No, Eienstein got his PhD in 1905 and he couldn’t find academic jobs, partly because of being Jew and partly because he had burned bridges with few professors,

No, Eienstein got his PhD in 1905 and he couldn’t find academic jobs, partly because of being Jew and partly because he had burned bridges with few professors, which is why he had to work at patent office. His special relativity paper was published after he got his PhD. At the time, there were very few journals and even fewer scientists publishing papers. You basically mail your paper and there would be one editor who would check it and if it is not very bad, it simply got published. The journal Annalen der Physik had 90-95% acceptance rate in 1905. The journals assumed role of aggregating as opposed to filtering. During those years US barely even had any PhD programs and people were expected to go to Germany to get PhD in Physics. The process only became stricter as more PhD programs started humming, more papers flowed in, more universities started popping up and journal can only have so many printed pages to be sent to its subscribers. In more recent years, number of printed pages are no longer the constraint but still available number of oral/poster slots at physical conference venues remain limited while the quantity of papers keep growing. Also, number of papers people can read are also limited which means people look for selection filters to get quality content. There are also too many people trying to publish just to have a badge as opposed to people who truly want to advance the science. This tension results in paranoia and lack of trust and hence the current review process that assumes guilty until proven sentiment from reviewers. https://theconversation.com/hate-the-peer-review-process-einstein-did-too-27405 https://theconversation.com/hate-the-peer-review-process-ein...