Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology
The Journal of Engineering Tribology publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed papers from academia and industry worldwide on the engineering on science associated with tribology and its applications.
“During the last decade the production of scientific papers has skyrocketed, and during the two years as editor for your journal the number of submissions has nearly doubled. During this period time we have also experienced the outbreak of the coronavirus and been living with the COVID-19 pandemic for more than one and a half years now. This has brought us pain and despair and it has demonstrated to us that life is fragile and that things may change very rapidly. Human beings have, however, an astonishing ability to adapt to unprecedented moments and come out of them strengthened by the adversities they come with. At the Journal of Engineering Tribology we have been able to continue processing your submissions and at the same time the from submission to 1st (and final) decision from 61 (73), during the period 2-June-2018 to 2-June-2019, has been shortened to 24 (27), during the period 2-June-2020 to 2-June-2021, while maintaining the acceptance ratio at the same level. This is a significant achievement and would not have been possible the proficient work put down by the associate editors, the reviewers and by all the authors that have chosen to submit their work to the journal. Thank you all wholeheartedly and let’s keep up the good work!” Andreas Almqvist, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
For more information about the Journal please contact jengtrib@sagepub.co.uk
The Journal of Engineering Tribology publishes high-quality peer-reviewed papers from academia and industry worldwide on the engineering science associated with tribology and its application to machine elements. Papers may be of a fundamental nature addressing analysis and experiments or reports of design, development and service experience by practising engineers in industry.
The scope includes: Plain and rolling element bearings; Hydrostatic and gas bearings; Piston rings; Gears and seals; Cams and followers; Condition monitoring; Modes of lubrication; lubrication technology; Lubricant rheology and chemistry; Wear and friction, particularly for lubricated conditions; Contact mechanics; Materials and coatings; High- and low-temperature, and other extreme environment tribology.
| Andreas Almqvist | Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
| Ellen Bergseth | Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Sweden |
| Marcus Björling | Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
| Gregory N.De Boer | University of Leeds |
| Noël Brunetière | University of Poitiers, France |
| Alastair Clarke | Cardiff University, UK |
| Leonardo I. Farfan-Cabrera | Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico |
| Aurelian Fatu | Université de Poitiers, France |
| Nicolas Fillot | INSA Lyon, France |
| Jens Hardell | Lulea University of Technology, Sweden |
| Roger Lewis | The University of Sheffield, UK |
| Pär Marklund | Lulea University of Technology, Sweden |
| Madhav Mishra | RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden |
| Guillermo Morales-Espejel | SKF Engineering and Research Centre, Netherlands |
| Liwen Mu | Nanjing Tech University, China |
| Leonardo Pelcastre | Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
| Martin Priest | The University of Bradford, UK |
| Carmine Putignano | Politecnico di Bari, Italy |
| Francesc Peréz- Ràfols | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain |
| Ramin Rahmani | Loughborough University, UK |
| TVVLN Rao | Assam Down Town University, India |
| Alessandro Ruggiero | University of Salerno, Italy |
| Murat Sarikaya | Sinop University, Turkey |
| Aurélien Saulot | INSA Lyon, France |
| Michele Scaraggi | Università del Salento, Italy |
| Yijun Shi | Lulea University of Technology, Sweden |
| Robert Ian Taylor | University of Central Lancashire, UK |
| Ali Usman | COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Antonis Vakis | University of Groningen, Netherlands |
| S Bair | Georgia Institute of Technology, USA |
| J S Björklund | Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| Benyebka Bou-Said | INSA, France |
| J Cayer-Barrioz | Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France |
| F Chiñas-Castillo | Instituto Tecnologico de Oaxaca, Mexico |
| R Dwyer-Joyce | University of Sheffield, UK |
| M Fillon | University of Poitiers, France |
| I Goryacheva | Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia |
| M Hartl | Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic |
| Z Jin | Southwest Jiaotong University, China |
| M M Khonsari | Louisiana State University, USA |
| R Larsson | Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
| A Leyland | The University of Sheffield, UK |
| L K Y Li | City University of Hong Kong, People's Republic of China |
| T Liskiewicz | Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
| W-M Liu | Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, China |
| A A Lubrecht | INSA Lyon, France |
| B C Majumdar | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India |
| M Marshall | The University of Sheffield, UK |
| M Masen | Imperial College London, UK |
| T Murakami | Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan |
| M Muraki | Shonan Institute of Technology Kanagawa, Japan |
| G W G Poll | University of Hannover, Germany |
| L Qian | Southwest Jiaotong University, China |
| F S Qureshi | The Lubrizol Corporation, USA |
| T Reddyhoff | Imperial College, UK |
| I Sherrington | University of Central Lancashire, UK |
| G W Stachowiak | Curtin University, Australia |
| N Umehara | Nagoya University, Japan |
| V Van Camp | SKF Technology, AB SKF, Sweden |
| H J van Leeuwen | TU Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| C H Venner | Twente University, Netherlands |
| P Vergne | INSA Lyon, France |
| L Wang | University of Southampton, UK |
| C Warrens | Castrol International Technology Centre, UK |
Manuscript Submission Guidelines: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology
This Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
Please read the guidelines below then visit the Journal’s submission site https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jet to upload your manuscript. Please note that manuscripts not conforming to these guidelines may be returned.
