Rejection happens to every academic. Papers are not published, grants are not funded, proposals are rejected, and jobs are not achieved. Most academics have many times more rejections than successes.

Peer review is fundamental to scientific publishing, wherein a jury of experts ensure that published work meets the standards of quality, rigor, and relevance. Editorial decisions are traditionally ...

Discussions on Twitter and elsewhere regarding the perceived shortcomings of The BMJ peer review system prompted the journal’s research editors to defend the process in a recent blog post. The paper ...