Industrial Lubrication and Tribology
ISSN 0036-8792 · Emerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom · active 1948–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q3
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 2.0
- SJR
- 0.337
- h-index
- 51
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 1 November 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology is Q3 in all 3 of its subject categories.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Surfaces, Coatings and Films | Q3 | #79 of 142 |
| Energy (miscellaneous) | Q3 | #113 of 173 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Q3 | #384 of 696 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 2.10
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 230
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Industrial Lubrication and Tribology is Q3 in all 3 of its Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Surfaces, Coatings and Films: Q3, #79 of 142), with SJR 0.337 (Scimago) and an h-index of 51 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science.
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Indexing & access
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- ScopusWeb of Science
- Access status:
- subscription. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Industrial Lubrication and Tribology a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, which is a positive signal.
Is Industrial Lubrication and Tribology indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology appears in: Scopus, Web of Science. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Industrial Lubrication and Tribology?
Papers in Industrial Lubrication and Tribology are cited about 2.0 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q3, with an h-index of 51. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Industrial Lubrication and Tribology (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Industrial Lubrication and Tribology is Q3 in all 3 of its subject categories. By category: Surfaces, Coatings and Films: Q3, #79 of 142; Energy (miscellaneous): Q3, #113 of 173; Mechanical Engineering: Q3, #384 of 696. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Industrial Lubrication and Tribology is cited about 2.0 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 51.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Industrial Lubrication and Tribology?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q3, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Industrial Lubrication and Tribology open access?
Our index records its access status as "subscription". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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