Supplementary files offer authors additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more.

Requirements for supplementary material differ between journals. You can find the requirements for your supplementary material:

• In your journal's Guide for Authors for journal-specific requirements. You can find the Guide for Authors on your journal homepage. Go to your journal homepage directly or use the Journal Finder.
• In our Author Artwork Instructions.  
• On the Artwork & Media Instructions from the Elsevier website.

You can visit our Content Innovation page to find out how you can make the most out of your article. Elsevier's Content Innovation portfolio offers a range of options when it comes to enriching the content of your published research. If you want to order supplementary material, visit our Illustration Services at the Elsevier WebShop.

Make sure that your supplementary material is in compliance with Elsevier's policy on the manipulation of images. You can find the policy at the bottom of the Artwork & Media Instructions page from the Elsevier website.

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