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Friction

Tsinghua University Press

ChinaMechanical Engineering (Q1); Surfaces, Coatings and Films (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
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Q1Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
69H-index (SCImago 2025)
1.344SJR (2025)
2013-2026Coverage

About Friction

Friction is a scholarly journal published by Tsinghua University Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.344 and H-index of 69.

Coverage: 2013-2026. Research categories: Mechanical Engineering (Q1); Surfaces, Coatings and Films (Q1).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2025-08-21. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 1600 EUR
Waiver policy reportedNo
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightYes
Reported submission-to-publication time21 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2013 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

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Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)2223-7690, 2223-7704
ISSN-L2223-7690
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationSpringer Nature
Publisher country codeCN
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex1,422
Citations recorded in OpenAlex39,066
OpenAlex H-index81
Years represented in OpenAlex2005–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Lubricants and Their Additives; Tribology and Wear Analysis; Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions; Tribology and Lubrication Engineering; Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications; Metal and Thin Film Mechanics.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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