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Further, we have a number of services to support you:
New editors sometimes face difficulties in approaching the task of editing, frequently it is new to them and they feel awkward about asking Elsevier for advice. So Elsevier commissioned Carl Lampert, an editor with Elsevier for 20 years, to write a guide for newly appointed editors.
The Editor Welcome Pack, is a more substantial booklet which Elsevier sends out to new editors. Elsevier editors who have not received this pack can request it from their publishing contact.