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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: 2366-7451

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.

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30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new institutional agreement with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Please read more.

30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new institutional agreement with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). 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.

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.

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Recent papers

08 Oct 2026

What matters for wind farm layout optimization? An assessment based on the effective layout distance

Matteo Baricchio, Jenna Iori, Pieter M. O. Gebraad, and Jan-Willem van Wingerden

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-176,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-176, 2026

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

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08 Oct 2026

Unsteady airfoil aerodynamics in attached flow: From unsteady thin-airfoil theory to wind turbine implementation

Ang Li, Mac Gaunaa, and Georg Raimund Pirrung

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-168,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-168, 2026

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

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08 Oct 2026

Spatial and economic prioritization for distributed wind

Sara Abril Guevara, Paula Pérez, Slater Podgorny, Paul Crook, Jane Lockshin, and Caleb Phillips

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3785–3801, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3785-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3785-2026, 2026

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05 Oct 2026

Brief Communication: Actuator Disk Models reproduce Actuator Line Model power and thrust fluctuation statistics in wind farm simulations

Manuel Ayala, Dennice F. Gayme, and Charles Meneveau

Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-161,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-161, 2026

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

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02 Oct 2026

Brief communication: A novel wake mixing phenomenon and key parameters for wake recovery of floating wind turbines subjected to surge motions

Christian W. Schulz, Michael Hölling, Joachim Peinke, and Thomas Messmer

Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 3775–3783, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3775-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-3775-2026, 2026

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