I submitted the paper at the end of January this year, and it has been two months now, but it's still stuck at the reviewer assignment. It's really slow

(1) 讚！ | Heted

I submitted my manuscript in November last year. The status has been showing "assigned reviewer" for almost six months. Finally, there were two reviewers. One provided simple feedback, while the other found the research interesting but did not understand my methodology. They only focused on the formulas without considering the application conditions. As a result, my paper was rejected. It took me six months to find a reviewer who turned out to be very irresponsible. I have nothing to say. I wrote an appeal email and sent a reminder once, but there was no response for a month. It's really frustrating to be dragged on for so long.

(2) 讚！ | hw-welding

Although the whole process took more than a year, fortunately, they were hired.

(2) 讚！ | 名扬海

Online submission: 2021-7
Revision submission: 2022-3
Acceptance: 2022-5
XU Editor-in-Chief is very responsible.

(0) 讚！ | louis_77

Posted on 2022-01-02, received the first review comments on 2022-07-07. Regardless of the review outcome, the speed of the review process is really slow. After five months of submission, I sent a reminder but didn't receive a reply. After six months, I sent another reminder and received a response from Professor Xu. One week later, my submission was rejected. Unless you have a lot of free time, I do not recommend submitting to Friction as the time cost can be quite high.

(0) 讚！ | Z.Q.

In the next life, it's unlikely that it will happen. As for this journal, you could say that it has high requirements. You can tell from the level of the articles and the affiliations. If you say the requirements are not high, then you will be rejected when you submit. 

One interesting phenomenon this year is that when our group started having meetings, many of my students reported on articles about Friction. At that time, they were just first-year graduate students. However, half a year later, there were no more articles about Friction in their literature reports. This indicates that the name Friction is still good, and there is a higher chance for newcomers in the field to search for this journal. But after being in the field for some time, they tend not to read it anymore. Instead, there have been more literature reports on International Journal of Fracture, Surface and Coatings Technology, and Applied Surface Science. As for article citations, students generally cite articles that have already been published by our research group and articles they have recently reported on. So the decrease in citation rate is probably related to this.

(0) 讚！ | 东海

This journal has offended many people with its submission process, resulting in outsiders not wanting to cite it and even people within its own circle unable to cite it. It's as if its impact factor can never recover, similar to Nanoscale. Tribology is a relatively niche field, so if they try to control the quantity to boost the impact factor, they will lose their mass base of readers. On the other hand, Tribology International is doing relatively well. Although some of their submissions are rejected, their review process is relatively fair. Although there are also some mediocre works, at least they have gained popularity.

(0) 讚！ | 东海

Garbage journal, insisting that I submit journal plagiarism, did I plagiarize or not, don't I know?

(85) 讚！ | angus32

It has been almost 5 months since submission, and the status is still "waiting reviewer selection." I sent a reminder last week and am waiting for a response.

(0) 讚！ | Z.Q.

May I ask how long it will take for you to proofread after receiving it?

(0) 讚！ | K吃K吃

Same question, it has been 11 days since returning for major repairs and awaiting AE recommendation.

(0) 讚！ | ruanhw

Excuse me, everyone. The current status of the article is "Awaiting AE Recommendation". How long does it usually take to wait for this status? Is the probability high?

(0) 讚！ | K吃K吃

2022-01-02 Submission
2022-01-04 Editor Assignment
Until now, it has been over a month and the status remains "Awaiting Reviewer Selection."
May I ask how long we need to wait for the selection of friction reviewers?

(1) 讚！ | zeqing

Talk about time, everyone take a look.
October submission.
November major revision.
December minor revision.
13th month acceptance.

(2) 讚！ | 科研人员msc

I would like to advise everyone to be cautious when submitting articles in a hurry. Although this journal is a domestic one, the review process is extremely strict and responsible. I submitted my article in December 2020 and after two major revisions and one minor revision, it was accepted in January 2022. The reviewer was changed after the second major revision. Perhaps I was just unlucky, and this may be an exceptional case, but the review process for the second major revision took an exaggeratedly long period of 6 months to complete.

