About Submission Groups

Submission groups in ScholarOne are used to give submitters different requirements during the submission process.

From an Author Portal perspective, the use of submission groups is primarily to keep the requirements for submissions made through Author Portal separate from the requirements for submissions made directly through ScholarOne, as these are likely to be different. For example, submissions made directly through ScholarOne may require the author to provide a word count for their manuscript, whereas submissions made through Author Portal do not. Hence, it is best to use a separate submission group for each submission source platform and set of requirements.

The following are some important points regarding submission groups:

In step 5, Attributes, the File Designation attribute type must be associated with all submission groups, including Default:

It is recommended to also associate other attribute types, such as Keywords, with all submission groups.

In step 6, Custom Questions, do not select submission groups for inactive questions.

In step 14, Submission Configuration, you can select the submission group to configure from the respective dropdown menu:

These defaults cannot be varied by submission groups you create.

If you want to make a change that will affect all manuscript types, you must make the change in each submission group, including All Submission Groups.