Manuscript Transfer Notification

The Manuscript Transfer Notification is triggered when a manuscript is successfully received by a destination journal through ScholarOne’s manuscript transfer system. This event represents the ingestion of a transferred submission and contains metadata used to track and match manuscripts across sites.

Each notification delivers a message payload that includes:

Common elements shared across all notification types
Submission and document metadata
Origin site and transfer identifiers
Versioning and subscription context

Transferred Document is Received Response Elements

Element/Payload 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.
submissionTitle `Why otters like fish`	String	Title of the manuscript as received during transfer.
submissionId `draft`	String	Unique identifier for the manuscript within the destination site. May initially be "draft" until submitted.
documentId `61104411`	Integer	Internal numeric identifier for the manuscript within ScholarOne Manuscripts.
documentStatusName `Transferred In`	String	Human-readable status name indicating the manuscript's state post-transfer. For transferred manuscripts, typically "Transferred In".
systemEventName `TRANSFERRED_DOC_RECEIVED`	String	System-level event label representing the transfer action.
contraSiteName `salesdemo1`	String	The name of the ScholarOne site not responsible for initiating the event. This typically represents the site from which or to which the manuscript was transferred. The initiating site is identified separately in the siteName element.
contraDocumentId `10429009`	Integer	Document ID of the manuscript in the source (originating) site. Useful for mapping and audit across sites.

Transferred Document is Received Response Sample

      {
        "externalSubmissionId": "Unable to Display Letter Tag (##DOCUMENT_ID_EXTERNAL##)",
        "submissionTitle": "Why otters like fish",
        "submissionId": "draft",
        "documentId": "61104411",
        "documentStatusName": "Transferred In",
        "systemEventName": "TRANSFERRED_DOC_RECEIVED",
        "contraSiteName": "salesdemo1",
        "contraDocumentId": "10429009",
        "notificationServiceVersion": "V3",
        "siteName": "salesdemoplus",
        "journalName": "Sales Demo Plus",
        "subscriptionId": "1643665",
        "subscriptionName": "",
        "subscriptionType": "SYSTEM_EVENT",
        "eventDate": "2025-08-04T09:39:03Z",
        "messageUUID": "d711fb1c-68bd-4f61-97ca-a128d3102e05"
      },