(5) 讚！ | 糊涂啊弟弟

The editor is very responsible and diligent, and the reviewers also pay great attention to details. The paper has been submitted three times and the reviewers are still being invited. Hopefully, they can accept it soon. 

The first revision had four reviewers; the second revision had two reviewers, one for submission and one for revision, and it was very detailed; the third revision had two reviewers, one for submission and one for revision, and there were two issues mainly addressing some minor questions that were not answered clearly during the second revision process. I don't know why they are inviting reviewers again. It is the first time I have encountered a journal that requires three revisions.

(2) 讚！ | 青台心一

Replying to the gentleman downstairs, who said that he won't have a chance in this lifetime, I think that within three years, as long as the quality of the articles is decent, I believe that he can succeed in the future.

(0) 讚！ | pole

You're too pessimistic. The field of wear and tribology belongs to niche journals. Originally, there were already Wear, Tribology International, and Tribology Letters, and overall, the submission sources are not large. If this journal increases its publication volume, the impact factor will gradually decrease, and it won't be as difficult to submit in the future. In order to maintain the impact factor, it is necessary to accept many research articles that are popular and have a relatively low threshold. For example, in the past two years, Surface and Coatings Technology and Tribology International have seen a rapid increase in their impact factors by accepting a large number of articles on surface treatment and surface modification. In fact, these articles do not require a high level of theoretical depth in wear and tribology. The main focus is on the characterization of surface treatment methods and material organization. However, the threshold for acceptance is relatively low, which attracts many researchers and leads to a significant number of citations.

(7) 讚！ | pole

Personally, I believe that when it comes to domestic submissions to the journal Friction, the quality of the article is important, but it also depends on the relationships and affiliations. If you don't have any connections and you choose to submit your work to a less reputable institution, then you might have to wait until your next life to have a chance to submit to this journal again.

Having read many articles in this journal, I have found that most of them are quite innovative, although there are also some that appear to be ordinary. When compared to the well-established journal Journal of Tribology, Friction may lack some level of accumulation and lack papers of biblical significance. However, the overall trend is still positive, and the future looks promising!

(34) 讚！ | 绷不住了

May I ask about the progress of the follow-up?

(0) 讚！ | 按时毕业

Already increased the number of pages, 100 articles per year.
From my observation, even with an increase in the number of pages, the impact factor might still rise.

(1) 讚！ | popt2t

Already increased the page, 100 articles in one year.

(0) 讚！ | popt2t

Rejected several times directly, without even a chance for review. It's really difficult for ordinary people to submit to this journal. The ones who can get accepted are probably elites, considering there are less than 50 articles published in a year. Most of the articles that get accepted have some connections. Some of the articles from certain research institutes are obviously of poor quality, but they still get accepted. Now the journal is focusing on its impact factor, so increasing the number of publications should make it possible to submit.

(12) 讚！ | 东海

Proof is very serious, going back and forth several times.

There are too many articles to accept and too few pages, all are in line.

(0) 讚！ | popt2t

2020/02, submitted; 2020/03, major revision; 2020/05, minor revision; 2020/06, accepted; 2020/09, online. Generally speaking, the review was very professional, careful and serious. The article was enriched with their revision comments. The reviewers gave the results quickly; it was a little bit too slow to be published; but the impact was not significant. My supervisor originally wanted me to submit to Tribology International or Tribology Letters, but I later learned about Friction after the introduction of the senior. After seeing the changes in the impact factor, I felt that this is a journal with great potential, so I submitted the manuscript to this journal decisively. And it was fortunate to be accepted. The new 2019 impact factor released in June really lived up to expectations, which soared from 3 to more than 5! The future is truly limitless. It is very recommended!

(188) 讚！ | Perfect_Diode