According to the provisions of the civil law, the copyright owner's contribution is an invitation, and the publishing unit's consent to publication is a promise. But for newspapers and periodicals, it is often impossible to sign a special publishing contract with each copyright owner.
If a manuscript is not withdrawn from other journals after multiple submissions, it will lead to repeated publication of the paper after repeated employment. Once repeated publication is found, it will lead to passive retraction. Withdrawal refers to the author's withdrawal before the publication of the paper. Passive retraction refers to the retraction behavior of the author or periodical editor after the publication of the paper. Passive withdrawal and active withdrawal caused by multiple submissions of a manuscript constitute academic misconduct and cause losses to the journal, both of which will have adverse effects on the author, including being blacklisted by the journal and being notified by the journal to the author unit for punishment.
Legal basis:
Article 2 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Works of China citizens, legal persons or other organizations, whether published or not, shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law.
The copyright enjoyed by the works of foreigners and stateless persons in accordance with the agreement signed between the country to which the author belongs or the country of habitual residence and China or the international treaties to which * * * is a party shall be protected by this Law.
Works of foreigners and stateless persons first published in China shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law.
The works of authors and stateless persons from countries that have not signed agreements with China or participated in international treaties are first published in the member countries of international treaties to which China is a party, or published in both member countries and non-member countries at the same time, and are protected by this Law.
Article 35 of the Copyright Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
If the copyright owner submits a manuscript to a newspaper or periodical agency, and fails to receive the notice from the newspaper or periodical agency for publication within 15 days from the date of publication, or fails to receive the notice from the periodical agency for publication within 30 days from the date of publication, he may submit a manuscript to other newspapers and periodical agencies. Unless otherwise agreed by both parties.
After the publication of the work, other newspapers and periodicals may reprint it or publish it as abstracts and materials, except that the copyright owner declares that it is not allowed to reprint or extract it, and shall pay remuneration to the copyright owner in accordance with the regulations.