Weather, Climate, and Society

Vol. 1, 2009
Quarterly, first issue scheduled for Fall 2009

Weather, Climate, and Society, a quarterly journal of the American Meteorological Society, publishes scientific research and analysis on the interactions of weather and climate with society.  The journal encompasses economic, policy, institutional, social, behavioral, and international research, including mitigation and adaptation to weather and climate change.  Articles may focus on a broad range of topics at the interface of weather and/or climate and society, including the socioeconomic, policy, or technological influences on weather and climate, the socioeconomic or cultural impacts of weather and climate, ethics and equity issues associated with weather, climate, and society, and the historical and cultural contexts of weather, climate, and society.  Because of the interdisciplinary subject matter, articles that involve both natural/physical scientists and social scientists are particularly encouraged. 

In the atmospheric and related sciences communities page charges, generally funded by grants, are a standard part of the publication process.  Together with subscriptions they comprise the bulk of the revenue used to pay for the production, composition, and publication costs.  We expect many of the authors of papers for Weather, Climate, and Society to be from the social and behavioral science communities.  AMS recognizes that many WCAS authors have no funding for the publication process; AMS will not expect these authors to pay page charges. If you are an author without publication funding support, we ask that you follow the instructions in the upload process for submitting a manuscript and applying for a waiver of the page charges.  Note that waivers can be for part or all of the charges; if some authors have funding and some do not the charges can be split and partially waived.

The AMS is thrilled to be publishing Weather, Climate, and Society and welcomes your submission.

Weather, Climate, and Society prints several types of pieces.  These include:

• Articles –Articles are up to 7500 words of text (not including references, figure and table lists, and figures)
  
  
• Expedited Contributions - Shorter articles with an expedited peer-review and publication cycle, limited to 2,500 words or 9 double-spaced pages of text (not including references, figure and table lists, and figures) and no more than 6 figures and tables. Expedited contributions undergo one round of reviews within 2 weeks of receipt by the Editorial office, and authors will have a deadline of 4 weeks to complete revisions. Expedited Contributions should be published 10 to 12 weeks after final acceptance. If the manuscript grows beyond the length or figure criteria specified above during the review and revision, or if it requires a second round of reviews, the contribution will move out of the expedited contributions category and will be considered as a regular article.
  
  
• Policy Fora – Policy fora synthesize or integrate policy debates with scientific research.  Length can be up to 1500 words.
  
  
• Reviews – Reviews of books, workshops, and gray literature are solicited by the editors.  The editors also welcome proposals for reviews.|
  
  
• Discussion – Comments from readers, not to exceed 500 words, may be written in response to a published article, note, or forum.  The author of the article being commented upon always has the opportunity to write a reply.  These exchanges are published together.

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