Save a plot - Elsevier figure size — ggsave_elsevier • lehuynh

Save a plot using ggplot2::ggsave(). Plot size follows instructions of Elsevier journals.

Usage

ggsave_elsevier(
  filename,
  plot,
  width = c("one_column", "one_half_column", "full_page"),
  height,
  ...
)

Arguments

filename: A character string. File name to create on disk.
plot: Plot to save, ggplot or other grid object.
width: Plot width. See Details for more information.
height: Plot height in "mm".
...: Passed to ggplot2::ggsave()

Value

An image file containing the saved plot.

Details

Instruction of Elsevier about sizing of artwork.

Image width:
- single column: 90 mm (255 pt)
- 1.5 column: 140 mm (397 pt)
- double column (full width): 190 mm (539 pt)
Image height: maximum 240 mm.

See also

ggplot2::ggsave()

Examples


library(ggplot2)

fig <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(y = mpg, x = disp)) +
    geom_point(aes(colour = factor(cyl)))

## For demo, a temp. file path is created with the file extension .png
png_file <- tempfile(fileext = ".png")

ggsave_elsevier(png_file, plot = fig, width = "full_page", height = 120)