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Find a journal
Elsevier publishes around 2,000 journals in Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences. Each journal has its own aims and scope as well as a Guide for Authors which contains all the information you need to prepare your article.

Some tips for selecting the right journal:
- Search through Elsevier journals using the journal finder below or search through articles using SciVerse Scirus
- Check the aims and scope of the journal to see if your article is a good fit
- Check if the journal is invitation only. Please be aware that some journals will only accept invited articles
- Submit to only one journal at a time
- Check the Guide for Authors which will include information on the type of articles accepted, editorial team contacts, graphics specification, acceptable language and article length

If you are having trouble finding a journal that's right for your paper you may want to try to search through articles on SciVerse Scirus by entering a few keywords that describe your paper to identify the Elsevier journals that publish papers on your topic: