About this journal

Aims and scope

Published by Sage from 2024.

Tribology, by its very nature, has always been dominated by how surfaces react to load, relative motion and chemical/physical reactions. With the increased sophistication of surface analytical tools and their increasing application in tribology, a very good understanding of the nature of tribochemical, tribophysical and tribocorrosion reactions is emerging. Tribology — Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces is at the forefront of this growing area and aims to meet the needs of both academia and industry. Contributions involving experimental approaches and/or modelling which advance the current understanding of tribology will be welcome. The scope includes:

Areas of focus:

• Functional coatings and surfaces
• Lubrication technology
• Tribocorrosion
• Tribofilm characterisation
• Surface analysis
• Biotribology
• Nanoscale tribology
• Extreme environment tribology

Peer Review Policy

All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor. If found suitable for further consideration, papers are subject to peer review by independent, anonymous expect referees. All peer-review is single anonymized and submissions can be submitted online via https://www.editorialmanager.com/TRIB

Publishing Ethics

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Journal metrics

Usage

  • 13K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 1.3 (2022) Impact Factor
  • 1.6 (2022) 5 year IF
  • 2.8 (2022) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.729 (2022) SNIP
  • 0.392 (2022) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 8 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 41 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 30 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 22% acceptance rate

Abstracting and indexing

Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces is included in the following services:

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Engineering Index (Compendex)

Engineering Research Database

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METADEX

Scopus

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Technology Research Database

Web of Science

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