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Advances in Tribology

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2007

ISSN1687-5915

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2025-01-14). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal is inactive. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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

0.289

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

183

Total Citationsi

3,209

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mechanical Engineering; Surfaces, Coatings and Films.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 5 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications183

Publisher OrgHindawi Publishing Corporation

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1687-5915

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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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

106

2017

287

2018

2019

135

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

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

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsMechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Tribology and Lubrication EngineeringLubricants and Their AdditivesAdhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsTribology and Wear AnalysisGear and Bearing Dynamics AnalysisMetal and Thin Film MechanicsAdvanced materials and compositesMechanical stress and fatigue analysisMetal Alloys Wear and PropertiesAdvanced machining processes and optimization

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Tribology

Is Advances in Tribology a predatory journal?

Advances in Tribology was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal is inactive" (2025-01-14). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Advances in Tribology?

Advances in Tribology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.289.

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

Advances in Tribology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Advances in Tribology?