Submitting to Elsevier journals
What we hold as Elsevier’s house rules, and where each one was read. A journal’s own guide for authors always comes first: a rule here is used only where that guide is silent.
Journals
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House rules on record
4 read on Elsevier’s own pages
Last read
each rule carries its own date
Read on Elsevier’s own author pages
Verified: Elsevier states these for its journals. Only rules like these can count as a blocker in a check, and a journal’s own guide still comes first.
Figure resolution, floor
300 dpi
Verified
Read on Artwork sizing | Elsevier policy, 2 October 2026.
“300 DPI for halftone images; 500 DPI for combination art; 1000 DPI for line art.”
Line art resolution
1000 dpi
Verified
Read on Artwork sizing | Elsevier policy, 2 October 2026.
“300 DPI for halftone images; 500 DPI for combination art; 1000 DPI for line art.”
Greyscale resolution
300 dpi
Verified
Read on Artwork sizing | Elsevier policy, 2 October 2026.
“300 DPI for halftone images; 500 DPI for combination art; 1000 DPI for line art.”
Colour resolution
300 dpi
Verified
Read on Artwork sizing | Elsevier policy, 2 October 2026.
“300 DPI for halftone images; 500 DPI for combination art; 1000 DPI for line art.”
Read on one journal’s guide
Inferred: these were read on the guide of a single Elsevier journal, named on each card. They are likely for its other journals and not established for them, so a check shows them as worth checking and never as a blocker.
Reference format at submission
Any consistent format is accepted
Inferred
Read on Cities: Guide for authors, 30 September 2026.
Figure formats
.eps, .pdf, .tiff, .jpg, .png
Inferred
Read on Cities: Guide for authors, 30 September 2026.
Declared at submission
Conflict of interest, Data availability, Author contributions
Inferred
Read on Cities: Guide for authors, 30 September 2026.
“should always be completed”
Declarations only if they apply
AI disclosure, Funding
Inferred
Read on Cities: Guide for authors, 30 September 2026.
“If you have nothing to disclose, you do not need to add a statement”
What the journal decides, not Elsevier
These vary between Elsevier journals, so we do not hold a house value for them. Your journal’s own guide for authors is where to look.
Reference style · Citation format · Abstract · Abstract length · Keywords, fewest · Keywords, most · Separate title page · Line numbering · Cover letter · Figures in the manuscript
Journals in this family
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms · Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part – B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology · Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual · Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part – C: Toxicology and Pharmacology · Annales Francaises d’Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et de Pathologie Cervico-Faciale · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology – Part D: Genomics and Proteomics · European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X · American Journal of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery · Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London
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