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On the Thorny Issue of Single Submission

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  • Josephat U. Izunobi

    (Department of Chemistry, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Lagos 100213, Nigeria)

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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.

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  • Josephat U. Izunobi, 2024. "On the Thorny Issue of Single Submission," Publications, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-5, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jpubli:v:12:y:2024:i:4:p:37-:d:1500810
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