Journal subject areas

Wind Energy Science welcomes contributions on the following topics:

  • wind and the atmosphere (atmospheric physics; wind and turbulence);
  • fluid mechanics (wind turbine aerodynamics; wakes and wind farm aerodynamics; aeroacoustics; hydrodynamics);
  • dynamics and control (dynamics and aeroservoelasticity; wind turbine control; wind farm control);
  • wind technologies (design concepts and methods for plants, turbines and components; systems engineering; offshore technology; airborne technology);
  • materials and operation (material science and structural mechanics; structural monitoring and testing; fatigue; end-of-life assessment and lifetime extension; operation and maintenance, condition monitoring, reliability);
  • electrical conversion, integration and impacts (electrical conversion, grid integration and Wind-to-X; forecasting and market integration; sustainability, environmental and socio-economic aspects).
Editor in chief Chief editors Thematic areas Area-specific topics Associate editors
Carlo L. Bottasso Jakob Mann
Julia Gottschall
Area 1
Wind and the atmosphere
Atmospheric physics
Wind and turbulence
Archer, Arnqvist, Aubrun, Bastankhah, Brunner, Cal, Cheynet, Gottschall, Hahmann, Lampert, Larsén, Lundquist, Mann, Meyers, Peinke, Peña, Schmehl, Wildmann, Yamaguchi
Sandrine Aubrun Area 2
Fluid mechanics
Wind turbine aerodynamics
Wakes and wind farm aerodynamics
Aeroacoustics
Archer, Aubrun, Bastankhah, Bianchini, Branlard, Brunner, Cal, Hahmann, Lundquist, Mann, Meyers, Peinke, Peña, Schmehl, Sørensen, Uzol, Wildmann, Yang
Hydrodynamics Bachynski-Polić, Branlard, Brunner, Collu, Robertson, Sørensen, Uzol, Yang
Paul Fleming Area 3
Dynamics and control
Dynamics and aeroservoelasticity Aubrun, Bachynski-Polić, Bastankhah, Bianchini, Collu, Croce, Fleming, King, Muskulus, Peinke, Schmehl, van Wingerden, Zhang
Wind turbine control
Wind farm control
Archer, Aubrun, Bachynski-Polić, Bastankhah, Cal, Dykes, King, Lundquist, Meyers, Nejad, van Wingerden
Paul Veers Area 4
Wind technologies
Design concepts and methods for plants, turbines and components
Systems engineering
Bachynski-Polić, Bianchini, Collu, Croce, Dykes, Guo, Hu, Kolios, Muskulus, Nejad, Rolfes, Schmehl, Veers, Whale
Offshore technology Bachynski-Polić, Collu, Dykes, Guo, Muskulus, Nejad, Robertson, Rolfes, Whale
Airborne technology Croce, Guo, Schmehl, Veers, Whale
Athanasios Kolios Area 5
Materials and operation
Material science and structural mechanics
Structural monitoring and testing
Fatigue
End-of-life assessment and lifetime extension
Operation and maintenance, condition monitoring, reliability
Dimitrov, Guo, Hu, Jin, Kolios, Mikkelsen, Muskulus, Nejad, Rolfes, Sheng, Teuwen, Vidal
Nicolaos A. Cutululis Area 6
Electrical conversion, integration and impacts
Electrical conversion, grid integration and Wind-to-X Hansen, Ioannou, King
Forecasting and market integration Archer, Ioannou
Sustainability, environmental and socio-economic aspects Ioannou, King, Ram, Rudolph, Teilmann