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The American Statistical Association began publishing Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA) in 1888, when its mission was solidified and membership was growing. And in 1908, the ASA conducted its annual meeting in Atlantic city, New Jersey - Stepping away from the traditional stronghold of Boston. JASA is the primary journal published by the American Statistical Association, the main professional body for statisticians in the United States. This is one of the oldest statistical journals still in existence. It is published four times a year with a main focus on methods in economic, social, physical, engineering and health sciences, statistical applications, and theory.

The main objective is to offer a diverse portfolio of journals and publications to address the information needs of current and potential research and raise the profile of statistics and statisticians through promoting the value of sound statistical practice in public policy decision-making.

It had an impact factor of 2.063 in 2010, tenth highest in the "Statistics and Probability" category of Journal Citation Reports.

In a 2003 survey of statisticians, the Journal of the American Statistical Association was ranked first, among all journals, for "Applications of Statistics" and second (after Annals of Statistics) for "Mathematical Statistics".

The predecessor of this journal started in 1888 with the name Publications of the American Statistical Association. It became Quarterly publications of the American Statistical Association in 1912, and JASA in 1922.