Parallel Paper Submission

[Nicholas Swindale]

What about the following idea - allow unlimited parallel submission but 
shift the burden of obtaining referee reports to the authors. So the 
authors find 2 or 3 referees likely to be known to journal editors and 
likely to be impartial, submit the paper directly to the referees, and then 
when the paper is adequately revised submit it to the journal(s) of their 
choice and get the referees to send in their reports at the same time. This 
could be done sequentially or in parallel. This would a) save journal 
offices a lot of trouble, b) cut down on multiple refereeing and 
time-consuming resubmissions, c) get rid of anonymous reviewing and d) 
speed up publication.
Nick Swindale
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