The Austrian Journal of Statistics (ISSN 1026597X) is an free and open-access journal without any charges/fees and the copyright is regulated by the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY). It has a long history back to the 60's, and it is published quarterly by the Austrian Statistical Society. Its general objective is to promote and extend the use of statistical methods in all kind of theoretical and applied disciplines. Special emphasis is on methods and results in official statistics. It is listed in many indices, and approved to be listed in Scopus / SCImago by May 2016. Editors 2014-2016 Matthias Templ 2004-2013 Herwig Friedl 2002-2012 Rudolf Dutter