Tribology International

I am the friction doctor you mentioned. This journal has three editors, from France, China (Academician Liu from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences), and Japan. I don't know where you saw that there is an editor next to us. Also, in my circle of classmates, there are research groups in various fields of friction. However, it is also difficult to submit to this journal. My supervisor has been working on friction since the 1990s, but looking at his submission records, the acceptance rate is only about one in three or four papers. There are many journals on friction, and we don't always submit to this journal. You can search on the homepage of the faculty of the Mechanical Friction Institute at SWJTU to see. In fact, most teachers do not submit many papers to this journal. They submit more to journals such as Carbon, Applied Surface Science, Surface and Coating, and Wear. Do all these journals have editors they know?

Also, don't be angry because of your own ignorance. I know a mentor from a 985 university who is an American academician. Papers submitted to top-tier journals do not need to go through the review process and are accepted directly. The influence of the team itself is very important, which has been established since the formation of the paper system. Editors didn't even pay attention when Einstein first started submitting papers because he was from a patent institute. They would publish the arguments proposed by influential scholars immediately. Academic influence is built on years of accumulation. If you were a journal editor, would you spend all day looking at papers from unfamiliar institutions around the world that have never conducted relevant research?

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First, let's talk about an intuitive feeling, even in the field of tribology, it is widely recognized that wear and tribology are not on the same level. As far as I know, wear is usually rejected before being submitted to tribology. Let me be a bit arrogant here, many times after reading papers on wear, I want to curse, but there are certainly also average articles in tribology. Overall, there is still a certain gap. Our group is also cautious in submitting to tribology, and we won't submit anything without significant innovation. Our usual submission order is: tribology, friction, applied surface science > wear, surface and coating > part j, part f.

Since the first paper was accepted, it feels like opening up a new path. I have been able to publish papers in some journals in the manufacturing field, and rarely get rejected without peer review. However, it takes me about half a year to complete a paper, which is relatively slower compared to many of my classmates.

Additional: Just finished watching "Genius: Einstein". Einstein started working at a patent office, where he submitted several papers, chasing after editors, but they didn't even look at them. On the other hand, professors from well-known universities get their conversations or conference content published immediately. This is influence, and it is how the publishing system was initially formed. Those who don't believe in academic influence probably agree with a plot where a messy old man from the deep mountains defeats a martial arts alliance leader who has dominated the martial arts world for decades. Haha, please imagine it yourself.