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Full list of author information is available at the end of the articleFor centuries, peer review has been the major method to determine the fate of an article submitted to biomedical journals. The process involves inviting reviewers to evaluate an article [1]. They then make recommenda-tions to an editor concerning the decision as to whether or not the article should be published. Fletcher and Fletcher argued that there is no ethical or scientific method to assess articles presented to journals [2]. The current peer review process is based on the fundamental assumption that peer review is objective, rational and free of prejudice [3,4]. Academics have increasingly expressed concern about the review system which seems to result in errors in acceptance or rejection of articles. Examples of acceptance have included misleading re-ports linking autism and the triple vaccine for measles