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I am preparing a manuscript using Elsevier’s elsarticle class. According to the author guidelines, the review version should use a single-column layout (e.g., \documentclass[review,1p,times,authoryear]{elsarticle}), while the final version for publication is typically set in two columns, such as \documentclass[final,5p,times,twocolumn,authoryear]{elsarticle}

In my current single-column draft, all tables fit well. However, when I switch to the double-column layout (e.g., using \documentclass[final,5p,times,twocolumn]{elsarticle}), several tables slightly exceed the column width. For a few wide tables, I use the \begin{table*} and \end{table*} environment to make them span both columns, but for most tables, the overflow is moderate — and converting them to double-column tables feels like an inefficient use of space.

I have a few questions:

  1. Should I revise the tables now (e.g., shorten variable names, adjust spacing, or use packages like resizebox, tabularx, or threeparttablex) so they fit within two column document?

  2. Or is this not necessary at the submission stage, since Elsevier will handle the formatting during typesetting after acceptance?

Any suggestions or experiences with balancing single- and double-column table formatting would be very helpful.

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    welcome! this may be discipline specific but I would not bother to change them at this stage. the journal may not use e.g. the same fonts or settings as in the public template and, in any case, if you are asked to make changes, the effort may be for nought. (or you may end up publishing elsewhere, if acceptance rates are similar to those for my discipline!) Commented Oct 16 at 4:19
  • Whatever else you do, please don't use the \resizebox sledgehammer to reduce the widths of the tables. To reduce the table widths, use tabularx and tabular* environments instead. See the posting How to force a table into page width? for more information. Commented Oct 16 at 11:23
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    It's quite likely Elsevier won't use tex at all for typesetting (it depends on the publication) and are just accepting latex source as an author convenience, so the actual tex formatting doesn't matter at all as long as the reviewers can read it. Commented Oct 16 at 13:29

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