9. A method of recommending an online journal, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more editorial computers connected to a multi-node network, an author-submitted article for publication via said multi-node network; accessing, by the one or more editorial computers, journal database records, wherein said database records include information associated with previously submitted articles and corresponding author user profiles; creating, by the one or more editorial computers, a first fingerprint of a plurality of published articles in a particular journal from the journal database records; creating, by the one or more editorial computers, a second fingerprint of the author-submitted article; comparing, by the one or more editorial computers, the first fingerprint with the second fingerprint to determine whether the particular journal has articles with a high similarity to the author-submitted article; recommending, by the one or more editorial computers, the particular journal to the author as a potential journal for submission of the author-submitted article when the particular journal has published articles which have a high similarity; and when the author-submitted article is rejected from the particular journal: receiving, by the one or more editorial computers, a first input, from the author of the submitted article for publication, comprising a request to initiate a waterfall process for the rejected author-submitted article, providing, by the one or more editorial computers, a first notification of the first input to a receiving journal device, receiving, by the one or more editorial computers, a confirmation to proceed from the receiving journal device, transforming, by the one or more editorial computers, the rejected author-submitted article into a waterfalled article, transmitting, by the one or more editorial computers, data comprising a submission to the receiving journal device, wherein the submission comprises the waterfalled article and metadata, receiving, by the one or more editorial computers, a transmission from the receiving journal device, wherein the transmission comprises a rejection of the submission and an option to continue the waterfall process with a second receiving journal, and when an affirmation of the option to continue the waterfall process with the second receiving journal is received: transmitting, by the one or more editorial computers, one or more journal recommendations to the author of the submitted article for publication, wherein the one or more journal recommendations comprise one or more potential receiving journals that contain articles having a high similarity with the waterfalled article, and receiving, by the one or more editorial computers, a second input from the author of the submitted article for publication comprising a selection of the second receiving journal and forward the waterfalled article to the second selected journal.
9. A method of recommending an online journal, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more editorial computers connected to a multi-node network, an author-submitted article for publication via said multi-node network; accessing, by the one or more editorial computers, journal database records, wherein said database records include information associated with previously submitted articles and corresponding author user profiles; creating, by the one or more editorial computers, a first fingerprint of a plurality of published articles in a particular journal from the journal database records; creating, by the one or more editorial computers, a second fingerprint of the author-submitted article; comparing, by the one or more editorial computers, the first fingerprint with the second fingerprint to determine whether the particular journal has articles with a high similarity to the author-submitted article; recommending, by the one or more editorial computers, the particular journal to the author as a potential journal for submission of the author-submitted article when the particular journal has published articles which have a high similarity; and when the author-submitted article is rejected from the particular journal: receiving, by the one or more editorial computers, a first input, from the author of the submitted article for publication, comprising a request to initiate a waterfall process for the rejected author-submitted article, providing, by the one or more editorial computers, a first notification of the first input to a receiving journal device, receiving, by the one or more editorial computers, a confirmation to proceed from the receiving journal device, transforming, by the one or more editorial computers, the rejected author-submitted article into a waterfalled article, transmitting, by the one or more editorial computers, data comprising a submission to the receiving journal device, wherein the submission comprises the waterfalled article and metadata, receiving, by the one or more editorial computers, a transmission from the receiving journal device, wherein the transmission comprises a rejection of the submission and an option to continue the waterfall process with a second receiving journal, and when an affirmation of the option to continue the waterfall process with the second receiving journal is received: transmitting, by the one or more editorial computers, one or more journal recommendations to the author of the submitted article for publication, wherein the one or more journal recommendations comprise one or more potential receiving journals that contain articles having a high similarity with the waterfalled article, and receiving, by the one or more editorial computers, a second input from the author of the submitted article for publication comprising a selection of the second receiving journal and forward the waterfalled article to the second selected journal. 14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising automatically assigning, by the one or more editorial computers, editors according to rules and settings.