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Tribology and Materials

Balkan Scientific Centre · Serbia · Est. 2022

ISSN2812-9717

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.395

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

350

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Mechanical Engineering; Materials Science (miscellaneous); Mechanics of Materials.

General Information

Country / RegionSerbia

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2022

Annual Volume~ 22 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications92

OA Since2021

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Balkan Scientific Centre

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2812-9717

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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

143

2022

129

2023

105

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 EngineeringQ2

Materials Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Mechanics of MaterialsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Mechanics of MaterialsMaterials Science (miscellaneous)Mechanical Engineering

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Tribology and Wear AnalysisLubricants and Their AdditivesMetal and Thin Film MechanicsTribology and Lubrication EngineeringAdvanced machining processes and optimizationGear and Bearing Dynamics AnalysisAdhesion, Friction, and Surface InteractionsDiamond and Carbon-based Materials ResearchPolymer Nanocomposites and PropertiesAluminum Alloys Composites Properties

Frequently asked questions about Tribology and Materials

Is Tribology and Materials a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Tribology and Materials: 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 and Materials?

Tribology and Materials is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.395.

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

Tribology and Materials is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Tribology and Materials?