I have three questions, I wrote them on image as red color.
first : I want to change Author 3^(a^*) to Author 3^(a, *)
Second : How can I add email address of corresponding author?
(Third : Is it fine to leave line below of abstract? )
Code :
\documentclass[review]{elsarticle}
\usepackage{lineno,hyperref}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{gensymb}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\modulolinenumbers[5]
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage[noend]{algpseudocode}
\usepackage{indentfirst}\setlength\parindent{2em}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand*\env@matrix[1][*\c@MaxMatrixCols c]{%
\hskip -\arraycolsep
\let\@ifnextchar\new@ifnextchar
\array{#1}}
\makeatother
\journal{Journal of CCCCCC}
%% `Elsevier LaTeX' style
\bibliographystyle{elsarticle-num}
\newcommand*{\affaddr}[1]{#1} % No op here. Customize it for different styles.
\newcommand*{\affmark}[1][*]{\textsuperscript{#1}}
\newcommand*{\email}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{frontmatter}
\title{TITLETITLE}
\tnotetext[mytitlenote]{Fully documented templates are available in the elsarticle package on \href{http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/elsarticle}{CTAN}.}
\author{%
Author1\affmark[a], Author2\affmark[b], Author3\affmark[a*]\\
\affaddr{\affmark[a]Blah1}\\
\affaddr{\affmark[b]Blah2}\\
\address[mymainaddress]{Address1}
\address[mysecondaryaddress]{Address2}
}
\cortext[mycorrespondingauthor]{Corresponding author to: Blahblah about corres autho}
\begin{abstract}
Abstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah blahAbstract blah
\end{abstract}
\begin{keyword}
keyword1, keyword2
\end{keyword}
\end{frontmatter}
\linenumbers
\section*{References}
\bibliography{mybibfile}
\end{document}
Best Answer
I think you cannot remove the line after the abstract. I can obtained the behaviour you ask for but it is not standard.
However, since this is for a journal, the editor will finally remove all your modifications to fulfil the journal requirements. In my opinion, don't waste time trying to modify editor templates.
Here you have the full code: