Benefits of Publishing

Reduced publication times

Elsevier Editorial System (EES) enhances the productivity of scientists, researchers and practitioners by reducing publication times and decreasing workload per articles. The average time between article submission and acceptance for publication has dropped from 26 to 17 weeks. Editor handling time has also been reduced by 25% which means that on average, editors handle 20-30% more papers in the same amount of time.

Essential Editorial Services - Managing Peer Review - 200,000 referees with over 1 million referee reports per year - Editing an preparing manuscripts - Elsevier works with 7,000 editors to prepare accepted manuscripts - Soliciting and managing submissions - Over 500,000 articles are submitted each year

Early online availability of citable articles

Once a manuscript has been accepted it will appear on ScienceDirect with a fully citable Digital Object Identifier (DOI), the electronic alternative to traditional references.

Publishing neutrality and independence

Elsevier, as a commercial publisher, is independent from governments, lobby groups and other stakeholders in the discourse of science. This ensures independence and publisher neutrality and continues to build upon a long tradition of publishing.

Liberal copyright policies

Significant rights are granted or retained by Elsevier journal authors with respect to use of their own work. Without charge or requesting permission from Elsevier, journal authors have the right to:

Make copies (print or electronic) of their articles for classroom teaching or for colleague (non-commercial purposes only)

	Post a pre-print version on internet websites
	Post a revised personal version of the final text of the article on their personal or institutional website, with a link to the DOI published article (non-commercial purposes only)
	Present the articles at a meeting of conference and distribute copies to delegates
	Retain patent and trademark rights to any process described in the article
	Include in a thesis or dissertation
	For use in a printed compilation of their own works
	Prepare derivative works with acknowledgement of its original publication in the journal.

Digital archiving

As a result of investing over $40 million to scan and digitize backfiles of Elsevier journals, all Elsevier’s Cognitive Science journals are now accessible online via ScienceDirect