Eighth European Space Weather Week
November 28 - December 02, 2011 - Namur, Belgium


Publications -Special Issues of the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate



First results from the EU-FP7 projects on Security of space assets from space weather events
Deadline 30 March 2012

With reference to the Eighth European Space Weather Week held in Namur from 28 November to 2 December 2011, we are pleased to invite all contributions, oral and poster, presented in session 2 "Building the European SSA Space Weather Framework", to be submitted to the special issue: "First results from the EU-FP7 projects on Security of space assets from space weather events" in the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC) - http://www.swsc-journal.org/
Deadline for submissions is 30 March 2012. However, if you need some additional time to complete your submission, please do not hesitate to contact the SWSC editorial office swsc@edpsciences.org .
The type of contributions should fit the style of SWSC, which accepts regular research articles, short communications, invited reviews, technical and observational reports, strategic and educational articles and concise project reports. 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 and publication is free of charge.
The Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC) is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary open access journal, which publishes papers on all aspects of space weather and space climate.
Guidelines for submission of papers are on the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate web site under the menu item "Author information" (Instructions for authors).

Paola Chiarini, and Mats Ljungqvist, ESWW8 Session 2 conveners
Jean Lilensten and Anna Belehaki, EiC for SWSC


Space Climate
Deadline 29 February, 2012

It is my pleasure to draw your attention to the possibility of submitting papers to the Special issue on Space Climate in the Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate (SWSC).
This is an open call for papers discussing any aspect of Space Climate, i.e., the long-term change in the Sun and its effects in the heliosphere (solar wind, HMF, cosmic rays etc.) and the near-Earth space environment, including magnetosphere, ionosphere, and the solar effects on the atmosphere and climate.
This Special issue originates from, but is not restricted to contributions presented at the Space Climate Symposium-4 in January, 2011 in Goa, India, and in the Space Climate Session at the ESWW8 meeting in November 2011 in Namur, Belgium.
Only full-length papers written in readable English will be considered for publication, and are subject to peer review by two reviewers. There is no page limit although the length of the paper should be appropriate for the material being presented. Both original papers and, e.g., review papers (for instance from invited review talks presented in SC4) can be considered for publication.
Publication in SWSC is free of charge. The manuscripts should be submitted electronically to SWSC web page https://articlestatus.edpsciences.org/is/swsc/home.php by February 29, 2012
Please send the (preliminary, non-binding) title and author list of Your coming manuscript to kalevi.mursula@oulu.fi by January 15, 2012
The general format for submission of papers is on the SWSC web site - Author information.


Kalevi Mursula (for the Guest Editors)
Jean Lilensten and Anna Belehaki, EiC for SWSC