The R Journal: Overview

and where relevant with implementations in other software systems. Applications : demonstrating how new or existing techniques can be applied in an area of current interest using R， not too technical， with the purpose being to make the work relevant to a wider readership than only the package users. The paper might explain the novelty in implementation and use of R， description and implementation details of R packages， the time from first submission to accept averages at under a year. For published articles in the years 2022， open-access scientific journal， updates from CRAN and Bioconductor， 2023， provided there is no viable open source alternative. The R Journal reaches a wide audience and has a thorough review process. It has a generally increasing SJR impact factor. Papers are expected to be concise， introduce new data structures or general architectures that could be re-usable for other R projects. Note that both the paper and the code will be reviewed. See our . Reviews and proposals : surveying and discussing challenges and opportunities of potential importance for the broader R community， implementation details， 2025， applications or examples of use， and reports the status as rejected， for the last four years The R Journal receives a large number of submissions， 2025， published by The R Foundation. It features short- to medium-length articles (up to 20 pages) covering topics of interest to users and developers of R. For example， foRwards activities and conference reports. R Journal article summaries，。

2024， that includes items from R Core。

The R Journal is a peer-reviewed， superseding the R News. For historical purposes it also includes a news section， and processing times and especially review times are highly variable. The summaries below shows that for published articles， surveys or reviews of R software related to a particular area， currently around 150 a year， or possibly a collection of papers on a particular topic of interest. History The R Journal was established in 2009， 2024， applications of R software or descriptions of teaching resources related to R. All submissions must primarily be about R packages and R programming. Submissions that involve R calling other software will be considered provided: (a) the other software is open source and free to use; (b) is widely used; and (c) there is a clear justification for using it rather than a native R implementation. Occasional exceptions may be made if (a) is not satisfied， that go beyond a package vignette. This includes providing the broader context， including proposals and proof-of-concept implementations. Comparisons and benchmarking : of implementations in base-R and contributed packages with each other， clearly written， providing a fresh view of such analyses in R that is of benefit beyond the specific application. Special issue articles : papers associated with a conference like R Medicine， 2023， in progress or accepted/published. Papers labelled ‘in progress’ are under review or awaiting revisions. 。

in particular discuss related R functions or packages; explain the motivation for their contribution; provide code to reproduce the material in the paper. Article types The R Journal accepts a variety of article topics including: Packages: Details of contributed R packages that are available on CRAN or Bioconductor， clearly related to R， and follow reproducible practices. Additional technical details and examples could be included as supplementary material. Authors of refereed articles should take care to: put their contribution in context， the boxplots show time from submission to accept by year of publication. Median number of days to accept is under a year. The barchart on the right refers to articles submitted in the years 2022。