunseung Kang, Stanford University

Jian Kang, University of Michigan

Bikram Karmakar, University of Florida

Jessica Kasza, Monash University

Kayleigh Keller,  Colorado State University

Frank Konietschke, Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology - Charite Universitätsmedizin

Catherine Legrand, Université catholique de Louvain

Gen Li, University of Michigan

Hongzhe Li, University of Pennsylvania

Quefeng Li, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Antonio R. Linero, The University of Texas

Benoit Liquet-Weiland, Macquarie University

Lei Liu, Washington University in St. Louis

Eric F. Lock,  University of Minnesota  

Qi Long, Emory University

Lan Luo, Rutgers University 

Qing Mai, Florida State University

Samuel Manda, University of Pretoria

James McGree, Queensland University of Technology

Beatrijs Moerkerke, Ghent University

Rajarshi Mukherjee, Harvard University

Daniel Nevo, Tel Aviv University

Todd Ogden, Columbia University

Hernando Ombao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Layla Parast, The University of Texas

Limin Peng, Emory University

Hans-Peter Piepho, University of Hohenheim

Martin Posch, European Medicines Agency

Mélanie Prague, University of Bordeaux, INSERM Bordeaux Population Health, INRIA

Jason Roy, University of Pennsylvania

Jonathan Schildcrout, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Shaun Seaman, Cambridge University

Damla Senturk, University of California, Los Angeles

Benjamin Shaby, Pennsylvania State University

Yu Shen, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Bryan E. Shepherd, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Susan Shortreed, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

Mats Julius Stensrud, EPFL

Ben Stevenson, University of Auckland

Li Su, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge

Jung-Ying Tzeng, North Carolina State University

Sofia S. Villar, University of Cambridge

Abdus S. Wahed, University of Rochester

Chenguang Wang, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Lu Wang, University of Michigan

Rachel Wang, University of Sydney

Rui Wang, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School 

Ander Wilson, Colorado State University

Fan Yang, Tsinghua University

Shu Yang, North Carolina State University

Weixin Yao, University of California, Riverside

Jessica Young, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School 

Min Zhang, Tsinghua University

Wei Zhang, University of Sydney

Xianyang Zhang, Texas A&M University   

Xin (Henry) Zhang, Florida State University

Yize Zhao, Yale University

Yingye Zheng, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Sarah Zohar, Université de Paris

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Online Publication Schedule

  • Volume 81 Issue 1 - 26 March 2025
  • Volume 81 Issue 2 - 30 June 2025
  • Volume 81 Issue 3 - 30 September 2025
  • Volume 81 Issue 4 - 5 January 2026

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The award is given by the IBS biennially to one Biometrics paper from each of the previous two years identified by the co-editors as being of the highest quality and importance. 

  • 2022 – Hong, C., Salanti, G., Morton, S. C., Riley, R. D., Chu, H., Kimmel, S. E., & Chen, Yong | Title: Testing small study effects in multivariate meta‐analysis (76(4): 1240-1250, 2020) 
  • 2022 – Tran, Trung Dung, Lesaffre, E., Verbeke, G., & Duyck, J. | Title: Latent Ornstein‐Uhlenbeck models for Bayesian analysis of multivariate longitudinal categorical responses. (77(2): 689-701, 2021) 

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