No, you cannot simultaneously submit the same work to multiple journals. This is referred to as simultaneous or contemporaneous submission and is deemed unethical. You can write to the editor of each publication, providing a brief synopsis of your research and asking whether they are interested in it. If they accept your work, then there will be no problem publishing it in several places. The only exception to this rule is if one of the journals states in their guidelines that they will accept simultaneous submissions. If this is the case, then you should follow their instructions completely. Simultaneous submissions are common when researchers want to publish in many journals at once. This is done by writing short summaries of the papers, called "proposals", and sending them out to different publishers. The editors decide which proposals they want to pursue and sometimes contact the authors with feedback on their manuscripts. These are called "open calls" because they are open to all researchers who meet their criteria. Simultaneous submissions are useful because they allow researchers to quickly obtain opinions on their work from different journals. If one journal rejects the manuscript, then another may still be interested in it so the author can choose which response to follow up with. However, there are some risks involved with using this approach.