Author: Olivier Gires
Position: PhD, Group head
Institution: Head and Neck Research
E-mail: olivier.gires@med.uni-muenchen.de
Submitted Date: July 16, 2008
Published Date: July 18, 2008
This comment was originally posted as a “Reader Response” on the publication date indicated above. All Reader Responses are now available as comments.

It was roughly one and half year ago, when I wrote my first answer to this very interesting paper by Hauser & Fehr. Since then my belief remains unchanged with one exception. So far, competition is on the side of the authors and may be put forward to referees as well (as I stated by then). But what about the idea to be able to send a given manuscript to more than one journal at the time? What about generating some type of competition amongst the journals themselves? I mean, reviews may be exhaustively time-consuming and likewise difficult to follow. As such, science experiences deceleration which is not fruitful. Owing to competition, those journals with the best functioning review process might profit, increase acceptance, and eventually pick up the pieces, i.e. publish first original and substantial papers.
just an idea... to be discussed!