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Cell Press has introduced an automated method of transferring a manuscript from one Cell Press title to another. This allows authors to submit their manuscript to other journals within the Cell Press family without the need to submit from scratch. If you receive a decision that includes an invitation to move your submission to another journal, the email will contain links allowing you to accept or decline the invitation. The invitation will stay open for 90 days, and you may choose to accept or decline at any point during the 90 day period. Once 90 days have expired, the system will automatically close the transfer invitation, and you will no longer be able to automatically transfer your paper to another Cell Press journal. If you choose to decline: If you choose to decline the transfer invitation, it will close the paper at your original journal, and you will no longer be able to automatically transfer your manuscript to another Cell Press journal. Please do not decline the transfer invitation until you are certain that you will not be interested in having your paper considered by another Cell Press title. If you choose to accept: The following will be made available to the target journal: The source manuscript files from the most recent round of review The peer review comments to author The previous decision letter If you choose to accept the invitation to transfer your manuscript, you will be allowed to choose which Cell Press title you would like to transfer to. You may only choose one target journal at this point (please note that Current Biology is not available as a target – if you are interested in transferring your manuscript to Current Biology, please contact their editorial office directly at current[email protected]). When your target journal receives your manuscript, they will immediately return the paper to your account to allow you and your colleagues to make any changes and corrections that need to be made before the editorial team begins their evaluation. You will be able to log into your account at the target journal and confirm that this version of the manuscript is up to date, including all relevant and required information. When you edit your manuscript, there are a few things to pay attention to: There may be some differences in submission and metadata requirements between your original journal and the target journal; these will need to be resolved before you can return the paper to the target journal.

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Page 1: If you to If - Cell transfer guide.pdf · journal; if you have trouble with this login, please use the "Forgot Username/Password" tool on the login page

Cell Press has introduced an automated method of transferring a manuscript from one Cell Press title to 

another. This allows authors to submit their manuscript to other journals within the Cell Press family 

without the need to submit from scratch. If you receive a decision that includes an invitation to move 

your submission to another journal, the email will contain links allowing you to accept or decline the 

invitation.  

The invitation will stay open for 90 days, and you may choose to accept or decline at any point during 

the 90 day period. Once 90 days have expired, the system will automatically close the transfer invitation, 

and you will no longer be able to automatically transfer your paper to another Cell Press journal. 

 

Ifyouchoosetodecline: 

If you choose to decline the transfer invitation, it will close the paper at your original journal, and you 

will no longer be able to automatically transfer your manuscript to another Cell Press journal. Please do 

not decline the transfer invitation until you are certain that you will not be interested in having your 

paper considered by another Cell Press title. 

 

Ifyouchoosetoaccept: 

The following will be made available to the target journal:  

The source manuscript files from the most recent round of review 

The peer review comments to author 

The previous decision letter  

If you choose to accept the invitation to transfer your manuscript, you will be allowed to choose which 

Cell Press title you would like to transfer to. You may only choose one target journal at this point (please 

note that Current Biology is not available as a target – if you are interested in transferring your 

manuscript to Current Biology, please contact their editorial office directly at current‐[email protected]).  

When your target journal receives your manuscript, they will immediately return the paper to your 

account to allow you and your colleagues to make any changes and corrections that need to be made 

before the editorial team begins their evaluation. You will be able to log into your account at the target 

journal and confirm that this version of the manuscript is up to date, including all relevant and required 

information.  

When you edit your manuscript, there are a few things to pay attention to: 

There may be some differences in submission and metadata requirements between your 

original journal and the target journal; these will need to be resolved before you can return the 

paper to the target journal.  

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You may update any files at this time. Any files that do not require updates can remain in place. 

If your manuscript was previously peer‐reviewed, you will have the opportunity to address these 

reviews by uploading a point‐by‐point response to their comments. You may upload your 

response under the category “Transfer Paper – Response to Reviewers” on the Attach File 

screen.  

Once you have approved the combined PDF, the system will release your files to the editors for their 

consideration. The paper will also receive a new manuscript number from the target journal – this 

generally happens within one business day.  

If you have any questions concerning this process, please contact the editorial office and we would be 

happy to help address these issues. 

Please note that your login information at this new journal may differ from the login at the previous 

journal; if you have trouble with this login, please use the "Forgot Username/Password" tool on the 

login page.