When your article is published, you will no doubt want copies of it for your own use and distribution. In the case of most journals, Elsevier will offer you free offprints; but offprints can also be ordered.

How do I receive my offprints?
You will receive an offprint order form once your article has been accepted for publication. If several authors are listed, the identified ‘Corresponding Author’ will receive the form.

If your journal offers free PDFs or offprints, the standard number will be sent (at no charge) to the 'Corresponding Author' listed,
even if you do not return the offprint order form.

Once the offprints have been dispatched, please allow 30-60 days for delivery, depending on local postal services. To track the status of your delivery, visit     http://authors.elsevier.com/TrackPaper.html.

Can I receive electronic offprints?
Many Elsevier journals are now offering e-offprints.  This time- and resource-saving option will be listed in your journal's 'Guide for Authors' if it is available.  

How do I order (additional) offprints?
If you wish to order (additional) offprints, you must complete and return the offprint order form before publication. Corresponding Authors should include the requests from all contributing authors into a single order.

Note that orders placed after the issue goes to print will carry an additional charge. To order late offprints, please contact sciencereprints@elsevier.com.

If you wish to order more than 400 offprints of your article, please contact: sciencereprints@elsevier.com

For any queries relating to an offprint invoice or payment, please include the following information with your query: invoice number, account number and details of article to which the payment relates.

What (exactly) is an offprint?
An offprint is a printed version of an article that is identical to the original version of the article as it appears in published format.  Although it is commonly called a ‘reprint’, the publishing experts at Elsevier recognize the difference.

An ‘offprint’ is available immediately upon publication, and is an exact copy of your individual article only. A ‘reprint’, in publishing terms, would refer to a second- or third-run printing (or a special edition) of the entire journal.