Cell Press encourages manuscript transfers between titles. Rather than asking editors to make transfer decisions on behalf of authors, authors are empowered to drive the process and control their paper’s “destiny.”
“The new features that Editorial Manager has rolled out around journal-to-journal transfer have made this process extremely convenient and easy,” commented Patrick Hannon, Editorial Operations Manager. “The introduction of ‘Reject and Transfer’ decision types, along with the ability to give authors several journals they could transfer to, has allowed us to rapidly roll this process out. In addition, having the original decision letter and reviewer comments available at the ‘new’ journal has made the evaluation process much easier. After years of laboring to track transfers by hand, having an automated system has made everyone’s life much easier and has helped us provide the best author service possible.”