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JRSS-A publishes papers that demonstrate how statistical thinking, design and analyses play a vital role in all walks of life and benefit society in general
Jan 19, 2021 4 tweets 4 min read
*4th PLACE* of our most impactful articles published in @RSeriesa in 2020 according to @altmetric:

Tanner et al: doi.org/10.1111/rssa.1…

🧵👇🏽 *CONTEXT* Dynamic prediction models provide predicted probabilities that can be updated over time as data become available. There is growing interest in the use of #machinelearning 🤖; yet, their use in the context of dynamic survival #prediction has been limited.
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Jan 18, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
*NEW THREAD* This week we’ll be featuring the top 5 most impactful articles published in @RSeriesa in 2020 as captured by @altmetric

We’ll feature one paper per day in reverse order tarting by our 5th place

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1/n Image Top 5th most impactful paper: Ellison et al: doi.org/10.1111/rssa.1…

*CONTEXT* Fertility projections are a key determinant of population forecasts, which are widely used by government policy makers and planners
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Jan 15, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
*FINAL DAY* Today we featured the top 3 most cited articles published in @RSeriesa in 2020

We’ll do this in separate threads in reverse order & we start here with the 3rd place

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3rd most cited paper by Phillippo et al doi.org/10.1111/rssa.1…

*CONTEXT* Standard network meta‐analysis & indirect comparisons combine aggregate data from multiple studies, assuming that any effect modifiers are balanced across pops. & often incurring in aggregation bias
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Jan 14, 2021 8 tweets 4 min read
THREAD* We continue featuring the top 10 most cited articles published in @RSeriesa in 2020

Day 3: today we featured articles ranked 4th & 5th on the topics of #shipping 🚢 & #slavery

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1/n Image The first article is by Silverman: doi.org/10.1111/rssa.1…

*CONTEXT* Quantifying hidden populations such as victims of modern slavery is challenging; yet, needed to develop strategies leading to legislation, inc. the Modern Slavery Act 2015
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Jan 11, 2021 12 tweets 5 min read
Hello World! Today we launched our brand new @RSeriesa Twitter account!🥳

We also welcome @Fcorowe who joins our editorial board

Our *AIM*: share all the great work published in our journal 👉🏼 bit.ly/3sfKdiK & all about #stats! Interested? Give us a follow🙏

First🧵👇🏽 Image We’ll celebrate the launch of this account this week by highlighting the top 10 most cited journals published in JRSSA in 2020 🎉

*DISCLAMER* in reality they will be 13 given that a few of them have the same number of citations = same rank position. A bonus for you!

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