EDP Sciences is pleased to announce the introduction of the ePUB digital format for all SWSC articles.
We have extended our existing suite of publication formats (PDF, HTML) to include ePUB, offering a range of formats to suit our readers varying needs.
ePUB is a format used for digital documents, it will allow scientific articles to be read on most of specialized eReaders and tablets.
The ePUB version will allow to download scientific texts and to read them very easily in an offline environment. ePUB adapts to suit different screen sizes, making for optimum text display and greater reading comfort.
Of interest to our readers may be sessions:
"Space-Weather and ionospheric effects on telecommunication and satellite systems"
"Space-Weather program activities having relevance to ionospheric effects on C3I and navigation systems"
NOTE: Abstract submission deadline is 20 January 2015
See http://www.iugg2015prague.com/
Of interest to our readers may be sessions:
A18: "Sun-Earth System Response to Extreme Solar Events and Space Weather"
A35: "High Resolution Data for Space Plasma Turbulence, and Applications to Space Weather and Space Climate"
A43: "Characterization of Ionospheric and Magnetospheric Processes from Ground and Satellite Observations and Their Connection to Space Weather"
JA2: "Modelling of Space Weather Effects: Solar, Magnetospheric and Earth Resistivity Constraint"
NOTE: Abstract submission deadline is 31 January 2015
See http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2015
Of interest to our readers may be sessions:
ST07: "Space Weather Forecasting: the Science and Operations"
ST11: "Radio Science in Space Weather"
ST24: "Solar activity, Space Weather and Space Climate in SCOSTEP’s VarSITI program"
ST26: "Solar Irradiance and Climate Variation"
NOTE: Abstract submission deadline is 18 February 2015
In 2014 Thomson-Reuters computed for the first time a two-year impact factor for SWSC, based on articles published in SWSC in the years 2011 and 2012 and cited in 2013. This 2013 impact factor is 2.519 (1.333 excluding self citations, i.e., references in SWSC articles to SWSC articles). The Immediacy Index (citations in 2013 of SWSC articles published in 2013) is 0.600. This is comparable to the relevant numbers for the AGU Space Weather journal, the only other journal known to us with prime emphasis on space weather.
In 2013, a set of three medals in Space Weather has been created on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the European Space Weather Week. These medals are now becoming an annual event, with a medal ceremony during the European Space Weather Week (next edition ESWW11, November 17-21, 2014, Liège, Belgium, http://www.stce.be/esww11/). The deadline for submission of proposals is September, 14th 2014.
For details see http://www.stce.be/esww11/medals.php.
A school "Space Weather for Engineers" will be organised October 15-17, 2014, in Leuven, Belgium. The School is targeted at training engineering personnel so that they are capable of taking protective measures when Space Weather alerts are issued, to the benefit of their companies.
For more information see http://www.stce.be/esww11/sw4e.php.
The 11th Edition of the European Space Weather Week will take place on 17-21 November 2014 in Belgium. The ESWW will again adopt the central aim of bringing together the diverse groups in Europe working on different aspects of Space Weather. This includes but is not limited to the scientific community, the engineering community, applications developers, service providers and service end users.
Information about the search is posted on the AGU web site. Interested scientists are asked to submit a Letter of Interest by 7th March 2014, but AGU is extending this deadline two weeks.
Space Weather commenced publication ten years again, in 2013. Under the expert editorship of Dr. Louis Lanzerotti, and with a focus on both the research and impacts of space weather, it has become a beloved and unique journal for the aeronomy, space science, heliospheric and solar communities.
The new Editor-in-Chief will have the responsibility of selecting additional Editors, and guiding the Space Weather Journal and Quarterly into the digital future. If you might be interested in this opportunity, or know of colleagues who might be suitable, please consider submitting a Letter of Interest to AGU, or encouraging your colleagues to do so. The Search Committee for the Space Weather Editor-in-Chief will be soliciting and interviewing potential candidates over the next month or so, and would love to hear from you!
Contact the president of the search committee This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Deadline 15 September 2013
The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC, http://www.swsc-journal.org/) plans a Special Issue on "Solar variability, solar forcing and coupling mechanisms in the terrestrial atmosphere", to appear in 2014. This topical issue is organised by the Editors-in-Chief of SWSC, conveners of three sessions at the latest general assembly of the EGU (Vienna, 8-12 April 2013), and members of the COST Action TOSCA (http://www.tosca-cost.eu).The three EGU sessions are:
Authors of oral and poster presentations given at the conference are hereby encouraged to submit manuscripts. However, this special issue is open to all and is not exclusively limited to conference participants.
This interdisciplinary issue will address:
Important deadlines are:
All manuscripts will be peer reviewed according to the quality standards of international scientific journals. The type of contributions must fit the style of SWSC. It is therefore required that all manuscripts submitted for publication in SWSC contain enough new insight, present the results against a properly referenced background of existing work, and present adequate evidence that supports the conclusions. Accepted papers are published in electronic format only and are freely accessible by all.
The guest editors are G. Cessateur (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ), M. Kretzschmar (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) and T. Dudok de Wit (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ). For questions regarding this special issue or the submission process, please contact any of the three guest editors.
Deadline 15th October 2013 extended to 30th November 2013
All authors of oral and poster presentations given at the conference are invited to submit manuscripts for a Topical Issue "Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications" of the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC, http://www.swsc-journal.org/) to appear in 2014. It will be jointly organized by the Editors-in-Chief (EiC) of SWSC and the conveners of the session "Space Weather and its Effects on Terrestrial and Geo-Space Environments: Science and Applications" at the EGU conference, Vienna, 8-12 April 2013.
Deadlines
If you need additional time to complete your submission, please do not hesitate to contact the SWSC editorial office at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
The type of contributions must fit the style of SWSC. All manuscripts are peer reviewed according to the quality standards of international scientific journals. It is therefore required that all manuscripts submitted for publication in SWSC contain enough new insight; present the results against a properly referenced background of existing work; present adequate evidence that supports the conclusions; write clearly, concisely and comprehensively and include all necessary and appropriate figures and tables but not more. Accepted papers are published in electronic form only.
Viviane Pierrard, Topical EiC
Hanna Rothkaehl and Robert Bentley, Associate EiC
Anna Belehaki and Jean Lilensten, SWSC Editors-in-Chief
SWSC is now indexed in the DOAJ database. Directory of Open Access Journals is a service that provides access to quality controlled Open Access Journals. The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system, and it will not be limited to particular languages or subject areas. The aim of the Directory is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.
