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Scope
Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS) publishes research that encompasses economics, policy analysis, political science, history, and institutional, social, and behavioral scholarship relating to weather and climate, including climate change. Contributions must include original social science research, evidence-based analysis, and relevance to the interactions of weather and climate with society.
Since many authors of WCAS papers are from social science disciplines, for which funding is generally more limited than in the physical sciences, the AMS Council has eliminated page charges for this journal.
2017 Impact Factor: 2.033 (#41 in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science1)
Submission Types
- Articles: Up to 7500 words (approximately 26 double-spaced pages), including the body text, acknowledgments, and appendixes. The word limit does not include the title page, abstract, references, captions, tables, and figures. If a submission exceeds the word limit, the author must provide a justification for the length of the manuscript and request the Chief Editor’s approval of the overage. This request may be uploaded in a document with the "Cover Letter" item type or entered in the comment field in the submission system.
- Reviews: Synthesis of previously published literature that may address successes, failures, and limitations. Requires Review Proposal. For more information, see Review Articles.
- Comment and Reply Exchange: Comments are written in response to a published article and should be submitted within 2 years of the publication date of the original article (although the editor can waive this limit in extenuating circumstances). The author of the original article has the opportunity to write a Reply. These exchanges are published together.
Editors and Staff Contacts
Chief Editor
Henry Huntington, Huntington Consulting
Editors
Walker S. Ashley, Northern Illinois University
Susan Cutter, University of South Carolina
Carla Roncoli, Emory University
Shubhayu Saha, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tanya Spero, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Associate Editors
Bogdan Antonescu, Romanian National Institute for Research and Development in Optoelectronics INOE 2000
Emma Archer, University of Pretoria
Harold Brooks, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Julie Demuth, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kristine Harper, Florida State University
Jennifer Henderson, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder
Grete K. Hovelsrud, Nord University
Peter Howe, Utah State University
Vladimir Jankovic, University of Manchester
Kimberly Klockow, CIMMS, University of Oklahoma and NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory
Maria-Carmen Lemos, University of Michigan
Thomas Schmidlin, Kent State University
Kathleen Sherman-Morris, Mississippi State University
Detlef Sprinz, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Alan Stewart, University of Georgia
Elke U. Weber, Princeton University
Peer Review Support Staff
Gwendolyn Whittaker, Assistant to Henry Huntington
Tiffany Bischoff, Assistant to Shubhayu Saha and Tanya Spero
Erin Gumbel, Assistant to Susan Cutter and Carla Roncoli
Chris Ziebarth, Assistant to Walker S. Ashley
Production Staff
Mark E. Fernau, Lead Technical Editor
Kristin Gilbert, Lead Copy Editor
Sheila Gafvert, Author Submission Support