Tribology Letters is devoted to the development of the science of tribology and its applications, particularly focusing on publishing high-quality papers at the forefront of tribological science and that address the fundamentals of friction, lubrication, wear, or adhesion. The journal facilitates communication and exchange of seminal ideas among thousands of practitioners who are engaged worldwide in the pursuit of tribology-based science and technology.
- Devoted to the development of the science of tribology and its applications
- Presents new information on the properties of surfaces and interfaces in relative motion, including friction, lubrication, wear, adhesion, failure and contact phenomena
- Fosters exchange of ideas among practitioners and researchers worldwide
- 100% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again
Journal information
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Nicholas D. Spencer
- Editors
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- David Burris,
- Juliette Cayer-Barrioz,
- Ashlie Martini
- Publishing model
- Hybrid. Open Access options available
Journal metrics
- 2.566 (2019)
- Impact factor
- 2.576 (2019)
- Five year impact factor
- 24 days
- Submission to first decision
- 112 days
- Submission to acceptance
- 245,297 (2019)
- Downloads
Latest issue
Latest articles
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En Route to the Automated Wear Surface Classification System: Differentiating Between Adhesive, Abrasive, and Corrosive Wear Under Different Load Conditions
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Dependence of Tribological Performance and Tribopolymerization on the Surface Binding Strength of Selected Cycloalkane-Carboxylic Acid Additives
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Low Friction of Diamond-Like Carbon Film Due to Liquid Hydrocarbon Generated by Laser Heating in a Nitrogen Gas Environment
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About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-2711
- Print ISSN
- 1023-8883
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- AGRICOLA
- CNKI
- Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
- Current Contents/Engineering, Computing and Technology
- EBSCO Academic Search
- EBSCO Engineering Source
- EBSCO STM Source
- EI Compendex
- EnCompassLit
- INSPEC
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- ProQuest Central
- ProQuest Engineering
- ProQuest Materials Science and Engineering Database
- ProQuest SciTech Premium Collection
- ProQuest Technology Collection
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Science Citation Index
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch)
- Semantic Scholar
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- WTI Frankfurt eG
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