Submitting the same manuscript at the same time to more than one journal is an example of a duplicate submission; this is unethical in academic publishing.

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Q: Can I submit the same manuscript to multiple journals at once?

Submitting the same manuscript at the same time to more than one journal is an example of a duplicate submission; this is unethical in academic publishing.
Major publishers (e.g., Elsevier, Springer, Wiley) and international global bodies (e.g., COPE, Committee on Publication Ethics) prohibit duplicate submission.
Penalties include being blacklisted, retraction of your other works, or being reported to institutions.
Instead, authors should wait until they receive a formal decision (acceptance, rejection, or confirmation of withdrawal) from the first journal, and only then should they consider approaching the second journal.

Q: Can I submit the same manuscript to multiple journals at once?

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