Fun fact: Einstein's 1905 papers were published in Annalen der Physik without any peer review [1]. I think at that period, the number of incoming papers were s

Fun fact: Einstein's 1905 papers were published in Annalen der Physik without any peer review [1]. I think at that period, the number of incoming papers were small in numbers that editors can go through themselves and make decisions. The journal had 90-95% acceptance rate. However by 1936, journal Physics Review required peer reviews and Einstein faced the double blind review for the first time [2]. However he refused to subject himself to "anonymous" expert and went to publish the paper somewhere else. Although he did incorporated some of the reviewer's critic :). [1] http://theconversation.com/hate-the-peer-review-process-einstein-did-too-27405 http://theconversation.com/hate-the-peer-review-process-eins... [2] http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/lee/courses/g503/Einstein_review.pdf http://www.geology.cwu.edu/facstaff/lee/courses/g503/Einstei...