Note: For information on tracking the status of your submitted paper in EES, click here.
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Once a decision has been made on an article, the Corresponding Author will be notified. If the article is accepted, it will be entered into our production tracking system and you will receive an acknowledgement letter containing the production reference number, accompanied by an offprint order form and a copyright transfer form.
Each accepted article that arrives at Elsevier is registered in our tracking system and its status is available for you to check within 24 hours. Each step in the production process is then automatically updated in the article tracking service.
The production reference number along with the Corresponding Author's last name can be used to track the status of the article at: Track Paper
From here you can choose either
Option 1:Registered - Log in and track your accepted article
or
Option 2:Unregistered- Track your accepted article without logging in
It is also possible to set up e-mail alerts for automatic notification of key milestones as your article progresses through the publication process. For information on how to receive automatic updates on your accepted articles click here.
Please note that the production reference number is different to the editorial reference number assigned by the Editor. Also please note that this system is only able to track the status of articles which have been accepted for publication and have been entered into our Production Tracking System.
Authors with accepted articles in production at Elsevier have access to the following tracking information:
General production status (that is: in preparation, in proof, issued).
Date of publication and offprints dispatch date.
Citation (issue, volume and page numbers) and DOI information.
Link to the "Article in Press" version of the article when it is available online in corrected proof form.
Link to the final published article when it is available online
Please note that your tracking information only shows details about articles that have been accepted for publication (excluding online submission) and forwarded to Elsevier for production. If your article is still under review and has not received a firm decision on whether it will be published, it will not yet be logged into Elsevier's production system and you should contact the journal's editor directly for an update on the status of your article. See the relevant journal's Guide for Authors for details.
If you have problems tracking your paper online, please contact our Customer Support team for assistance.
