Lubrication Science is devoted to high-quality research which notably advances fundamental and applied aspects of the science and technology related to lubrication. It publishes research articles, short communications and reviews which demonstrate novelty and cutting edge science in the field, aiming to become a key specialised venue for communicating advances in lubrication research and development.
Lubrication is a diverse discipline ranging from lubrication concepts in industrial and automotive engineering, solid-state and gas lubrication, micro & nanolubrication phenomena, to lubrication in biological systems. To investigate these areas the scope of the journal encourages fundamental and application-based studies on:
Synthesis, chemistry and the broader development of high-performing and environmentally adapted lubricants and additives.
State of the art analytical tools and characterisation of lubricants, lubricated surfaces and interfaces.
Solid lubricants, self-lubricating coatings and composites, lubricating nanoparticles.
Gas lubrication.
Extreme-conditions lubrication.
Green-lubrication technology and lubricants.
Tribochemistry and tribocorrosion of environment- and lubricant-interface interactions.
Modelling of lubrication mechanisms and interface phenomena on different scales: from atomic and molecular to mezzo and structural.
Modelling hydrodynamic and thin film lubrication.
All lubrication related aspects of nanotribology.
Surface-lubricant interface interactions and phenomena: wetting, adhesion and adsorption.
Bio-lubrication, bio-lubricants and lubricated biological systems.
Other novel and cutting-edge aspects of lubrication in all lubrication regimes.
Every paper must clearly define the novelty of the work and provide contemporary references alongside an explanation of the scientific or technological need for the results.
Experimental studies should focus on the understanding and exploration of new insights in lubrication phenomena, based on the detailed characterization of lubricants, materials and interfaces, and with relevant evidence of lubrication functionality. Complete and comprehensive information on testing equipment and parameters should be provided. Theoretical studies should report a new understanding of lubrication processes and lubrication performance including well-defined advantages of the models used, as well as their limitations.

EDITOR
Mitjan Kalin
Laboratory for Tribology and Interface Nanotechnology
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
University of Ljubljana
Slovenia

EDITOR EMERITUS
Carl E. Snyder, Jr
Air Force Research Laboratory
Dayton, Ohio
USA

H. A. Spikes
Imperial College, University of London
UK

EDITORIAL BOARD

Koshi Adachi
Tohoku University
Japan

Pranesh Aswath
University of Texas
USA

Scott Bair
Georgia Institute of Technology
US

Wilfried J Bartz
Technische Akademie Esslingen
Germany

Benyebka Bou-Said
INSA-Lyon
France

Philippa Cann
Imperial College
UK

Mike Chandross
Sandia National Laboratories
US

Enrico Ciulli
University of Pisa
Italy

Fabrice Dassenoy
Ecole Centrale de Lyon
France

Patrick De Baets
Ghent University
Belgium

Donfeng Diao
Xi'an Jiaotong University
China

Nicole Doerr
AC2T research GmbH
Austria

Rob Dwyer-Joyce
University of Sheffield
UK

Ali Erdemir
Argonne National Laboratory
US

George R Fenske
Argonne National Laboratory
US

Luis Ferreira
University of Porto
Portugal

Friedrich Franek
Vienna University of Tribology
Austria

Lois J Gschwender
US Air Force
US

Tabassumul Haque
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering
US

Tomoko Hirayama
Doshisha University
Japan

Staffan Jacobson
Uppsala University
Sweden

Roland Larsson
Lulea University of Technology
Sweden

Hong Liang
Texas A&M University
US

Piet Lugt
SKF Engineering and Research Centre
Netherlands

Jean Michel Martin
ECL LTDS
France

Ichiro Minami
Iwate University
Japan

Clotilde Minfray
Ecole Centrale de Lyon
France

Ardian Morina
University of Leeds
UK

Daniel Nelias
INSA Lyon
France

Somuri Prasad
Sandia National Laboratories
US

M. Clelia Righi
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Italy

Leslie R Rudnick
Ultrachem Inc.
US

Greg Sawyer
University of Florida
US

Tom Scharf
The University of North Texas
US

Dik Schipper
University of Twente
Netherlands

Nic Spencer
ETH Zurich
Switzerland

Joichi Sugimura
Kyushu University
Japan

Victoria van Camp
SKF Lubrication Systems
US