Simultaneous Submission Bans as Peer-Review Congestion Control: Why ‘Ethics’ Language Governs a Capacity-Constrained Review System

Published in Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 2026

This article examines simultaneous submission bans not merely as an ethical rule, but as a mechanism for managing congestion in a capacity-constrained peer-review system.

Recommended citation: Ochiai, Masaya. 2026. "Simultaneous Submission Bans as Peer-Review Congestion Control: Why ‘Ethics’ Language Governs a Capacity-Constrained Review System." Journal of Scholarly Publishing. Advance Access. https://doi.org/10.3138/jsp-2025-0006.