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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Friction (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Friction published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Q1Engineering, Mechanicalrank 20 of 189 journals
Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ).
02Indexing
Indexing of Friction
- ISSN
- 2223-7690
- eISSN
- 2223-7704
- Publisher
- Tsinghua Univ Press
- Country
- Peoples R China
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Engineering, Mechanical
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
03What it publishes
What Friction publishes: real papers
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04Published papers
Papers published in Friction
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Study on wear performance and mechanism of pantograph contact strip that contact with damaged contact wire under ambient humidity20260 citations
- Condition monitoring of journal bearings based on acoustic emissions: a state-of-the-art review20260 citations
- Electronics manufacturing tribology: Future opportunities and challenges20250 citations
- The influence of temperature on ultrasonic signals in online measurement of oil film thickness20250 citations
- Study on the protein adsorption and its properties of self-assembled chitosan coating20250 citations
- A comparative study on mechanical integrity and tribological performance of innovative 3D fabric liners versus conventional 2D fabrics20250 citations
- Dynamic tire-pavement friction prediction with an integrated sensing-modeling approach20250 citations
- Gallium based liquid metal as a special lubricant: a review20250 citations
- Physical models of sliding friction: A review20250 citations
- Experimental and numerical investigation on the brake interfacial tribology behavior of high-speed train under long-ramp braking conditions20250 citations
- MAP-inspired dual crosslinked PVP-phenol sprayable hydrogel coating for stable marine antifouling applications20250 citations
- A review of drag reduction methods and principles in bionic interface20250 citations
- A review of drag reduction technology inspired from biomimetic surfaces and functions20250 citations
- A comprehensive review of electro-tribological behavior in conductive lubricants20250 citations
- Weighted physics-informed neural network (Weighted PINN) for obtaining elastic responses under Hertzian-like contact20250 citations
- Magnetic lubricants: preparation, physical mechanism, and application20250 citations
- Progress on current-carry friction and wear and prediction models: A review20250 citations
- Dynamic observation of the influence of different acceleration forms on the friction lining during the friction transmission process in the simulated coal mine …20250 citations
- Status and prospects of tribology in the Republic of Korea20250 citations
- Physics-informed neural network for hydrodynamic lubrication with film thickness discontinuity20250 citations
- Enhancing tribological performance of metal matrix composites via high-quality microdimples patterned by elliptical vibration texturing20250 citations
- DNA-based recyclable moist-electric generator20250 citations
- Understanding the friction laws of Amontons and Coulomb by evaluating the real contact area20250 citations
- A glance into the boundary lubrication mechanism of PVA hydrogel after the reduction of interstitial fluid pressurization20250 citations
- Biomimetic interfaces for drag reduction: From mechanism to applications20250 citations
- Superlubrication of poly-α-olefin-8 (PAO8) enabled by MXene/PI coating20250 citations
- Influence of external magnetic field on the tribological performance of magnetic fluids in different lubrication regimes20250 citations
- Recent development in understanding the role of lipids in cartilage lubrication20250 citations
- Bio-inspired structural adhesion and friction for harsh-environments: From natural ingenuity to engineering20250 citations
- Diversified applications of triboelectric and electrostatic effect20250 citations
- Influence of Monstera riedrichsthalii bionic textures on the tribological and vibration behavior of rolling bearings20250 citations
- Techniques for surface charge measurements and exploring contact electrification20250 citations
05Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Friction
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06Similar journals
Journals similar to Friction
Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:
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07Journal Finder
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How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
08Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Friction?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Friction is 6.10: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 6.10 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Friction?
The h-index of Friction is 82 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 82 of its papers have each been cited at least 82 times. Its i10-index is 798.
Is Friction a Q1 journal?
By 2-year citedness, Friction ranks 20 of 189 journals in Engineering, Mechanical, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.
Is Friction indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Friction appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Friction an SCIE journal?
Yes. Friction is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Friction in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Friction is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Friction publish?
The papers published in Friction that we track most often mention friction, performance, mechanism, contact, influence, tribological. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in Friction does ScholarsColab track?
We track 32 papers published in Friction between 2025 and 2026, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
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