Tribology-Materials Surfaces & Interfaces

Tribology-Materials Surfaces & Interfaces is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Materials Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Tribology and Wear Analysis, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics and Lubricants and Their Additives, together about 35.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Mechanics of Materials and Mechanical Engineering. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

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 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 Publications Ethics (COPE) and utilises CrossCheck for all Journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies can be found here: http://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/ethics-for-authors/.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): MATERIALS SCIENCE, COATINGS & FILMS

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• CiteScore Q2 · 2022

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

ESCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

EI CompendexWeb of SciencePublisher website

Other: Abstracts in New Technologies and Engineering (ANTE), Advanced Technologies Database with Aerospace, Aluminum Industry Abstracts, Ceramic Abstracts, Civil Engineering Abstracts, Computer & Information Systems Abstracts, Copper Technical Reference Library, Earthquake Engineering Abstracts, Electronics and Communications Abstracts, Engineering Research Database, Mechanical and Transportation Engineering Abstracts, METADEX, Solid State and Superconductivity Abstracts, Technology Research Database

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2022

1.3Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2022

1.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

3.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2022

2.8Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.31LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR (publisher) 2022

0.39Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SNIP 2026-06

0.58LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP (publisher) 2022

0.73Publisher website · 2026-10-01

h-index

31OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

167OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.89OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4.2%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

9.46%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

28LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher)

13,000Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.

Figures by source

Acceptance rate (publisher)

22%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

8 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

41 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

30 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1751-5831

Electronic ISSN

1751-584X

Latest issue on the website

Volume 17, Issue 4 (2023)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Special issues ↗Publisher website