Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Lubricants 2024 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Lubricants from 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022. One review and one research article will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the Journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat.

Eligibility for the Award:

• Papers published in Lubricants from 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022;  
• Open to all career levels;
• Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:

The papers will be selected by the Journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:

• Scientific merit and broad impact;
• Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
• Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
• Clarity of presentation;
• Citations and downloads.

The Prize:

• One review award: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Lubricants in 2024 after peer review;
• One research article award: CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Lubricants in 2024 after peer review.
• Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2024.

Kind regards,
Lubricants Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the “Lubricants 2023 Best Paper Award”. All papers published between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021 in Lubricants were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by an assessment committee and approved by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat, were selected.

Review article:

Current Trends and Applications of Machine Learning in Tribology—A Review

By Authors: Max Marian and Stephan Tremmel
Lubricants 2021, 9(9),86; doi:10.3390/lubricants9090086

Research article:

Detection of Lubrication State in a Field Operational Wind Turbine Gearbox Bearing Using Ultrasonic Reflectometry

By Authors: G. Nicholas, B. P. Clarke and R. S. Dwyer-Joyce
Lubricants 2021, 9(1), 6; doi: 10.3390/lubricants9010006

The winners (corresponding authors) will receive a certificate, CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Lubricants in 2023 after peer review.

After very careful evaluation, only one research article and one review article were selected. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Lubricants and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat, Lubricants

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Lubricants 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020 in Lubricants were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by an assessment committee and approved by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat, have been selected.

One review article:
Effective Application of Solid Lubricants in Spacecraft Mechanisms
by Jeffrey R. Lince
Lubricants 2020, 8(7); 74, doi:10.3390/lubricants8070074

One research article:
High-Rate Laser Surface Texturing for Advanced Tribological Functionality
by Jörg Schille, Lutz Schneider, Stefan Mauersberger, Sylvia Szokup, Sören Höhn, Johannes Pötschke, Friedemann Reiß, Erhard Leidich and Udo Löschner
Lubricants 2020, 8(3), 33; doi:10.3390/lubricants8030033

The winners (corresponding authors) will receive CHF 300 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Lubricants in 2022.

After very careful evaluation of all articles, only one research article and one review article were selected in this instance. On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Lubricants and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat, Lubricants

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Lubricants 2021 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by the Journal Awards Committee, chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat.

The following papers, in no particular order, won first prize in the Lubricants 2021 Best Paper Award:

Solid Lubrication with MoS₂: A Review
doi:10.3390/lubricants7070057
Available online at: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/7/7/57

Investigations of the Friction Losses of Different Engine Concepts. Part 1: A Combined Approach for Applying Subassembly-Resolved Friction Loss Analysis on a Modern Passenger-Car Diesel Engine
doi:10.3390/lubricants7050039
Available online at: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/7/5/39

A Discussion on Present Theories of Rubber Friction, with Particular Reference to Different Possible Choices of Arbitrary Roughness Cutoff Parameters
doi:10.3390/lubricants7100085
Available online at: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/7/10/85

In recognition of their accomplishment, each Best Paper Award winner will receive a certificate, 300 CHF, and an opportunity to publish a paper in Lubricants free of charge in open access format, after the standard peer review process.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Lubricants 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors for their continued support of Lubricants.

Kind regards,
Lubricants Editorial Office

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the Lubricants 2020 Best Paper Award, who were chosen by the Journal Awards Committee, chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat.

The following papers, in no particular order, won first prize in the Lubricants 2020 Best Paper Award:

Are Ionic Liquids Good Boundary Lubricants? A Molecular Perspective
Lubricants 2018, 6(1), 9; doi: 10.3390/lubricants6010009
Available online at: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/6/1/9

Synergistic Effect of Nanodiamond and Phosphate Ester Anti-Wear Additive Blends
Lubricants 2018, 6(2), 56; doi: 10.3390/lubricants6020056
Available online at: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/6/2/56

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Lubrication by Ionic Liquids: Activated Slip and Flow
Lubricants 2018, 6(3), 64; doi: 10.3390/lubricants6030064
Available online at: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4442/6/3/64

In recognition of their accomplishment, each Best Paper Award winner will receive a certificate, 300 CHF, and an opportunity to publish a paper in Lubricants free of charge in open-access format, after the standard peer-review process.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the Lubricants 2020 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors for your continued support of Lubricants.

Kind regards,
Lubricants Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of Lubricants Travel Award—Osborne Reynolds Travel Award 2019.

This award was bestowed upon Francesco Lavini, a Ph.D. student in Professor Elisa Riedo’s group at New York University. He is planning to present his work “Friction and Work Function Oscillatory Behavior for an Even and Odd Number of Layers in Polycrystalline MoS₂” at the 2nd Korea-Tribology International Symposium (K-TRIB2020), Korea.

This award contributes 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference. This was a difficult decision; high-quality applications were made for this award, and we would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and thought-provoking presentations. We congratulate Mr. Lavini for his accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat
Editor-in-Chief, Lubricants

Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442) is a tribology open-access journal published quarterly online by MDPI. It has been indexed in ESCI (Web of Science), Scopus (CiteScore 2018: 1.87), and INSPEC (IET) databases. Please find more information on Lubricants here: www.mdpi.com/journal/lubricants.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of Lubricants Travel Award— Duncan Dowson Travel Award 2019.

This award was bestowed upon Binbin Zhang, a Ph.D. student in Professor C.H. Venner’s group at University of Twente. He is planning to present his work “EHL Modeling of Anisotropic Material for Point Contacts” at the 46th Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology, France.

This award contributes 500 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference. This was a difficult decision; high-quality applications were made for this award, and we would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and thought-provoking presentations. We congratulate Mr. Zhang for his accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat

Editor-in-Chief, Lubricants

Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442) is a tribology open-access journal published quarterly online by MDPI. It has been indexed in ESCI (Web of Science), Scopus (CiteScore 2018: 1.87), and INSPEC (IET) databases. Please find more information on Lubricants here: www.mdpi.com/journal/lubricants.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of Lubricants Travel Award —Osborne Reynolds Travel Award 2018.

This award was bestowed upon Romain Lhermerout, a Postdoctoral researcher in Professor Susan Perkin’s group at University of Oxford, whose research focuses on the electrostatic interactions and friction across ionic liquids confined in a molecular scale. He is planning to present his work “External and Reversible Control of Friction Across Nanofilms” at the Molecular Mechanisms in Tribology Symposium in Potsdam, Germany.

This award contributes 600 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.

This was a difficult decision; high-quality applications were made for this award, and we would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and thought-provoking presentations. We congratulate Dr. Lhermerout for his accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat
Editor-in-Chief, Lubricants

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of Lubricants Travel Award—Duncan Dowson Travel Award 2018.

This award was bestowed upon Thomas Lohner, a Postdoctoral researcher in Professor Karsten Stahl’s group at Technical University of Munich, whose research focuses on TEHL contacts of gears. He is planning to present his works “Measurement of EHL Contact Temperature by Thin Film Sensors— Thermal Insulation Effects” at the Leeds-Lyon Symposium on Tribology 2018 in Leeds, UK.

This award contributes 600 Swiss Francs towards attending this conference.

This was a difficult decision; high-quality applications were made for this award, and we would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and thought-provoking presentations. We congratulate Dr. Lohner for his accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat
Editor-in-Chief, Lubricants