Why you should not submit your work to more than one journal at a time?

There are two reasons why editors forbid multiple submissions. The main one is because submitting a manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is a waste of reviewers’ time, and that time is precious to editors. The result would be that the major journals would be swamped with submissions.

Can you submit to two journals at the same time?

Answer: No, you cannot submit the same paper to more than one journal at the same time. This is known as simultaneous or concurrent submission and is considered as an unethical practice.

Why duplicate publication is a problem?

Duplicate publications are highly unethical and have been widely condemned. It is time and resource wasting for the readers, peer reviewers, and editors and unnecessarily saturates the literature with redundant results. This undermines the integrity of the scientific literature as a whole.

Why is duplicate submission a poor practice?

Submitting the same or a very similar manuscript to two or more journals is unethical and can lead to rejection or even retraction. Why is duplicate submission considered unethical? Submitting the same or a very similar manuscript to two or more journals is unethical and can lead to rejection or even retraction.

Can a journal blacklist an author?

COPE guidance also advises against blacklisting authors. Although it seems that the authors’ behaviour was intentional, it is the authors’ prerogative to withdraw a paper at any point before it is published. The publisher has also discontinued its use of any formal blacklist.

What is double submission?

Double submission can be defined as “the submission of a paper to a journal after that is under concurrent review by another publication”. Authors should only submit original work that has neither appeared elsewhere for publication, nor which was under review for another refereed publication.

Can a research article be republished in an indexed journal?

No, as per the publication ethics, Indexed journals will not publish it.

What is considered a duplicate publication?

Duplicate (or redundant) publication occurs when an author reuses substantial parts of their own published work without providing the appropriate references. This can range from publishing an identical paper in multiple journals, to only adding a small amount of new data to a previously published paper.

What is overlapping in research?

Publication overlap—the presentation of redundant ideas or data in multiple papers by the same authors—is a practice that warrants serious discussion. For example, authors may ask the same question with different datasets, or they may ask different questions with the same dataset.

What is duplicate research?

Duplication represents inadvertent, unconscious, or, more rarely, deliberate repetition of research efforts, thus not serving a need to confirm or otherwise verify conclusions from previous research undertakings.

What is duplicate submission in research?

Duplicate submission / publication: This refers to the practice of submitting the same study to two journals or publishing more or less the same study in two journals. Or the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification.

Can I withdraw my paper after submission?

Answer: As discussed in the answer to your previous question, if you wish to withdraw your paper from a journal, you will have to send a withdrawal request. You should mention the title of the paper and the manuscript id provided by the journal.