When Even Einstein Felt the Sting of Peer Review
Guess what was the paper acceptance rate in Annalen der Physik in 1905 where Einstein published?
90-95% !!
All that changed within 3 decades. In 1935 he faced his first rejection by double blind peer review for his paper on gravitational waves :).
https://theconversation.com/hate-the-peer-review-process-einstein-did-too-27405