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Use when running the final pre-submission preflight for Global Environmental Change (GEC) via Elsevier's online submission system — format selection, double-anonymized files, word and abstract caps, Highlights, the Data Availability Statement, declarations, and ORCID. Final checks; it does not draft content.

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Submission Preflight (gec-submission)

The last check before pressing submit through Elsevier's online submission system. GEC is double-anonymized, so a common avoidable failure is an under-anonymized manuscript; the others are missing Highlights and a missing Data Availability Statement. Facts below were refreshed from the official Guide for Authors on 2026-06-20; re-check live pages before filing.

When to trigger

  • "Submitting tomorrow" — last pass before upload
  • Unsure which files/metadata Elsevier's submission system expects
  • Confirming caps are met and the manuscript is properly anonymized

Process facts (verified 2026-06-20; re-confirm volatile items on the official page)

  • Publisher: Elsevier (ISSN 0959-3780 print / 1872-9495 online).
  • Portal: Elsevier's online submission system.
  • Review model: double-anonymized — submit a title page and anonymized manuscript as separate files.
  • Article length: Research Articles up to 8,000 words (including main text and table/figure captions, excluding references); Perspectives up to 3,000 words (excluding references).
  • Abstract: <=250 words.
  • Keywords: 1-7 English keywords for indexing.
  • Highlights: required, 3-5 bullets, <=85 characters each including spaces, as a separate editable file.
  • References: any internally consistent style at submission; the journal style is applied after acceptance at proof.
  • Data: Elsevier Option C applies: deposit/cite/link research data, or explain why it cannot be shared; prepare a Data Availability Statement.
  • Publishing fee: subscription route has no author publication fee; gold OA APC is USD 6,120 excluding taxes (verified 2026-06-22; re-check the live ScienceDirect figure before submission).

Preflight checklist

Format & length

  • Article type chosen and its word cap met (Research Article 8,000 words; Perspective 3,000 words)
  • Abstract <=250 words; states problem + approach + finding + significance
  • 1-7 English keywords chosen
  • Highlights: 3-5 bullets, <=85 chars each, separate editable file

Anonymity (double-anonymized)

  • No author names, affiliations, or acknowledgments in the manuscript
  • Self-citations neutralized; no obvious self-references
  • Identifying file metadata stripped (document properties, comments)
  • Separate (non-anonymous) title page prepared as a distinct file

Format & metadata

  • Elsevier formatting and reference style applied consistently
  • Corresponding-author ORCID ready (Elsevier requirement)
  • Figures/tables self-contained and accessible (see gec-figures-and-tables)

Compliance & files

  • Declaration of competing interests and any funding statement included
  • Ethics / IRB / human-subjects compliance and consent where applicable
  • Option C data plan: deposit/cite/link research data, or explain why sharing is restricted
  • Data Availability Statement + clean replication materials staged where sharing is possible
  • Suggested reviewers (if requested) span the relevant disciplines

Anti-patterns

  • Leaving author identifiers in the text, acknowledgments, or file metadata (breaks double-anonymized review)
  • Abstract over the cap; missing or off-spec Highlights
  • No Data Availability Statement; a results section the archive cannot reproduce
  • Budgeting an APC when the subscription route is free to the author
  • Sending a natural-science-only paper (see gec-review-process scope screen)

Output format

【Article type】Research Article / Perspective / other (caps met? Y/N)
【Anonymized】text + self-refs + file metadata clean? [Y/N]
【Abstract / keywords】<=250 words + 1-7 English keywords? [Y/N]
【Highlights】3-5 bullets, <=85 chars each? [Y/N]
【Option C data plan + Data Availability Statement】[Y/N]
【Declarations + ORCID】[Y/N]
【Next】await decision → gec-revision-and-rebuttal on revision

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