What is its status today, before it is published? It's very low, but there is a system in place to get a select few peers to review it. Could there not be a sim

What is its status today, before it is published? It's very low, but there is a system in place to get a select few peers to review it. Could there not be a similar system of reviewers in place, without necessarily making a difference between "published" and "rejected"?