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The inaugural issue was released. Lubricants was published as a quarterly journal.
2016
Lubricants published its 100th paper.
2017
Lubricants was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Lubricants was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier). Lubricants held its first online Editorial Board Member meeting.
2018
Lubricants announced the first edition of the Travel Awards. Lubricants published its 200th paper.
2019
Lubricants announced the first edition of the Best Paper Awards. Lubricants received its first CiteScore (2018) of 1.87.
2020
Lubricants received its 2019 CiteScore (2.2). Lubricants held its first virtual booth at the 3rd International BEARING WORLD by FVA.
Lubricants announced the 2022 Best Paper Awards. Lubricants received its 2021 CiteScore (4.5), ranked 40/129 (Q2) in "Surfaces, Coatings and Films" and 160/601 (Q2) in "Mechanical Engineering". Lubricants received its first Impact Factor (3.584), ranked 45/137 (Q2) in "Engineering, Mechanical".