Your research deserves the right home
Find the best home for your research quickly and easily with Elsevier's Article Transfer Service.
Elsevier's Article Transfer Service
Rejection doesn't mean your work isn't ready to be published — it may just mean there's a better-fit journal waiting for it. Elsevier's Article Transfer Service (ATS) connects your manuscript to journals where it has a real chance of acceptance, quickly and without extra effort on your part.
What the Article Transfer Service (ATS) is
Not every great paper lands in the right journal on the first try. Elsevier's Article Transfer Service is here to change that. When a submission isn't the right fit, our editorial teams and smart matching technology step in to recommend journals better suited to your work — so you spend less time searching and more time doing research.
The benefits of accepting an article transfer
A rejection can feel like a setback. You've submitted your paper and unfortunately received a rejection, either before or after peer review. Our Article Transfer Service turns it into a next step by recommending alternative journals that are more suitable for your paper. What does this offer mean to you?
The best home for your paper — not just any home
We look at what makes your manuscript unique — its scope, article type, and the journals where similar work has found success — and recommend destinations most likely to accept it. Our recommendations draw on journal editor expertise, the insights of our Scientific Editors, and intelligent matching algorithms.
This transfer service helped me a lot to decide the final journal target for my manuscript. We transferred the work without any problem and finally the work was accepted and published in the suggested journal.
Catalysis author
Less admin, more research
Resubmitting a manuscript from scratch is time-consuming. With the Article Transfer Service, your paper moves through Elsevier's editorial submission system seamlessly — no need to start over. In many cases, you won't even need to reformat your manuscript. And where we can, we'll explain the reasoning behind our recommendations so you can make an informed choice.
Publish sooner — without cutting corners
Every week spent resubmitting is a week your research isn't reaching the people who need it. Our service helps you identify the highest-probability journals fast. Authors with an enhanced transfer offer may even receive conditional acceptance or guaranteed peer review at the destination journal.
My experience with the transfer service was excellent. It sped up the publication process, even though the original journal rejected it. I do not have any negative experiences associated with the transfer, and I will use the transfer service again in the future.Neuroscience author
Smart matching backed by real expertise
Our recommendations aren't automated guesswork — they combine two powerful inputs:
Expert judgment - Elsevier journal editors and in-house Scientific Editors — all subject-matter specialists — assess each manuscript personally, bringing contextual knowledge that algorithms alone can't replicate
Data-driven analytics - Advanced matching algorithms analyze topics, citations, acceptance rates, and transfer performance data to identify the journals where your paper is most likely to succeed.
How the process works — three simple steps
After receiving a transfer offer by email after rejection: 1. Accept your offer — click the link in your rejection email to start the process 2. Choose your journal — select the destination that fits your work best from our recommendations 3. Finalize your submission — make any revisions you'd like, then submit to the new journal The editors at your destination journal will then assess your manuscript and notify you of their decision.
