On the Thorny Issue of Single Submission

Josephat U. Izunobi ()
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Josephat U. Izunobi: Department of Chemistry, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Lagos 100213, Nigeria

Publications, 2024, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-5

Abstract: This Opinion highlights varying viewpoints on the single-submission policy in scientific publishing, which has recently come under attack. The rule permits the sequential, rather than simultaneous, submission of a manuscript to more than one journal and dictates that an author(s) must wait for a response from one journal before resubmitting the same work to another for consideration. A corollary is that legitimising multiple submissions would create more problems than it could solve. This article is, therefore, in favour of maintaining the status quo.

Keywords: peer-review; publishing ethics; redundant publications; science communication; sequential submission (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A2 D83 L82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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