the twentieth century, Biometrika became a "journal of statistics in which emphasis is placed on papers containing original theoretical contributions of direct or potential value in applications." Thus, of the five types of contents envisaged by its founders, only the second and to a lesser extent the third remain, largely shorn of their biological roots. In his centenary tribute to Karl Pearson, J. B. S. Haldane likened him to Columbus who "set out for China, and discovered America." The same might be said of Pearson's journal. Historical reference To mark the centenary of "one of the world's leading academic journals in statistical theory and methodology" a commemorative volume was produced, containing articles that had appeared in a special issue of the journal and a selection of classic papers published in the journal in the years 1939–1971. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.445. References External links Biometrika (1901) on the Internet Archive. 2011. Statistics journals Publications established in 1901 Quarterly journals Oxford University Press academic journals English-language journals