Invited Author Response Notification

The Invited Author Response Notification is triggered when an author responds to an invitation to contribute to a manuscript stub in the ScholarOne Manuscripts system. This event indicates that an invited author has accepted, declined, or otherwise responded to the invitation and contains key metadata about the manuscript stub.

Each notification delivers a message payload that includes:

Common metadata about the manuscript stub
Author identification information
Response tracking details
System identifiers to support integration traceability

Invited Author Response Payload Elements

Element/Example	Type	Description
externalSubmissionId `ERR-1634-08`	String	Identifier assigned to the manuscript by an external system (e.g., via ingestion). This is typically used to correlate the submission with external platforms.
trackingNumber `EX1000`	String	Journal-level identifier used to help locate submission stubs more easily, as these stubs do not have a Submission ID until they are officially submitted. The Tracking ID can be either a free-form value or follow a predefined format; however, it is not unique.
documentId `50925175`	Integer	Internal numeric identifier for the manuscript within ScholarOne Manuscripts.
personId `36152177`	Integer	Internal numeric identifier for the invited author within ScholarOne Manuscripts.
authorEmail `[email protected]`	String	Email address of the invited author.
transferSubId `ac6828d7-b1c3-4561-9933-9d37680226f21`	String	A unique identifier assigned to each submission, enabling tracking even when the submission is transferred across ScholarOne sites. This may be empty for manuscript stubs that have not been transferred.
systemEventName `INVITED_AUTHOR_RESPONSE`	String	System-level (Task) event name that triggered the notification.
responseType `Declined`	String	The type of response provided by the author (e.g., Agreed, Declined, Unavailable).
responseName `Declined`	String	Human-readable name of the author's response to the invitation.
performerPersonId `112451431`	Integer	Internal numeric identifier for the person who performed the response action. This may differ from personId if someone responds on behalf of the author.

Invited Author Response Payload Sample

{
    "systemEventName": "INVITED_AUTHOR_RESPONSE",
    "documentId": "13901680",
    "externalSubmissionId": "Unable to Display Letter Tag (##DOCUMENT_ID_EXTERNAL##)",
    "trackingNumber": "WRK4-25-Oct-0015",
    "personId": "1953456",
    "authorEmail": "[email protected]",
    "transferSubId": "ac6828d7-b1c3-4561-9933-9d37680226f21",
    "responseType": "Agreed",
    "responseName": "Agreed",
    "performerPersonId": "112451431",
    "notificationServiceVersion": "V3",
    "siteName": "salesdemoplus",
    "journalName": "Sales Demo Plus",
    "subscriptionId": "1706717",
    "subscriptionName": "",
    "subscriptionType": "SYSTEM_EVENT",
    "eventDate": "2025-10-21T10:14:01Z",
    "messageUUID": "2843de4f-5eb0-47f4-a8ff-c400a9ad9b00"
}