Journal · Sciences, engineering, informatics, health

How to submit to Elsevier (2026)

Broad journal family covering the sciences. Rolling submission with full peer review — a realistic target for a well-executed student project.

Key facts

Full name
Elsevier journals (elsarticle)
Kind
Journal
Field
Sciences, engineering, informatics, health
Submissions
Rolling submissions
Page limit
No hard limit — scope to the journal
Template
Official Elsevier template
On Lumina
$149 per paper

Deadlines

Elsevier titles accept submissions year-round. Pick your own target date and the roadmap counts back from it.

As recorded in Lumina's venue data on 9 September 2026; confirm on the venue's site.

Formatting and submission rules

  • Use the elsarticle document class
  • Structured frontmatter: title, authors, affiliations, abstract, keywords
  • Declare data availability and any AI-assistance in the manuscript
  • elsarticle-num bibliography style is the common default
  • Suggest reviewers if the journal asks — many Elsevier titles do

A roadmap that counts back from the deadline

Elsevier has no fixed deadline, so pick your own target date; each step counts back from it.

  1. 10 weeks beforeFrame the contribution

    Write a 1-sentence claim and the smallest experiment that would falsify it.

  2. 9 weeks beforeLiterature review (top 12 papers)

    Find the 12 most-cited recent papers; write a 2-line summary of each.

  3. 8 weeks beforeImplement a baseline

    Reproduce a published baseline on your dataset before you build anything new.

  4. 7 weeks beforeMain experiments

    Run your method vs. baselines, log every config with seeds.

  5. 2 weeks beforeAblations + analysis

    Strip one component at a time; explain what each contributes.

  6. 1 week beforeFull draft

    Abstract, intro, related work, method, experiments, limitations.

  7. Deadline weekUpload to arXiv

    Compile, choose primary category, request endorsement if needed.

What Lumina does for a Elsevier submission

Venue Fit checks that Elsevier is the right target for the paper. The Guided Builder writes it in Elsevier's format, the Manuscript Audit re-checks the statistics and the claims the way a reviewer would, the Submission Checklist runs the venue's rules before you upload, and deadline reminders keep the roadmap above honest. Every tool needs a free account; preparing a paper for Elsevier is $149, paid once per paper.

Format your paper for Elsevier — free to start See the roadmap

Questions

Is there a page limit?

No hard limit — scope to the journal. As recorded in Lumina's venue data on 9 September 2026; confirm on the venue's site.

When is the deadline?

Elsevier titles accept submissions year-round. Pick your own target date and the roadmap counts back from it. As recorded in Lumina's venue data on 9 September 2026; confirm on the venue's site.

Does Lumina submit for me?

No. You submit through Elsevier's own system; Lumina prepares and checks the paper.

Lumina is not affiliated with Elsevier journals (elsarticle); submission decisions are the venue's alone.

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