FIG. 1.

Hypothetical outcomes of peer review. Bulk article submissions contain articles of variable quality, ranging from excellent (top quality) to poor (low quality). The triaging effect of peer review is to ensure the top-quality articles will be more likely to be published than low-quality articles, and that some moderate-quality articles will be published. The function of peer review is also to convert moderate-quality articles into higher-quality articles through anonymous peer review commentary sent to authors. Additional steps may include editorial triage designed to reduce the volume of articles that enter initial peer review. Rebound peer review, as implemented by Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, provides a mechanism for the recapture of rejected articles of a presumably high quality. To see this illustration in color, the reader is referred to the web version of this article at www.liebertpub.com/ars