Statistical Methods and Applications (SMA) is the official Journal of the Italian Statistical Society. This international journal fosters the development of statistical methodology and its applications in biological, demographic, economic, health, physical, social, and other scientific domains. In particular, the journal emphasizes investigations of methodological foundations and methods that have broad applications.SMA includes two sections. The first is devoted to statistical methodology, publishing original contributions in all fields of statistics. In addition, this section periodically publishes critical reviews and discussions on recent developments in statistical theory and methods. The second section publishes papers devoted to original and innovative applications of recent statistical methodology and complex approaches of statistical data analysis.

統計方法與應用(SMA)是意大利統計學會的官方期刊。本國際期刊促進統計方法的發展，并在生物、人口、經濟、健康、物理、社會和其他科學領域的應用。特別是，該雜志強調調查方法的基礎和方法，具有廣泛的應用。SMA包括兩個部分。第一個致力于統計方法，在所有統計領域發表原始貢獻。此外，本節定期發表關于統計理論和方法的最新發展的評論和討論。第二部分發表論文，專門討論最新統計方法的原始和創新應用以及統計數據分析的復雜方法。