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Tribology in Industry

Masinski Fakultet - Kragujevac · Serbia · Est. 1979

ISSN0354-8996

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.278

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.681

Total Worksi

602

Total Citationsi

3,849

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Tribology in Industry is open access, peer reviewed international journal with a primary objective to provide the academic community and industry for the submission of original research and applications related to tribology. The journal was founded in 1979 by the Yugoslav Tribology Society (now Serbian Tribology Society ). Tribology in Industry journal publishes original research papers and review articles in all aspects of the science of friction, wear and lubrication.

General Information

Country / RegionSerbia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1979

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications602

Publisher OrgUniversity of Kragujevac

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Reviewdouble-blind peer review

OA LicenseCreative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial 4.0 International License

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

National Library of SerbiaWebsite ArchivingSelf Archiving

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Masinski Fakultet - Kragujevac

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0354-8996

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

National Library of Serbia, Website Archiving, Self Archiving

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

491

2019

568

2020

483

2021

329

2022

358

2023

152

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Mechanical EngineeringQ3

Mechanics of MaterialsQ3

Surfaces and InterfacesQ3

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Mechanics of MaterialsSurfaces and InterfacesSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Tribology and Wear AnalysisLubricants and Their AdditivesTribology and Lubrication EngineeringAluminum Alloys Composites PropertiesMetal and Thin Film Mechanics

Frequently asked questions about Tribology in Industry

Is Tribology in Industry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Tribology in Industry: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Tribology in Industry?

Tribology in Industry is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.278.

Is Tribology in Industry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Tribology in Industry is indexed in Scopus.