A journal bearing for supporting a rotor shaft extending along a rotor axis having a support element, and at least two pads for supporting the rotor shaft, wherein the pads are supported by the support element is provided herein. The pads may include a bearing surface, wherein the support element and pads include a support for each pad. The support for each pad may include structure to enable tilting for each pad around a tilt axis extending parallel to the rotor axis. The journal bearing may be assigned to a specific default rotation direction of the rotor shaft, wherein tilting of the pad into the rotation direction is positive tilting and tilting of the pad versus the rotation direction is negative tilting.