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Editor-in-chief: Carlo L. Bottasso
Chief editors: Sandrine Aubrun, Nicolaos A. Cutululis, Paul Fleming, Athanasios Kolios, Jakob Mann, Joachim Peinke, Gerard J.W. van Bussel & 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
JIF 5-year
JIF 5-year4.3
CiteScore
CiteScore6.3
Google h5-index
Google h5-index37
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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.

Recent papers

07 Dec 2023
Operations and Maintenance Cost Comparison Between 15 MW Direct-Drive and Medium-Speed Offshore Wind Turbines
Orla Donnelly, Fraser Anderson, and James Carroll
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-156,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-156, 2023
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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06 Dec 2023
Quantifying the effect of low-frequency fatigue dynamics on offshore wind turbine foundations: a comparative study
Negin Sadeghi, Pietro D'Antuono, Nymfa Noppe, Koen Robbelein, Wout Weijtjens, and Christof Devriendt
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1839–1852, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1839-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1839-2023, 2023
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06 Dec 2023
Wear test programs for roller-type pitch bearings of wind turbines
Matthias Stammler
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1821–1837, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1821-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1821-2023, 2023
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06 Dec 2023
Understanding the impact of data gaps on long-term offshore wind resource estimates
Martin Georg Jonietz Alvarez, Warren Watson, and Julia Gottschall
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-127,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2023-127, 2023
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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05 Dec 2023
Electrostatic discharge impacts on the main shaft bearings of wind turbines
Jian Zhao, Xiangdong Xu, and Ola Carlson
Wind Energ. Sci., 8, 1809–1819, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1809-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-8-1809-2023, 2023
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News

29 Jun 2023 WES received its first Impact Factor

The Wind Energy Science Editorial Board is proud to announce that the journal has just been awarded an Impact Factor of 4.0, the first after its foundation in 2016. Please find further information on the journal metrics page.

29 Jun 2023 WES received its first Impact Factor

The Wind Energy Science Editorial Board is proud to announce that the journal has just been awarded an Impact Factor of 4.0, the first after its foundation in 2016. Please find further information on the journal metrics page.

27 Jun 2023 Referee nomination improved

To offer our journal editors a better service and an improved experience in our online system, we have significantly improved the referee nomination tool in our review system Copernicus Office Editor. Experience more and take a look.

27 Jun 2023 Referee nomination improved

To offer our journal editors a better service and an improved experience in our online system, we have significantly improved the referee nomination tool in our review system Copernicus Office Editor. Experience more and take a look.

27 Jan 2023 New agreement between Jisc and Copernicus Publications

Copernicus Publications is delighted to announce a new agreement with the UK-based Jisc (Joint Information Systems Committee) to streamline open-access publishing for their members. Read more.

27 Jan 2023 New agreement between Jisc and Copernicus Publications

Copernicus Publications is delighted to announce a new agreement with the UK-based Jisc (Joint Information Systems Committee) to streamline open-access publishing for their members. Read more.

Notice on the current situation in Ukraine

To show our support for Ukraine, all fees for papers from authors (first or corresponding authors) affiliated to Ukrainian institutions are automatically waived, regardless if these papers are co-authored by scientists affiliated to Russian and/or Belarusian institutions. The only exception will be if the corresponding author or first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) are from a Russian and/or Belarusian institution, in that case the APCs are not waived.

In accordance with current European restrictions, Copernicus Publications does not step into business relations with and issue APC-invoices (articles processing charges) to Russian and Belarusian institutions. The peer-review process and scientific exchange of our journals including preprint posting is not affected. However, these restrictions require that the first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) has an affiliation and invoice address outside Russia or Belarus.