Announcement of the publication of Special Issues: —Papers from World Tribology Congress 2009—

Abstract

The World Tribology Congress 2009 was held under the joint-sponsorship of the Science Council of Japan and the Japanese Society of Tribologists, from Sunday 6th to Friday 11th, September, 2009 at Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan. The papers presented at the World Tribology Congress 2009, and submitted to the Tribology Online have subsequently undergone the normal peer-review process by multiple reviewers.Tribology Online publishes following five Special Issues —Papers from World Tribology Congress 2009— (WTC 2009 Special Issue).- WTC 2009 Special issue: Papers form the mini-Symposium on Additives Technology of Lubricants for the Next Generation- WTC 2009 Special issue: Papers form the mini-Symposium on Tribological Aspects of Fluid Power- WTC 2009 Special issue: Papers form the mini-Symposium on History of Tribology- WTC 2009 Special issue: Papers form the mini-Symposium on Hydrogen Tribology for Future Energy- WTC 2009 Special issue: Papers form the Technical SessionsEach special issue is going to be published as soon as the peer-review and the editorial processes of the papers are finalized.Editor-in-ChiefMasabumi Masuko