Elsevier document class option 5p

Question

As many of you know, there are different options of Elsevier document which includes:

\documentclass[preprint,12pt,authoryear]{elsarticle}

\documentclass[authoryear,preprint,review,12pt]{elsarticle}

\documentclass[final,1p,times,authoryear]{elsarticle}

\documentclass[final,1p,times,twocolumn,authoryear]{elsarticle}

\documentclass[final,3p,times,authoryear]{elsarticle}

\documentclass[final,3p,times,twocolumn,authoryear]{elsarticle}

\documentclass[final,5p,times,authoryear]{elsarticle}

\documentclass[final,5p,times,twocolumn,authoryear]{elsarticle}

My question here is, can I have a 5p single-column paper?? What is the difference between (5p) and (5p, twocolumn) ??

When I used \documentclass[final,5p,times,authoryear]{elsarticle}, it gives me a two column layout which I don't need.

if you don't need two column why are you using a publisher supplied option that is specifically for two column documents? — David Carlisle, Jun 27 '18 at 16:18
Elsevier as a publisher has a 5p journal with single coulmn such as 'Transportation Research Part D' where I am trying to publishmy work — Ameen Mohamed Bassam, Jun 27 '18 at 23:13

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '18 at 17:29

I see nowhere in the documentation that one is supposed to use both 5p and twocolumn.

The option 1p always uses one column format, while 5p always uses twocolumn:

\DeclareOption{5p}{\xdef\jtype{5}\global\preprintfalse
  \ExecuteOptions{twocolumn}}

\DeclareOption{1p}{\xdef\jtype{1}\global\preprintfalse
  \AtBeginDocument{\@twocolumnfalse}}

From the code it's clear that passing twocolumn together with 5p is redundant, because the option is executed anyway.

The only option for which a choice between one and two column format is sensible is 3p.

Passing 5p and onecolumn as options is a bad idea.

Mico · Answer 2 · 2018-06-27T15:29:31.747

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You asked,

My question here is, can I have a 5p single column paper?

Here's an excerpt from page 2 of the user guide of the elsarticle class:

5p -- This is always of twocolumn style."

The short, and also the long, answer to your question therefore is: "No".

edited Jun 27 '18 at 15:29

answered Jun 27 '18 at 15:23

Mico

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Thank you Mico. But if 5p is always for twoclumn, why there are (5p) and (5p, twocolumn) options ??? – Ameen Mohamed Bassam Jun 27 '18 at 15:42
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@AmeenMohamedBassam - Sorry, I am not the author of this document class. I'm also entirely unfamiliar with the design decisions that had to be made when the document class was created. I thus can't address meaningfully any why-type questions related to the elsarticle document class. My apologies. – Mico Jun 27 '18 at 15:45
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@AmeenMohamedBassam the 5p option executes twocolum so 5p is the same as 5p,twocolumn 5p,onecolumn resets one column but as jype is 5 many constructs (notably \maketitle) are only defined for two column documents.) – David Carlisle Jun 27 '18 at 16:17

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 27 '22 at 06:52

To whom might still be interested in this topic

I recently encountered the same problem with a paper I am about to submit to Journal of Computational Physics. The printed area looks like 5p, but the page layout is onecolumn which is contrary to what is specified in the docs of elsarticle.cls.

The answer is in fact in the scope of the journal itself

Full text articles have a recommended length of 35 pages. In order to estimate the page limit, please use our template.

Upon downloading this template, it turns out that, besides the classical elsarticle.cls class, J Comp Phys also uses a specific package jcomp.

Elsevier document class option 5p

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