I am not suggesting you accept this suggestion, but it is amusing, intriguing, and somewhat sensible. Given that it comes from Richard Smith, former editor of the BMJ, it deserves consideration. In his words, \u201cinstead of submitting your paper to one journal you should auction it to the highest bidder. Today I did it.\u201d Smith explains, \u201cAuthors\u2026 estimate the highest impact journal in which they might reasonably get published, and, \u2026 then might wait months only for their paper to be rejected.\u201d But Smith notes, as I used to remind my students, journals need authors almost as\u00a0 much as authors need journals. Thus the idea of auctioning your paper. Smith came across an old paper, brushed it up, and, initially, offered the paper through Twitter and received four offers. It seems he accepted one 0 He concludes, \u201cThis looks like the future to me. Let\u2019s us authors turn the tables.\u201d<\/p>\n
Editor: Its not clear where the \u2018auctioning\u2019 comes in but, as is often the case with Smith at his provocative best, he is trying to make a point so let\u2019s not worry about the details. Clearly this gives us food for thought. That said, I would not advise authors who are lesser lights to run this route before trying the customary pathways to publication.<\/p>\n