About this journal
Aims and scope
The Journal of Adhesion provides the perfect forum for these discussions of the basic and applied problems in adhesion.
Our mission is to help scientists, engineers, and all academic and industrial researchers alike, keep abreast of the most recent developments in the various aspects of adhesion science and technology.
We consider relevant papers on:
- fundamental aspects of adhesion;
- the science and technology of surfaces;
- advances in adhesive materials;
- mechanical properties of bonded joints;
- innovative designs and applications;
- testing and standardization;
- industrial aspects;
- quality procedures;
- environmental and ecological aspects;
- and emerging areas such as bioadhesion and bioadheives.
Papers are considered relevant if they explore how systems of joined materials respond to mechanical or other disruptive influences. Experimental papers are required to incorporate theoretical background, and likewise, theoretical papers must relate to practice.
Peer Review Policy
All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, will be peer-reviewed by independent and anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized.
Publishing Ethics Statement
The Journal adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) and utilizes Similarity Check via CrossRef for all journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/.
The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy which can be viewed here: https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/peer-review-appeals-and-complaints-from-authors/.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 85K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.6 (2023) 5 year IF
- 5.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.162 (2023) SNIP
- 0.584 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 16 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 29 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 38% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Lucas F.M. da Silva
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)
[email protected]
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Robert D. Adams, University of Oxford, UK
Maëlenn Aufray, INP-ENSIACET, France
Majid R. Ayatollahi, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Robert E. Baier, State University of New York, USA
Silvio de Barros, CEFET/RJ, Brazil
Andrea Bernasconi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Bamber R.K. Blackman, Imperial College London, UK
Maurice Brogly, Université de Haute Alsace, France
James G. Broughton, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Michal Budzik, Aarhus University, Denmark
Raul Campilho, ISEP, Portugal
Luisa Carvalho, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, Portugal
John Comyn, Loughborough University, UK
Romain Créac'hcadec, ENSTA Bretagne, France
Andrew D. Crocombe, University of Surrey, UK
Klaus Dilger, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
David A. Dillard, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, USA
Eugenio Dragoni, Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Paul Geiss, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
Luca Goglio, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Stanislav N. Gorb, Zoological Institute at the University of Kiel, Germany
Jens Holtmannspötter, Bundeswehr / WIWeB, Germany
Yukihiro Kusano, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Weidong Li, Dalian University of Technology, China
Brian J. Love, University of Michigan, USA
Eduardo Marques, INEGI, Portugal
Miguel Martinez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Kash Mittal, Adhesion science consultant, USA
Alessandro Pirondi, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy
Antonio Pizzi, ENSTIB-LERMAB, University of Lorraine, France
Wulff Possart, Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Juan Carlos Del Real, Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid, Spain
Lukasz Sadowski, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
Erol Sancaktar, The University of Akron, USA
Chiaki Sato, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Roger Sauer, Aachen University, Germany
Martin E. R. Shanahan, Université Bordeaux 1, France
Louis H. Sharpe, Past Editor of The Journal of Adhesion, USA
Konstantinos Tserpes, University of Patras, Greece
Till Vallée, Fraunhofer IFAM, Germany
Junying Zhang, Beijing University of Chemical and Technology, China
Min Ling, Zhejiang University, China
Abstracting and indexing
Currently abstracted and/or indexed in:
• Chemical Abstracts ServiceChemical Abstracts Online
• EBSCOhost
Inspec
various others
• Elsevier BV
Chimica
Compendex
PaperChem
Scopus
• Genamics JournalSeek
• International Atomic Energy Agency
INIS Collection Search
• OCLC
ArticleFirst
Electronic Collections Online
• Ovid
Inspec
• ProQuest
Corrosion Abstracts Online
Engineered Materials Abstracts
METADEX
Polymer Library
various others
• Clarivate Analytics
Current Contents
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Web of Science
• World Ceramics Abstracts Online
Open access
The Journal of Adhesion is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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