submitting case reports to multiple journals ?

[Pineappleyum]

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I understand that many peer-reviewed journals forbid multiple submissions, my question is, if you are thinking of submitting a great case review to a small resident-run journal at your institution, but feel as though this journal would do well in a highly specialized journal, for example something specific as the journal of gastrointestinal oncology, must you make a decision and submit the case to only one? Or, can you change the discussion and submit a variation to two journals? Has anyone published a manuscript in one journal and then changed it slightly and submitted or published to another?
Thank you for your help.

 

[SouthernSurgeon]

That would qualify as academic fraud.

Why not just submit it to the more high impact journal first if you (and more importantly your mentor) really think it has a shot there?

Then just wait for the decision - if it gets accepted awesome, if it gets rejected then move on to the less prestigious one.

 

[Pineappleyum]

That does make sense. Thanks for your advice.

 

[Law2Doc]

I understand that many peer-reviewed journals forbid multiple submissions, my question is, if you are thinking of submitting a great case review to a small resident-run journal at your institution, but feel as though this journal would do well in a highly specialized journal, for example something specific as the journal of gastrointestinal oncology, must you make a decision and submit the case to only one? Or, can you change the discussion and submit a variation to two journals? Has anyone published a manuscript in one journal and then changed it slightly and submitted or published to another?
Thank you for your help.

The rule in the industry is that you can only have the article under consideration at One place at a time, and cannot publish something that's substantially the same as something already published/accepted. YouR variation can't be just a change of the discussion. But a single study could certainly spawn multiple papers if the data can be evaluated for different things.