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Tribology - Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces
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Tribology - Materials, Surfaces and Interfaces

1751-5831

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ytrb20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 373 11 15 5
Materials Science 862 6 6 2

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 18
Documents by Best Scientists*: 20
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 26
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.348
Impact Factor: 1.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces?

Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces focuses largely on the fields of Composite material, Metallurgy, Tribology, Lubrication and Lubricant. It tackles issues in Composite material, particularly in the topics of Composite number, Scanning electron microscope, Surface roughness, Aluminium and Sliding wear. The Surface roughness study featured in Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces draws connections with the study of Surface finish.

Metallurgy study tackled is connected to the field of Coating. Some problems in Tribology that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Nanoparticle, Chemical engineering and Wear resistance. It focused on Corrosion research but expanded to cover Tribocorrosion.

  • Composite material (47.41%)
  • Metallurgy (42.47%)
  • Tribology (38.27%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Friction and wear characteristics of vegetable oils using nanoparticles for sustainable lubrication (42 citations)
  • Chemical and mechanical analysis of tribofilms from fully formulated oils Part 1 – Films on 52100 steel (35 citations)
  • Effect of reinforcement on wear behaviour of aluminium hybrid composites (34 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces:

The main points discussed in the published articles deal with Tribology, Composite material, Metallurgy, Lubrication and Tribometer. The studies tackled in the published papers, which mainly focus on Composite material, apply to Graphene as well. While Metallurgy is the focus of the published papers, it also provides insights into the studies of Slurry and Particle size.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Composite material
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Metallurgy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces was organized to reinforce research efforts on Metallurgy, Tribology, Composite material, Microstructure and Mechanical engineering. The close relationship between Thermal spraying and Corrosion, Solid particle erosion and Erosion resistance is one of the points of interest dissected in Metallurgy research. Issues in Tribology were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Alloy, Piston ring and Diamond.

The Composite material research presented places emphasis on topics like Lubrication, Aluminium, Surface roughness, Nanocomposite and Adhesion. The journal holds forums on Microstructure that merges themes from other disciplines such as Sintering, Composite number, Hydrogen and Magnesium. Track (rail transport) studies in the realm of Mechanical engineering interact with fields like State evolution, Vision based and Third body.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • An overall review on the tribological, thermal and rheological properties of nanolubricants (6 citations)
  • A critical review of the assessment of medical gloves (4 citations)
  • Experimental evaluation of tramway track wear by means of 3D metrological optical scanners (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Neminath Bhujappa Naduvinamani (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Anne Neville (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roger Lewis (7 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Sujeet K. Sinha (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Braham Prakash (7 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Tribology - Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Leeds (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Luleå University of Technology (13 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vienna University of Technology (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Sheffield (8 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 11.76% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 13.33% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.67% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 13.33% of all publications and 56.67% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • A critical review of the assessment of medical gloves

    D. Preece;R. Lewis;M. J. Carré

    (2021)
    23 Citations
  • Evaluation of the coefficient of friction of rail in the field and laboratory using several devices

    M. Harmon;J. F. Santa;J. A. Jaramillo;A. Toro

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Influence of lubricants on the performance of journal bearings – a review

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Elastic and elastic-perfectly plastic analysis of an axisymmetric sinusoidal surface asperity contact

    Swarna Saha;Robert L. Jackson

    (2020)
    8 Citations
  • Effects of mould wear on hydrophobic polymer surfaces replicated using plasma-treated and laser-textured stainless steel inserts

    Jean-Michel Romano;Jorge Fantova Sarasa;Carlos Concheso;Mert Gulcur

    (2020)
    7 Citations
  • Ultrasonic technique for measurement of oil-film thickness in metal cold rolling

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Effects of oxide and water on friction of rail steel – new test method and friction mapping

    Reuben Kempka;Robert Falconer;Dmitry Gutsulyak;Roger Lewis

    (2021)
    4 Citations
  • Effect of WS2 particles in cutting fluid on tribological behaviour of Ti–6Al–4V and on its machining performance

    Sukanta Bhowmick;Behzad Eskandari;Girish Krishnamurthy;Ahmet T. Alpas

    (2021)
    3 Citations
  • Measurement of metal–roll interface during metal rolling using normal and oblique ultrasonic reflection

    G. J. Adeyemi;R. S. Dwyer-Joyce;J. T. Stephen;A. Adebayo

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Tribological analysis of tip-cantilever made of SU-8, talc and PFPE composite

    Jitendra K. Katiyar;Sujeet K. Sinha;Tomoko Hirayama;Arvind Kumar

    (2020)
    3 Citations

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