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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.

JIF
JIF4.9
JIF 5-year
JIF 5-year4.8
CiteScore
CiteScore7.5
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.

News

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.

28 May 2025 New co-review option in WES

WES now offers a co-review option for referees. Please read more.

28 May 2025 New co-review option in WES

WES now offers a co-review option for referees. Please read more.

Recent papers

13 Feb 2026
Reductions in wind farm main bearing rating lives resulting from wake impingement
Julian Quick, Edward Hart, Marcus Binder Nilsen, Rasmus Sode Lund, Jaime Liew, Piinshin Huang, Pierre-Elouan Rethore, Jonathan Keller, Wooyong Song, and Yi Guo
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 493–507, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-493-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-493-2026, 2026
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13 Feb 2026
Fast blockage models for wind-farm power prediction
Koen Devesse and Johan Meyers
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-14,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-14, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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13 Feb 2026
Validation of RANS-calibrated engineering models and ANN-based surrogate for wind farm flow simulation and layout optimization
Jens Peter Schøler, Ernestas Simutis, M. Paul van der Laan, Julian Quick, and Pierre-Elouan Réthoré
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-19,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-19, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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12 Feb 2026
Experimental investigation of wind turbine controllers for the Hybrid-Lambda Rotor
Daniel Ribnitzky, Vlaho Petrović, and Martin Kühn
Wind Energ. Sci., 11, 469–491, https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-469-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-11-469-2026, 2026
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12 Feb 2026
Characterizing Coastal Turbulence and Wind Speed Gradients Using an Anemometer Array to Improve Offshore Wind Energy Assessment
Henry Potter and Beibei E
Wind Energ. Sci. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-21,https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-2026-21, 2026
Preprint under review for WES (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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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.