Friction Open Access Editor-in-Chief: Jianbin Luo
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  • Friction is a single-blind peer-reviewed open access journal published by Tsinghua University Press on behalf of the State Key Laboratory of Tribology in Advanced Equipment (Tsinghua University, China) and the Tribology Institute of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society.

    It publishes the theoretical and experimental research works related to the friction, lubrication and wear. Original, high quality research papers and review articles on all aspects of tribology are welcome, including, but are not limited to, a variety of topics, such as:

    • Friction: Origin of friction, Friction theories, New phenomena of friction, Nano-friction, Ultra-low friction, Molecular friction, Ultra-high friction, Friction at high speed, Friction at high temperature or low temperature, Friction at solid/liquid interfaces, Bio-friction, Adhesion, etc.
    • Lubrication: Superlubricity, Green lubricants, Nano-lubrication, Boundary lubrication, Thin film lubrication, Elastohydrodynamic lubrication, Mixed lubrication, New lubricants, New additives, Gas lubrication, Solid lubrication, etc.
    • Wear: Wear materials, Wear mechanism, Wear models, Wear in severe conditions, Wear measurement, Wear monitoring, etc.
    • Surface Engineering: Surface texturing, Molecular films, Surface coatings, Surface modification, Bionic surfaces, etc.
    • Basic Sciences: Tribology system, Principles of tribology, Thermodynamics of tribo-systems, Micro-fluidics, Thermal stability of tribo-systems, etc.

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  • Editor-in-Chief: Jianbin Luo

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  • Tsinghua University

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  • Tsinghua University Press

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  • 6.3

    Impact Factor (2023)

  • 12.9

    CiteScore (2023)

  • 55 days

    First Decision

  • 148 days

    Acceptance

  • 60 days

    Publication

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Wear mechanism of steel materials oxide form conversion at the friction interface conducted by lubricants containing varying hydrogen
Xinbo Wang, Lili Jin, Hao Zhang, Ruifeng Xu, Oleksandr Stelmakh, Zhiliang Jin, Yansong Liu
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Mechanisms of MoS2 dry film lubricant behavior at low temperatures
Abrar Faiyad, Fakhrul H. Bhuiyan, Azhar Vellore, Duval A. Johnson, Andrew Kennett, Ashlie Martini
Research Article 20 February 2025
A comprehensive review of electro-tribological behavior in conductive lubricants
Xiang Xi, Zijie Zhao, Hailong Li, Wei Gu, Wen Xie, Wenyi Zhang, Chih-An Lo, Lin Xue, Hongqiang Chu, Linhua Jiang
Review Article 15 January 2025
Atomically thin MoS2 with ultra-low friction properties based on strong interface interaction
Xinjian He, Tongtong Yu, Zishuai Wu, Changhe Du, Haoyu Deng, Yongkang Zhao, Shuang Li, Yange Feng, Liqiang Zhang, Zhinan Zhang, Daoai Wang
Research Article 03 January 2025
Quantifying cross-country ski–snow friction using real-time kinematic positioning
Kalle Kalliorinne, Joakim Sandberg, Gustav Hindér, Hans-Christer Holmberg, Matej Supej, Roland Larsson, Andreas Almqvist
Research Article 27 February 2025
Fractal models in tribology: A critical review
Feodor M. Borodich, Zaida Gao, Xiaoqing Jin
Review Article 21 January 2025
Effect of superficial collagen fibre orientation of articular cartilage on its anisotropic tribological behaviour
Dangdang Wang, Kunpeng Jin, Xin Jin, Zhongmin Jin, Junyan Li
Research Article 03 January 2025
Mechanochemical control of graphene etching along zigzag and armchair edge directions
Yilong Jiang, Chuan Tang, Chao Chen, Yangqin Liu, Yang Wang, Seong H. Kim, Junhui Sun, Linmao Qian, Lei Chen
Research Article 20 December 2024
Dynamic covalent chemistries of thermosetting polymer for recyclability and intelligent lubrication
Qihua Wang, Nan Zhang, Xinrui Zhang, Liming Tao, Yaoming Zhang, Zenghui Yang, Tingmei Wang
Research Article 09 December 2024
Effect of boundary slips on thermal EHL in simple sliding finite line contact considering limiting shearing stress
Mingyu Zhang, Jing Wang, C. H. Venner
Research Article 22 January 2025

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