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Call for Papers

The JOS Editorial Board invites submissions to the Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence in Official Statistics – Exploration and Exploitation

 The special issue of the Journal of Official Statistics aims to present the current state of exploring and exploiting Artificial Intelligence (AI) in official statistics production. We welcome submissions relevant, though not limited, to the key themes in this area: efficiency improvement, the use of new data sources, use of large general-purpose (foundation) models and generative AI, AI in design and data collection and dissemination, quality assurance, interdisciplinary collaboration, hybrid approaches where AI is successfully incorporated in human-centric intelligent systems, and trustworthy, fair and explainable AI.

• Deadline for submission: September 30, 2025.
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• Publishing: JOS September issue 2026 (online upon acceptance)

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Publisher: 
Joakim Stymne (Statistics Sweden)

Editors-in-Chief:
Suad Elezović (Statistics Sweden)
Lilli Japec (Statistics Sweden), chair
Henri Luomaranta-Helmivuo (Statistics Finland)
Yingfu Xie (Statistics Sweden)
Li-Chun Zhang (Statistics Norway)

Book Review Editor:
Alina Matei (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

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