At 04:15 PM 11/21/2004 -0500, you wrote:
It is standard practice to ask authors to certify that the paper has
not simultaneously been submitted to any other journal.
Sally Morris, Chief Executive
Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers
E-mail: chief-exec@alpsp.org
Sally, Many publishers have policies to prevent multiple submissions
by the author and Emerald is no exception. Emerald's submission
policy assumes that the content is original and that ownership of the
content is transferred from the author to the publisher.
Ex. "Articles submitted to the journal should be original
contributions and should not be under consideration for any other
publication at the same time. Authors submitting articles for
publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any
existing copyright and will indemnify the publisher against any
breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure
proper policing of use, papers and contributions become the legal
copyright of the publisher unless otherwise agreed. Submissions
should be submitted by e-mail or on disk to:"