NEWS
1 July 2010: New Impact Factor
The latest Impact Factor for the Journal of Engineering Tribology is 0.630. This figure represents an increase on the last year's IF of 0.490.
17 February 2010: 37th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology
The 37th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology entitled Tribology for Sustainability: Economic, Environmental and Quality of Life will take place at the Trinity and All Saints College, The University of Leeds, UK, from 7th until 10th September 2010. Offers of papers should be sent to Mrs Sheila Moore at leeds-lyon@mech-eng.leeds.ac.uk by Friday 26 February 2010. For more information, please see our Call for Papers.
9 February 2010: PE Publishing Best Paper Award
We are pleased to announce that the PE Publishing Best Paper Prize for the papers published in the Journal of Engineering Tribology in 2009 has been awarded to MB Dobrica and M Fillon for their paper entitled About the validity of Reynolds equation and inertia effects in textured sliders of infinite width, vol 223, issue J1. This paper is free to view online.
1 January 2010: New Editor for Journal of Engineering Tribology
We welcome our new Editor, Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce (Sheffield University, UK). Our thanks to Professor Pwt Evans, the previous Editor, for his support and encouragement during his term of office. Read their Editorials here
10 November 2009: Special Issue of selected papers from CIST2008
Guest Edited by Yuan-zhong Hu, this special issue (issue J7) contains selected papers from the 5th China International Symposium on Tribology and covers recent developments in the field of tribology, including the progress achieved in China. Click here to go to the issue.
20 July 2009: Special Issue on TRIBOLOGY RESEARCH IN AUSTRIA
This Special Issue, guest edited by Andreas Pauschitz and Ewald Badisch, has been published in Vol. 223, issue J5. Click here to jump to the issue, and click here to read the Guest Editorial (opens a pdf).
01 July 2009: Journal of Engineering Tribology to increase in frequency
The Journal of Engineering Tribology will increase in frequency from 8 issues to 12 issues per annum from 2010.
01 July 2009: 2008 Impact Factor
The 2008 Impact Factor for Journal of Engineering Tribology is 0.490, an increase of more than 20% on last year.
30 April 2009: Special Issue on DUNCAN DOWSON AT 80
This Special Issue, from the 35th Leeds-Lyon Symposium: Duncan Dowson at 80, has been published in Vol. 223, issue J3. Click here to jump to the issue, and click here to read the Guest Editorial (opens a pdf).
09 December 2008: Special issue on SPACE TRIBOLOGY
This Special Issue is now online and has been made free to view for a limited period. To go straight to the Special Issue, click here (opens a new window). To read the Editorial written by the Guest Editors, I Sherrington and E Roberts, please click here (opens a PDF file).
25 September 2008: Special issue on GRANULAR LUBRICATION
This Special Issue is now online and has been made free to view for a limited period. To go straight to the Special Issue, click here (opens a new window). To read the Editorial written by the Guest Editor, Michael Khonsari, please click here (opens a PDF file).
13 May 2008: Special Issue on TRIBOLOGICAL CONTACTS AND COMPONENT LIFE
This Special Issue, from the 34th Leeds-Lyon Symposium: Tribological Contacts and Component Life (Material Transformation, Fatigue, Crack Initiation, and Propagation), has been published in Vol. 222, issue J3. Click here to jump to the issue, and click here to read the Guest Editorial (opens a pdf).
11 March 2008: PE Publishing Prize 2007
The 2007 PE Publishing Prize was presented to TJ Harvey, S Morris, L Wang, RJK Wood, and HEG Powrie for their paper Real-time monitoring of wear debris using electrostatic sensing techniques, published in Vol. 221, issue J1. This papers is free-to-view online. (opens a pdf)
11 March 2008: Forthcoming Special Issues
In addition to the Leeds-Lyon Special issue, the following two Special issues are scheduled for publication in 2008: Space Tribology and Granular Lubrication.
22 October 2007: New Editorial Board members
We are pleased to announce that the following new members have recently joined the Editorial Board of Part J: Professor Irina Goryacheva, Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia; Professor Lawrence KY Li, City University of Hong Kong, China; Professor Bankim C Majumdar, Bangalore, India; and Professor Linmao Qian, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China.
10 July 2007: Engineering Open Choice launched
Authors of papers accepted for publication in the Journal of Engineering Tribology can now opt to make their articles open access. Our new service, Engineering Open Choice, will ensure that published research is freely accessible throughout the world. For more information go to the Authors and Referees link or take a look at the Engineering Open Choice guidelines.
01 July 2007: New Editorial Board members
We are pleased to announce that the following new members have recently joined the Editorial Board of Part J: Professor Czelaw Kajdas, Institute for Fuels and Renewable Energy, Warsaw, Poland and Dr Farrukh Qureshi, Lubrizol, Wickliffe, Ohio, USA.
14 May 2007: Special Issue on TRIBOLOGY AT THE INTERFACE
This Special Issue, from the 33rd Leeds-Lyon Symposium: Tribology at the Interface (Nano-, Bio-, Boundary/Mixed-Lubrication) , has been published in Vol. 221, issue J3. Click here to jump to the issue, and click here to read the Guest Editorial (opens a pdf).
23 February 2007: PE Publishing Prize 2006
The 2006 PE Publishing Prize was presented to S Aoki, A Suzuki and M Masuko for their paper, Comparison of sliding speed dependency of friction between steel surfaces lubricated with several ZnDTPs with different hydrocarbon moieties, published in issue J4, vol. 220. This article is freely available online (opens a pdf).