> Why would it definitely not get published Because the journal already made that decision, and that is their right. > Then they have an obligation to at lea

> Why would it definitely not get published Because the journal already made that decision, and that is their right. > Then they have an obligation to at least facilitate peer-review Reviewers work for free and are an extremely scarce commodity. Review of a work like this is effectively expending tens of thousands of dollars of people's time. It isn't something we can just indulge in for the fun of it. Besides that, you might not appreciate exactly how much chaos would break out and how much it would undermine the academic publishing system if any paper rejected had to be reviewed just because the submitter demanded it. The system simply wouldn't work at all. There are a lot of journals in the world and if the author's work is good, they should be able to get a different journal to publish it.