Lubrication Science is devoted to high-quality research which notably advances fundamental and applied aspects of the science and technology related to lubrication. It publishes research articles, short communications and reviews which demonstrate novelty and cutting edge science in the field, aiming to become a key specialised venue for communicating advances in lubrication research and development.

Lubrication is a diverse discipline ranging from lubrication concepts in industrial and automotive engineering, solid-state and gas lubrication, micro & nanolubrication phenomena, to lubrication in biological systems. To investigate these areas the scope of the journal encourages fundamental and application-based studies on:

Synthesis, chemistry and the broader development of high-performing and environmentally adapted lubricants and additives.

State of the art analytical tools and characterisation of lubricants, lubricated surfaces and interfaces.

Solid lubricants, self-lubricating coatings and composites, lubricating nanoparticles.

Gas lubrication.

Extreme-conditions lubrication.

Green-lubrication technology and lubricants.

Tribochemistry and tribocorrosion of environment- and lubricant-interface interactions.

Modelling of lubrication mechanisms and interface phenomena on different scales: from atomic and molecular to mezzo and structural.

Modelling hydrodynamic and thin film lubrication.

All lubrication related aspects of nanotribology.

Surface-lubricant interface interactions and phenomena: wetting, adhesion and adsorption.

Bio-lubrication, bio-lubricants and lubricated biological systems.

Other novel and cutting-edge aspects of lubrication in all lubrication regimes.

《Lubrication Science》是一本由WILEY出版商出版的专业工程技术期刊，该刊创刊于1988年，刊期Monthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：工程技术 4区，小类学科：工程：化工 4区；工程：机械 4区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q4。该刊发文范围涵盖工程：化工等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外工程：化工工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为1.307，平均审稿速度约6.0个月。