Offering Transfer to LSA

JHI Transfers Out

Editors can offer transfer of rejected articles to Life Science Alliance (LSA). The author retains full control over the process, with a mechanism to make it simple.

Consultation with LSA editor

Authors see the following statement on the submission form:

Consultations

Should the editors determine that your manuscript is not the right fit for JHI, they may consult with colleagues at other Rockefeller University Press (RUP) journals to identify potential publication opportunities. This internal consultation ensures a seamless path should you desire to transfer your work while maintaining confidentiality among RUP editorial staff. The ultimate decision to transfer rests entirely with you

If the JHI editor selects LSA as a transfer option, the manuscript will automatically enter Shared View Referral after the rejection decision is submitted. This means the LSA Executive Editor will have the opportunity to quickly review and decide whether they are interested.

Decision Screen

Rejection decision types include

·         Reject and Refer

·         Reject and Refer without Review

Then in the section "For reject and referral decisions, select the specific journal(s):"

·         Life Science Alliance

Note: LSA is within the RUP family of journals, and as such, we have a streamlined workflow. We only include LSA as a transfer option when the LSA editors are interested (which they indicate quickly), potentially saving authors time. The final choice is that of the author.

LSA offers

If LSA was selected as a transfer option by the editor, Shared View Referral automatically opens, and the article moves to the Shared View Referral folder on JHI while reviewed by an LSA editor.

Author transfer screen

When the author receives their rejection letter, it will include a link to the author transfer interface only if the JHI editor has selected transfer options.

Reviewer Identity

When submitting the review, the reviewer form includes an opt-out question for revealing reviewer identity:

JHI gives authors the option of having reviewer comments and identities confidentially transferred to another journal, including those outside of RUP. If you do NOT want your identity to be transferred, please indicate below:

Yes, my identity can be transferred to another journal office
No, my identity cannot be transferred to another journal office

If the reviewer opts in, the identity is sent to the downstream journal with the comments.

If the reviewer opts out, the reviewer comments will be transferred anonymously.