Only manuscripts of sufficient quality that meet the aims and scope of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology will be reviewed.
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this Journal. Open Access options are available - see section 3.3 below.
As part of the submission process you will be required to warrant that you are submitting your original work, that you have the rights in the work, that you are submitting the work for first publication in the Journal and that it is not being considered for publication elsewhere and has not already been published elsewhere, and that you have obtained and can supply all necessary permissions for the reproduction of any copyright works not owned by you.
- What do we publish?
1.1 Aims & Scope
1.2 Article types
1.3 Writing your paper - Editorial policies
2.1 Peer review policy
2.2 Authorship
2.3 Acknowledgements
2.4 Funding
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
2.6 Research Data - Publishing policies
3.1 Publication ethics
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
3.3 Open access and author archiving - Preparing your manuscript
4.1 Formatting
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
4.3 Supplementary material
4.4 Reference style
4.5 English language editing services - Submitting your manuscript
5.1 ORCID
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
5.3 Permissions - On acceptance and publication
6.1 Sage Production
6.2 Online First publication
6.3 Access to your published article
6.4 Promoting your article - Further information
Before submitting your manuscript to Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope.
Original Article: Describes a piece of original or substantially original research, or some aspect of design development, manufacture, operation and maintenance, or engineering education
Review Article: A critical review of the state-of-the-art with examples of applications in design and profitable manufacture without extensive analysis
Case Study: Describes the application of a technique, procedure or management concept in a real situation
Technical Note: A short, interim statement on a research project or description of some new development
Length
- In general, Original Articles, Review Papers and Case Studies should not normally exceed 5000 words (with up to 10 illustrations). Longer articles will be considered, however, as our criterion is that the content justifies the length of the article.
- Technical Notes should not exceed 1500 words and 5 illustrations.
- Discussions on papers already published should not exceed 500 words and 2 illustrations.
The Sage Author Gateway has some general advice and on how to get published, plus links to further resources. Sage Author Services also offers authors a variety of ways to improve and enhance their article including English language editing, plagiarism detection, and video abstract and infographic preparation.
1.3.1 Make your article discoverable
When writing up your paper, think about how you can make it discoverable. The title, keywords and abstract are key to ensuring readers find your article through search engines such as Google. For information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords, have a look at this page on the Gateway: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.
Sage does not permit the use of author-suggested (recommended) reviewers at any stage of the submission process, be that through the web-based submission system or other communication. Reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Our policy is that reviewers should not be assigned to a paper if:
• The reviewer is based at the same institution as any of the co-authors
• The reviewer is based at the funding body of the paper
• The author has recommended the reviewer
• The reviewer has provided a personal (e.g. Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail) email account and an institutional email account cannot be found after performing a basic Google search (name, department and institution).
Papers should only be submitted for consideration once consent is given by all contributing authors. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors.
The list of authors should include all those who can legitimately claim authorship. This is all those who:
- Made a substantial contribution to the concept or design of the work; or acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data,
- Drafted the article or revised it critically for important intellectual content,
- Approved the version to be published,
- Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content.
