Comment by KoolKat23

Something interesting for folks to keep in mind.

Einstein did not typically use the formal peer review system to "settle on published work." Almost all of his major papers (including his landmark 1905 Annus Mirabilis papers) were published directly by journal editors without formal peer review.

When Physical Review sent his 1936 draft to a referee, Einstein was so outraged that he withdrew the paper and vowed never to publish with the journal again. He corrected his math only after an informal, friendly discussion with colleague Howard Percy Robertson—who, unbeknownst to Einstein, was the anonymous reviewer.