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| Aims and Scope The electronic online journal "Tribology Online" aims to facilitate exchange of information thorough rapid publication of high quality papers for the worldwide development of tribology. The scope includes all aspects of tribology and other science and engineering areas which relate to the subjects of tribology. The journal is completely electronic, and is open to the world for free access through Internet. Peer reviewed original papers Tribology Online, born in 2006 to publish only Short Communication Papers, has now added new categories of Article and Review. Article is intended to be an original report of researches and technological developments in tribology and relevant fields. Short Communication is intended to be a preliminary report of new concepts, findings, technological developments and opinions whose rapid publication will be important for a large number of readers in relevant fields. Review is intended to be review of researches and technological developments in tribology and relevant fields. The manuscripts are peer reviewed by at least two referees before they are accepted for publication. |
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Preparation of manuscripts It is a condition for publication that all manuscripts must be written in English, and prepared in electronic form with the specified layout and style of the journal. Recommended length of Short Communication Papers is four printed pages. There is no page limit for Article and Review. In order to speed up time for publication, and at the same time to maintain high quality of this online journal, authors are requested to use a MSWord template to prepare manuscript, and to submit manuscript, both new and revised, in Adobe Acrobat PDF. Transfer of documents in manuscript submission, reviewing, correspondence for revision, and authors' reply are made via Internet web pages, except for signed materials. For details please see Information for Contributors and Authors' Guide for Manuscript Preparation. |
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Publication Charges No page charge is made. |
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Rights and Permissions Tribology Online is published by Japanese Society of Tribologists. The copyright in papers accepted for publication becomes the property of the Japanese Society of Tribologists; all authors are asked to transfer copyright to the society prior to publication. |
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