Authors should meet the conditions of all of the points above. When a large, multicentre group has conducted the work, the group should identify the individuals who accept direct responsibility for the manuscript. These individuals should fully meet the criteria for authorship.
Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group alone does not constitute authorship, although all contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgments section. Please refer to the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) authorship guidelines for more information on authorship.
Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools
All contributors who do not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in an Acknowledgements section. Examples of those who might be acknowledged include a person who provided purely technical help, or a department chair who provided only general support.
Any acknowledgements should appear first at the end of your article prior to your Declaration of Conflicting Interests (if applicable), any notes and your References.
2.3.1 Third party submissions
Where an individual who is not listed as an author submits a manuscript on behalf of the author(s), a statement must be included in the Acknowledgements section of the manuscript and in the accompanying cover letter. The statements must:
- Disclose this type of editorial assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input
- Identify any entities that paid for this assistance
- Confirm that the listed authors have authorized the submission of their manuscript via third party and approved any statements or declarations, e.g. conflicting interests, funding, etc.
Where appropriate, Sage reserves the right to deny consideration to manuscripts submitted by a third party rather than by the authors themselves.
2.3.2 Writing assistance
Individuals who provided writing assistance, e.g. from a specialist communications company, do not qualify as authors and so should be included in the Acknowledgements section. Authors must disclose any writing assistance – including the individual’s name, company and level of input – and identify the entity that paid for this assistance”).
It is not necessary to disclose use of language polishing services.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology requires all authors to acknowledge their funding in a consistent fashion under a separate heading. Please visit the Funding Acknowledgements page on the Sage Journal Author Gateway to confirm the format of the acknowledgment text in the event of funding, or state that: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
2.5 Declaration of conflicting interests
It is the policy of Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology to require a declaration of conflicting interests from all authors enabling a statement to be carried within the paginated pages of all published articles.
Please ensure that a ‘Declaration of Conflicting Interests’ statement is included at the end of your manuscript, after any acknowledgements and prior to the references. If no conflict exists, please state that ‘The Author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest’. For guidance on conflict of interest statements, please see the ICMJE recommendations here.
The journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages.
Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to:
- share your research data in a relevant public data repository
- include a data availability statement linking to your data. If it is not possible to share your data, we encourage you to consider using the statement to explain why it cannot be shared.
- cite this data in your research
Sage is committed to upholding the integrity of the academic record. We encourage authors to refer to the Committee on Publication Ethics’ International Standards for Authors and view the Publication Ethics page on the Sage Author Gateway.
3.1.1 Plagiarism
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. We seek to protect the rights of our authors and we always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, we seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article, for example, is found to have plagiarised other work or included third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, or where the authorship of the article is contested, we reserve the right to take action including, but not limited to: publishing an erratum or corrigendum (correction); retracting the article; taking up the matter with the head of department or dean of the author's institution and/or relevant academic bodies or societies; or taking appropriate legal action.
3.1.2 Prior publication
If material has been previously published it is not generally acceptable for publication in a Sage journal. However, there are certain circumstances where previously published material can be considered for publication. Please refer to the guidance on the Sage Author Gateway or if in doubt, contact the Editor at the address given below.
3.2 Contributor's publishing agreement
Before publication, Sage requires the author as the rights holder to sign a Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement. Sage’s Journal Contributor’s Publishing Agreement is an exclusive licence agreement which means that the author retains copyright in the work but grants Sage the sole and exclusive right and licence to publish for the full legal term of copyright. Exceptions may exist where an assignment of copyright is required or preferred by a proprietor other than Sage. In this case copyright in the work will be assigned from the author to the society. For more information please visit the Sage Author Gateway.
3.3 Open access and author archiving
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology offers optional open access publishing via the Sage Choice programme and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. For more information on Open Access publishing options at Sage please visit Sage Open Access. For information on funding body compliance, and depositing your article in repositories, please visit Sage’s Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines and Publishing Policies.
4. Preparing your manuscript for submission
The preferred format for your manuscript is Word. LaTeX files are also accepted. Word and (La)Tex templates are available on the Manuscript Submission Guidelines page of our Author Gateway.
