About Submission, Transaction, and Manuscript IDs

Author Portal and ScholarOne Manuscripts (S1M) use different identifiers to refer to the same submission. Author Portal uses submission IDs while S1M uses manuscript IDs.

Author Portal IDs

An Author Portal submission ID is a 36-character string composed of five groups of alphanumeric characters separated by dashes, in the following pattern: 

{8 characters}-{4 characters}-{4 characters}-{4 characters}-{12 characters}

For example:

76b5d91e-89f4-4912-9a6f-c76c07431a74

Use this unique submission ID to search for a submission in the Submissions tab of the Author Portal Admin Tool.

Important: The submission ID persists for the current version of a submission. A new submission ID will be generated for subsequent versions of a submission, such as revisions.

Author Portal Transaction ID

In addition to the submission ID, Author Portal also generates a transaction ID for each submission. The transaction ID is a 72-character string composed of 13 groups of alphanumeric characters separated by dashes. The transaction ID of a submission includes the submission ID, among other information. Semantically, the transaction ID conforms to the following pattern:
{origin prefix}-{Author Portal environment}-{tenant code}-{submission ID}-{package ID}
For example:
REX-PROD-3-76B5D91E-89F4-4912-9A6F-C76C07431A74-BB840D7C-498F-4D77-86A9-726A702D9E7F

In the above example, the character group values have the following significance:

  • REX is the origin prefix. The origin prefix is always set to REX.
  • PROD is the Author Portal environment. In addition to PROD, possible values for this character group include: DEVn, QA, and UAT.
  • 3 is the tenant code. This number will differ depending on your tenant code.
  • 76B5D91E-89F4-4912-9A6F-C76C07431A74 is the submission ID, in upper case.
  • BB840D7C-498F-4D77-86A9-726A702D9E7F is the package ID.
Important:
  • When a submission made through Author Portal is ingested by S1M, the Author Portal transaction ID is stored in S1M as the external manuscript ID. S1M external manuscript IDs are described below.
  • The package ID portion of the transaction ID changes each time Author Portal re-generates a package.

S1M Manuscript IDs

S1M manuscript IDs have a different format than Author Portal submission IDs and are created only for received manuscripts. Assuming a manuscript submitted through Author Portal with the above submission ID was received in S1M, the following is an example of the S1M manuscript ID that would be created for it:

EGPONLIN-RA-2021-10-0036

S1M External Manuscript IDs

An S1M external manuscript ID is an identifier for manuscripts ingested from a system external to S1M, such as Author Portal Submission. As described above, in the case of submissions originating from Author Portal, the S1M external manuscript ID is the same as the Author Portal transaction ID, for example:

REX-PROD-3-76B5D91E-89F4-4912-9A6F-C76C07431A74-BB840D7C-498F-4D77-86A9-726A702D9E7F