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 marks the 10th Anniversary of Lubricants. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2012–2017 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. James E. Krzanowski |
| 2017–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Homer Rahnejat |