Elsevier Media Kits

Supplement Publishing With Elsevier

Supplements are publications of single-topic articles of special educational merit that are published in addition to the regular issues of the journal.

Supplements may be based on the proceedings of meetings or an invited collection of manuscripts that are published through the financial support of nonprofit organizations, government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, device and equipment companies and or their designates, or medical education companies. Supplements are mailed with the parent journal to the readership and are usually separately bound (free standing) issues.

Publishing a sponsored supplement offers a cost effective method of reaching a target audience of professionals. Supplements are peer reviewed, indexed, and covered by the major data base and contents services (Medline, PubMed, EMBASE, etc) in the same manner as the parent journal. A supplement will be available on the journal's home websites as well as ScienceDirect.

Here are the first steps in publishing a supplement:

Call or email Craig Smith (212-462-1933; c.smith@elsevier.com) or Brian Jenkins (212-462-1924; b.jenkins@elsevier.com) for page costs and questions about procedures.
All supplements require preliminary approval from the editorial office. You will be asked to submit the following:

A proposed table of contents with names and affiliations of corresponding authors
Name and affiliation of guest editor(s)
Name of sponsor(s)
If based on proceedings of a symposium, please provide date and venue of meeting.

If preliminary approval is granted by the editorial office, you will be asked to submit manuscripts for editorial and peer review.

Additional options you may wish to consider:

Preprint: If you need a special handout for an upcoming meeting and have an approved proposal from the editorial office, we can provide a preprint with a mockup of the cover of the journal for advance distribution. The preprint includes the Introduction of your supplement plus the abstracts of the articles to be published
CME, CPE, CE Accredited Supplements: We can publish your CME materials with a tear-out assessment test and evaluation form.
Elsevier Mailing Lists: In many cases we can obtain mailing lists from other Elsevier journals (North American and European titles) to increase distribution of your supplement.
AMA Mailing Lists: We can acquire AMA mailing lists that specifically target demographics of your choosing.
Overruns: Extra copies of your complete supplement issue.
Complete Distribution Services: We can bulk ship and/or mail individual copies of your supplement out to any size mailing list anywhere in the world directly from our printer.
Online access: Free full-text access on the journal's website and on PubMed can be made available to all readers.
Video Clips: Clips of procedures or mechanisms of action can be posted on the online versions of the supplement (with reference to the online url in the printed version).
WebCast: Your topics can be presented by in a live or prerecorded WebCast over the Internet. Online CE, CPE, or CME accreditation can be included.
CD-ROMs of Your Published Supplement: The CD-ROMs may also contain video clips to further clarify and enhance figures or to more clearly demonstrate procedures and mechanisms of action.
Pocket-Size Supplements: After publishing a full-size supplement, we can do a pocket-size version that fits perfectly into a lab coat. These are great for Consensus Recommendations.
Wall Charts: We can produce and print wall charts intended for posting in doctors' offices to educate either caregivers or patients (e.g., regarding medication compliance).
Reprints: Extra copies of a particular supplement article (contact Anne Rosenthal at reprints@elsevier.com).