Announcement of the publication of Special Issues- Papers from the International Tribology Conference Hiroshima 2011 -

The International Tribology Conference Hiroshima 2011 was held from Sunday 30th, October to Thursday 3rd, November, 2011 at International Conference Center Hiroshima, Japan. A total of 650 delegates from 29 countries including 150 delegates from overseas gathered in Hiroshima. A total number of papers presented at the conference were 418, which included 4 plenary lectures, 302 oral presentations and 112 poster presentations.The papers presented at the International Tribology Conference Hiroshima 2011, and submitted to the Tribology Online have subsequently undergone the normal peer-review process by multiple reviewers. Accepted papers are published in two separate issues of Part I and Part II. This issue is its first issue. The second issue is going to be published as soon as the peer-review and the editorial processes of the papers are finalized