Обнаружил тут в 32 номере Tetrahedron Lett. за 2019 год:
"Within the publishing industry, article numbering has emerged as an easy and efficient way to cite journal articles. Article numbering has already been successfully rolled out to Elsevier’s multidisciplinary open access journal Heliyon, as well as more than 200 other journals, and has been well received by the academic community. Based on that positive feedback, we are now pleased to introduce article numbering to Tetrahedron Letters from 16th July 2019." То есть уже не будет сквозной нумерации страниц в томе.
Можете меня считать ретроградом, но все-таки нумерация статей для идентификации намного удобнее и классичнее.