4.2 Artwork, figures and other graphics
For guidance on the preparation of illustrations, pictures and graphs in electronic format, please visit Sage’s Manuscript Submission Guidelines.
Note: figures and tables should be submitted in-between the text of your manuscript, and not at the bottom of the paper.
Figures supplied in colour will appear in colour online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article.
Mathematical: All vectors and matrices should be shown in bold type. Avoid confusion between ambiguous characters and take care to ensure that subscripts and superscripts are clear. Numbers below 10 should be written out in the text unless used in conjunction with units (e.g. three apples, 4 kg). Full points (not commas) should be used for decimals. For numbers less than one, a nought should be inserted before the decimal point. Equations should be numbered sequentially throughout the document, with labels on the right hand side of the page.
This journal is able to host additional materials online (e.g. datasets, podcasts, videos, images etc) alongside the full-text of the article. For more information please refer to our guidelines on submitting supplementary files.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology adheres to the Sage Vancouver reference style. View the Sage Vancouver guidelines to ensure your manuscript conforms to this reference style.
If you use EndNote to manage references, you can download the Sage Vancouver EndNote output file.
4.5 English language editing services
Authors seeking assistance with English language editing, translation, or figure and manuscript formatting to fit the journal’s specifications should consider using Sage Language Services. Visit Sage Language Services on our Journal Author Gateway for further information.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology is hosted on Sage Track, a web based online submission and peer review system powered by ScholarOne™ Manuscripts. Visit https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jet to login and submit your article online.
IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past year it is likely that you will have had an account created. For further guidance on submitting your manuscript online please visit ScholarOne Online Help.
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review process Sage is a supporting member of ORCID, the Open Researcher and Contributor ID. ORCID provides a unique and persistent digital identifier that distinguishes researchers from every other researcher, even those who share the same name, and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities, ensuring that their work is recognized.
The collection of ORCID iDs from corresponding authors is now part of the submission process of this journal. If you already have an ORCID iD you will be asked to associate that to your submission during the online submission process. We also strongly encourage all co-authors to link their ORCID ID to their accounts in our online peer review platforms. It takes seconds to do: click the link when prompted, sign into your ORCID account and our systems are automatically updated. Your ORCID iD will become part of your accepted publication’s metadata, making your work attributable to you and only you. Your ORCID iD is published with your article so that fellow researchers reading your work can link to your ORCID profile and from there link to your other publications.
If you do not already have an ORCID iD please follow this link to create one or visit our ORCID homepage to learn more.
5.2 Information required for completing your submission
You will be asked to provide contact details and academic affiliations for all co-authors via the submission system and identify who is to be the corresponding author. These details must match what appears on your manuscript. At this stage please ensure you have included all the required statements and declarations and uploaded any additional supplementary files (including reporting guidelines where relevant).
Please also ensure that you have obtained any necessary permission from copyright holders for reproducing any illustrations, tables, figures or lengthy quotations previously published elsewhere. For further information including guidance on fair dealing for criticism and review, please see the Copyright and Permissions page on the Sage Author Gateway.
6. On acceptance and publication
Your Sage Production Editor will keep you informed as to your article’s progress throughout the production process. Proofs will be sent by PDF to the corresponding author and should be returned promptly. Authors are reminded to check their proofs carefully to confirm that all author information, including names, affiliations, sequence and contact details are correct, and that Funding and Conflict of Interest statements, if any, are accurate.
Online First allows final articles (completed and approved articles awaiting assignment to a future issue) to be published online prior to their inclusion in a journal issue, which significantly reduces the lead time between submission and publication. Visit the Sage Journals help page for more details, including how to cite Online First articles.
6.3 Access to your published article
Sage provides authors with online access to their final article.
Publication is not the end of the process! You can help disseminate your paper and ensure it is as widely read and cited as possible. The Sage Author Gateway has numerous resources to help you promote your work. Visit the Promote Your Article page on the Gateway for tips and advice.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology editorial office as follows:
Publishing Editor
Sage Publications Ltd
1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road
London, EC1Y 1SP
UK
Email: jengtrib@sagepub.co.uk