Journal History

2013	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 (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Lubricants was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). 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.
2021	Lubricants announced the 2021 Best Paper Awards. Lubricants was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 7 (Issue 1).
2022	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".
2023	The year 2023 marked the 10th Anniversary of Lubricants.
2025	Lubricants was indexed in Ei Compendex (Elsevier), starting with Volume 13 (Issue 5).