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Joichi Sugimura

Professor, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Takashi Nogi

Kyodo Yushi Co., Ltd., Fujisawa, Japan

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March 15, 2023
Updated on November 13, 2023

Tribology Online welcomes papers presented at ITC Fukuoka 2023.

Categories of papers include "Article", "Short Communication", "Technical Report" and "Review".
The papers will be peer reviewed by at least two referees before they are accepted for publication. The "ITC Fukuoka 2023 Special Issue (Part 2)" will be published mid 2024.

Deadline of submission is 14th January 2024.

Please see the ITC Fukuoka 2023 website for details:
https://www.itc2023.jp/html/publications/

When you submit your manuscript to the special issue, please select "ITC Fukuoka 2023" as its "Section/Category", and write your submission number (provided by the ITC Fukuoka 2023 Conference Organizing Committee when you submitted the abstract) and presentation number (e.g. "28-D-12") in the "Enter Comments" field.

The "ITC Fukuoka 2023 Special Issue (Part 1)" has been published on 31st October 2023:
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/trol/18/6/_contents/-char/en

The "ITC Fukuoka 2023 Excellent Paper Award" and "ITC Fukuoka 2023 Best Poster Award" winners were announced at the Conference Banquet on 28th September 2023:
https://www.itc2023.jp/html/call-for-papers/awards/

July 3, 2022
Updated on October 19, 2022

Tribology Online calls for papers from the 2022 JSME-IIP/ASME-ISPS Joint International Conference on Micromechatronics for Information and Precision Equipment.

Guest Editors:
Prof. Hiroshige Matsuoka (Tottori University)
Prof. Kenji Fukuzawa (Nagoya University)
Prof. Kentaro Tanaka (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
Prof. Hitoshi Washizu (University of Hyogo)

The deadline of submission is Friday, March 31, 2023.
The special issue will be published in January 2024.

When you submit your manuscript to Tribology Online, please select “MIPE 2022” at "Section/Category" in "General Information" and write Submission Number of your presentation in "Comments".

The papers will be peer reviewed in the same way as other submissions.

June 7, 2022
Updated on February 6, 2023

Tribology Online now welcomes papers to be published in "Special Issue on Surface Texturing for Improving Tribological Properties".

Guest Editors:
Prof. Shinya Sasaki (Tokyo University of Science)
Prof. Koshi Adachi (Tohoku University)

The deadline of submission is April 30, 2023.
The special issue will be published in late 2023.

For more information, please see the Call for Papers - Special Issue on Surface Texturing for Improving Tribological Properties.

May 2, 2022
Updated on November 18, 2022

Tribology Online now welcomes papers presented at the 7th World Tribology Congress in Lyon.

The deadline of submission is Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
The special issues will be published mid 2023.

When you submit your manuscript to Tribology Online, please select “WTC 2022” at "Section/Category" in "General Information" and write Theme number and Session number of your presentation in "Comments".

The papers will be peer reviewed in the same way as other submissions.

April 1, 2022

Technical Report was added to the types of contribution, which should focus on development and application of novel and practical technology. The journal welcomes submissions of Technical Report from industry as well as academia in tribology and relevant fields.

June 23, 2021

Tribology Online is now indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Tribology Online - DOAJ
https://doaj.org/toc/1881-2198