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Editor-in-chief: Carlo L. Bottasso

Chief editors: Sandrine Aubrun, Nicolaos A. Cutululis, Paul Fleming, Julia Gottschall, Athanasios Kolios, Jakob Mann & Paul Veers

eISSN: WES 2366-7451, WESD 2366-7621

Wind Energy Science is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of studies that take an interdisciplinary perspective of fundamental or pioneering research in wind energy.

JIF4.9

JIF 5-year4.8

CiteScore7.5

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13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

13 Feb 2026 University of Western Ontario partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new agreement with Western Libraries at the University of Western Ontario, providing a 50% APC reduction for eligible corresponding authors submitting from 1 January 2026. Please read more.

09 Feb 2026 Wind Energy Science turns 10!

We are proud to announce the publication of a special editorial celebrating the first decade of Wind Energy Science. This milestone is a tribute to the vibrant community of authors, reviewers, editors, and readers who have shaped the journal into a leading platform for open, rigorous wind energy research. Read the 10th anniversary editorial.

09 Feb 2026 Wind Energy Science turns 10!

We are proud to announce the publication of a special editorial celebrating the first decade of Wind Energy Science. This milestone is a tribute to the vibrant community of authors, reviewers, editors, and readers who have shaped the journal into a leading platform for open, rigorous wind energy research. Read the 10th anniversary editorial.

03 Dec 2025 New MS Word template available for manuscript preparation

The existing MS Word template for authors has been significantly expanded and now includes many important notes on the standard sections that must be included in the manuscript. Please visit the "Submission" page, section "Templates for your manuscript file" and download the new template before writing your next manuscript.

03 Dec 2025 New MS Word template available for manuscript preparation

The existing MS Word template for authors has been significantly expanded and now includes many important notes on the standard sections that must be included in the manuscript. Please visit the "Submission" page, section "Templates for your manuscript file" and download the new template before writing your next manuscript.

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Recent papers

30 Mar 2026

Floating offshore wind in Japan: addressing the challenges, efforts, and research gaps for large-scale commercialization

Ryota Wada, Amir R. Nejad, Kazuhiro Iijima, Junji Shimazaki, Mihaela Ibrion, Shinnosuke Wanaka, Hideo Nomura, Yoshitaka Mizushima, Takuya Nakashima, and Ken Takagi

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 1013–1056, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-1013-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-1013-2026, 2026

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30 Mar 2026

Convolutional versus graph-based surrogate models for inter-farm wake prediction using multi-fidelity transfer learning

Jens Peter Schøler, Frederik Peder Weilmann Rasmussen, M. Paul van der Laan, Alfredo Peña, and Pierre-Elouan Réthoré

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-54,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-54, 2026

Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)

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26 Mar 2026

How well can the Mann model describe typhoon turbulence?

Sara Müller, Xiaoli Guo Larsén, and Fei Hu

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 961–981, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-961-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-961-2026, 2026

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26 Mar 2026

The lattice Boltzmann method for wind farm simulations: a review

Henry Korb, Jean Bastin, Henrik Asmuth, and Stefan Ivanell

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 983–1012, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-983-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-983-2026, 2026

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26 Mar 2026

Improving offshore wind data from reanalyses using ship-based lidar measurements

Hugo Rubio, Ville Vakkari, Martin Kühn, and Julia Gottschall

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-50,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-50, 2026

Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)

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