Focus and Scope

The Electronic Journal of Probability publishes full-size research articles in probability theory. The Electronic Communications in Probability (ECP), a sister journal of EJP, publishes short articles in probability theory.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

EJP follows the standard peer review process.

Publication Frequency

The articles are published shortly after being accepted, usually within a month.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

EJP/ECP Charter

• Electronic Journal of Probability and Electronic Communications in Probability publish papers in all areas of probability.
• The electronic version of the journals is free to individuals.
• EJP/ECP will accept only papers of high quality both in terms of scientific contents and the presentation of the results (including the graphical aspect of the work).
• The refereeing process will follow the traditional conventions. The refereeing time varies enormously but there will be no delay in publication after the paper is accepted. Authors concerned with the fast dissemination of their results are advised to submit an abstract of their work to Probability Abstract Service together with a link (URL) to a copy of their paper in a publicly accessible directory on their own computer.
• The contents of the journals will be archived in some way besides electronic files (CD-ROM, hard-copy, etc.). The official archived article record will consist of three versions: TeX, dvi and postscript.
• The editors will take precautions to ensure safety of the papers. For example, the electronic files will be stored at multiple sites and on various media.
• The editors will try to provide a printed version of the journals (at a cost) if there is enough interest among probabilists who cannot access the journals in the electronic way.

April 4, 1995
Chris Burdzy, Rene Carmona and Greg Lawler

EJP/ECP Charter (updated version, 2011)

Technical progress and changes to publishing environment inspired the following updated version of the EJP Charter.

• Electronic Journal of Probability and Electronic Communications in Probability publish papers in all areas of probability.
• The electronic version of the journals is free to individuals.
• EJP/ECP will accept only papers of high quality both in terms of scientific contents and the presentation of the results (including the graphical aspect of the work).
• The refereeing process will follow the traditional conventions. The refereeing time varies enormously but there will be no delay in publication after the paper is accepted. Authors concerned with the fast dissemination of their results are advised to submit their work to Math Arxiv.
• The editors will take precautions to ensure safety of the papers.

Bernoulli Society and Institute of Mathematical Statistics Affiliation

The Electronic Journal of Probability and Electronic Communications in Probability are  open access journals co-sponsored by the Bernoulli Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics with the following stipulations:

Co-sponsorship
•       The addition of any other co-sponsoring societies must be approved by both societies.

Editors
•       Editors of the journal will be selected by a joint committee and approved by each society.
•       Each Society President will appoint two members to the committee.
•       A chair from among these four committee members will be selected jointly by the Presidents.

Journal Management
•       Any changes to the management of the journal must be approved by both societies.
•       The IMS will provide management services for the journal, including paying of expenses and invoicing of page charges, if appropriate.  The time spent for these services will be billed at actual cost.
•       All net expenses will be shared equally by the two parties.  An invoice will be sent annually.

Terms of Agreement
•       Either party may cease this agreement with a one year written notice to the President and Executive Director of the other society.