Tropical Cyclone Research and Review

Tropical Cyclone Research and Review is a quarterly open access journal covering tropical cyclone monitoring, forecasting and research as well as related hydrological effects and disaster risk reduction, published by KeAi for the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee, and it recorded a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.1.《热带气旋研究与评论》（Tropical Cyclone Research and Review）是季度开放获取期刊，涵盖热带气旋监测、预报与研究以及相关水文效应与灾害风险降低，由（KeAi）为（ESCAP/WMO）台风委员会出版，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.1。

Scope

• Research articles report new findings on tropical cyclones across spatial and temporal scales, from the microscale to the climate scale.研究论文报告热带气旋在从微尺度到气候尺度的时空尺度上的新发现。
• Reviews examine one aspect of tropical cyclone science and may be initiated by the editorial board or proposed by authors.综述考察热带气旋科学的某一侧面，可由编委会发起，也可由作者提出。
• Case studies of individual cyclones cover forecast difficulties, severe damage, unusual tracks and changes in intensity or size.单个气旋的案例研究涵盖预报难点、严重灾害、异常路径以及强度或尺度变化。
• New monitoring and forecasting techniques are in scope, including ground-based, airborne, satellite and autonomous instruments, forecast methods, model development and artificial intelligence.新的监测与预报技术属于收稿范围，包括地基、机载、卫星与自主观测仪器、预报方法、模式发展与人工智能。
• Seasonal and long-term forecast verification and evaluation, and annual reports of tropical cyclone activities, are also published.季节与长期预报的检验和评估，以及热带气旋活动的年度报告，也在刊载之列。
• Contributions from all tropical cyclone basins are welcome, and associated hydrological effects and disaster risk reduction form part of the remit.欢迎所有热带气旋海盆的来稿，相关水文效应与灾害风险降低同属刊物职责。

History

• The first volume appeared in 2012, and volume 13 in 2024 carried four issues, which confirms the quarterly schedule.首卷于 2012 年出版，2024 年的第 13 卷共 4 期，确认了季度出版节奏。
• KeAi, the Beijing joint venture of China Science Publishing & Media and Elsevier, publishes the journal, which is hosted on ScienceDirect.本刊由（KeAi）出版并托管于（ScienceDirect），该公司是中国科技出版传媒与（Elsevier）在北京设立的合资企业。
• Publication costs are paid by the Asia-Pacific Typhoon Collaborative Research Center, so authors face no article processing charge, and articles carry the CC BY-NC-ND licence.出版费用由亚太台风研究中心承担，作者无需支付文章处理费，文章采用（CC BY-NC-ND）许可。
• It was accepted into DOAJ on 16 July 2020 and into Scopus on 2 January 2023, and it is also indexed in ESCI and GEOBASE.本刊于 2020 年 7 月 16 日被（DOAJ）收录，2023 年 1 月 2 日被（Scopus）收录，同时被（ESCI）与（GEOBASE）索引。
• The Journal Impact Factor rose from 4.1 in 2024 to 5.1 in 2025, ranking 24th of 114 titles at the 79.4th percentile, while CiteScore reached 5.5.期刊影响因子从 2024 年的 4.1 升至 2025 年的 5.1，在 114 种期刊中列第 24 位，百分位为 79.4，（CiteScore）达到 5.5。
• The journal carries ISSN 2225-6032 and e-ISSN 2589-3025 and is edited under the responsibility of the Shanghai Typhoon Institute and the Asia-Pacific Typhoon Collaborative Research Center.本刊的（ISSN）为 2225-6032，电子（ISSN）为 2589-3025，由上海台风研究所与亚太台风研究中心负责编辑。

Editors

• The editors-in-chief are Johnny C. L. Chan of the Asia-Pacific Typhoon Collaborative Research Center and City University of Hong Kong, Duan Yihong of the Typhoon Committee Secretariat and Tang Jie of the Shanghai Typhoon Institute.联合主编为亚太台风研究中心与香港城市大学的（Johnny C. L. Chan）、台风委员会秘书处的（Duan Yihong）以及上海台风研究所的（Tang Jie）。
• Nanette Lomarda of the Asia-Pacific Typhoon Collaborative Research Center is managing editor, supported by vice editors from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, the Typhoon Committee Secretariat, NOAA and the Shanghai Typhoon Institute.亚太台风研究中心的（Nanette Lomarda）任编辑部主任，副主编来自日本、韩国、香港、台风委员会秘书处、（NOAA）与上海台风研究所。
• Associate editors come from Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing University, Fudan University, the National Meteorological Centre, the Korea Meteorological Administration, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Japan, Australia, the Met Office and NOAA.副编辑来自南京信息工程大学、南京大学、复旦大学、国家气象中心、韩国气象厅以及马来西亚、泰国、越南、印度、日本、澳大利亚、（Met Office）与（NOAA）。
• International editorial advisors are Russell Elsberry of the Naval Postgraduate School, Chen Lianshou of the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences and Tsukasa Fujita of the RSMC Tokyo Typhoon Center.国际顾问为美国海军研究生院的（Russell Elsberry）、中国气象科学研究院的（Chen Lianshou）与东京区域专业气象中心台风中心的（Tsukasa Fujita）。
• Review is single blind, every contribution goes to at least two independent expert reviewers, and the editor takes the final decision.评审采用单盲方式，每篇稿件至少送两位独立专家审阅，由编辑作出最终决定。
• The board is organised around the working groups of the ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee on meteorology, hydrology, disaster risk reduction and training, and it includes forecasters and researchers from operational agencies.编委会围绕（ESCAP/WMO）台风委员会的气象、水文、灾害风险降低与培训工作组组建，成员包括业务机构的预报员与研究人员。