Wind Energy Science
Wind Energy Science
WES
Open access Public peer review Article level metrics Moderate APCs
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Open access Public peer review Article level metrics Moderate APCs Financial support
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.

JIF
JIF4.9
JIF 5-year
JIF 5-year4.8
CiteScore
CiteScore7.5
Google h5-index
Google h5-index46
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Follow the discussions on newly posted manuscripts and take part by commenting on WES preprints! Wind Energy Science has an innovative two-stage publication process involving the scientific discussion forum Wind Energy Science Discussions (WESD), which has been designed to maximize the effectiveness and transparency of scientific quality assurance and foster scientific discourse.

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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

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
On the effects of bat protection strategies on energy production and structural loads of wind farms
Vasilis Pettas, Tuhfe Göçmen, Thomas Duc, and Andreas Vad
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-56,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-56, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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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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24 Mar 2026
An inter-comparison study on the impact of atmospheric boundary layer height on gigawatt-scale wind plant performance
Stefan Ivanell, Warit Chanprasert, Luca Lanzilao, James Bleeg, Johan Meyers, Antoine Mathieu, Søren Juhl Andersen, Rem-Sophia Mouradi, Eric Dupont, Hugo Olivares-Espinosa, and Niels Troldborg
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 937–960, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-937-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-937-2026, 2026
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