Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (JSWSC) is an international multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary peer-reviewed gold open access journal that publishes papers on all aspects of space weather and space climate in the solar system and beyond. JSWSC welcomes high-quality manuscripts from a broad range of scientific and technical fields of interest to the space weather and space climate communities.

JSWSC publishes research articles, technical articles, scientific reviews, papers on education and public outreach, historical events and observations, strategic and programmatic articles, and project reports.

Open Access

Research Article

Dynamic modeling of the Earth’s trapped proton environment

Xiaojing Xu, Steve R. Blattnig, Francis F. Badavi, Martha S. Clowdsley and Edward J. Semones

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 5

Published online: 10 February 2026
Open Access

Research Article

Comparison of the modelled geoelectric fields of the Carrington and Halloween storms

Ari Viljanen, Elena Marshalko, Liisa Juusola, Tiera Laitinen and Kirsti Kauristie

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 4

Published online: 21 January 2026
Open Access

Research Article

Three-dimensional metal ion flow in the polar ionosphere simulated by a new ionospheric model

Satoshi Andoh, Hiroyuki Shinagawa, Hidekatsu Jin, Chihiro Tao and Keisuke Hosokawa

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 3

Published online: 21 January 2026
Topical Issue - Severe space weather events of May 2024 and their impacts

Open Access

Research Article

Sun-to-Mud observations of the May and October storms of 2024: impacts on Ireland’s Space Weather

Alexandra Ruth Fogg, Amy R. Lucas, Laura A. Hayes, Serhii M. Ivanov, Simon J. Walker, John Malone-Leigh, Sophie A. Murray, Sadhbh R. Leahy, Caitríona M. Jackman and Peter T. Gallagher

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 2

Published online: 15 January 2026
Open Access

Technical Article

Estimating COSMIC ionospheric radio occultation foF₂ error using the three-cornered hat method

Simin Zhang, Xiaocheng Wu, Xiong Hu and Junfeng Yang

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 16 (2026) 1

Published online: 07 January 2026
Topical Issue - Swarm 10-Year Anniversary

Open Access

Research Article

Global occurrences of whistlers detected in the Extremely Low Frequencies during Absolute Scalar Magnetometer burst mode acquisition campaigns of the Swarm mission

Pierdavide Coïsson, Louis Chauvet, Martin Jenner, Robin Deborde, Gauthier Hulot and Rémi Madelon

J. Space Weather Space Clim., 15 (2025) 58

Published online: 11 December 2025

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Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Dynamic modeling of the Earth’s trapped proton environment

Comparison of the modelled geoelectric fields of the Carrington and Halloween storms

Three-dimensional metal ion flow in the polar ionosphere simulated by a new ionospheric model

Sun-to-Mud observations of the May and October storms of 2024: impacts on Ireland’s Space Weather

Estimating COSMIC ionospheric radio occultation foF₂ error using the three-cornered hat method

Global occurrences of whistlers detected in the Extremely Low Frequencies during Absolute Scalar Magnetometer burst mode acquisition campaigns of the Swarm mission

The 1859 space weather event revisited: limits of extreme activity

Where does Earth’s atmosphere get its energy?

Neutron monitor count rate increase as a proxy for dose rate assessment at aviation altitudes during GLEs

Planetary space weather: scientific aspects and future perspectives

Comparison of the modelled geoelectric fields of the Carrington and Halloween storms

Where does Earth’s atmosphere get its energy?

The 1859 space weather event revisited: limits of extreme activity

Geomagnetic solar flare effects: a review

What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The space weather modeling framework

The Maunder minimum and the Little Ice Age: an update from recent reconstructions and climate simulations

A Canadian perspective on the May 2024 space weather event

The 1859 space weather event revisited: limits of extreme activity

Where does Earth’s atmosphere get its energy?

What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The space weather modeling framework

Geomagnetic solar flare effects: a review

What sustained multi-disciplinary research can achieve: The space weather modeling framework

The flare likelihood and region eruption forecasting (FLARECAST) project: flare forecasting in the big data & machine learning era

Accuracy assessment of the quiet-time ionospheric F2 peak parameters as derived from COSMIC-2 multi-GNSS radio occultation measurements

The operational and research DTM-2020 thermosphere models

The Interplanetary and Magnetospheric causes of Geomagnetically Induced Currents (GICs) > 10 A in the Mäntsälä Finland Pipeline: 1999 through 2019

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2024 5-year Impact Factor*: 2.9

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