1.   Before the New England Journal of Medicine accepted the study, the journal Science rejected it, citing at least two problems.

2.   After a scientific journal rejected his paper on the technique, Jenner persevered and published on his own the vaccination technique, the first ever.

3.   The journal rejects the overwhelming majority of manuscripts submitted to it.

4.   Waddell thought he had stumbled upon something amazing, but few of his colleagues believed him and major medical journals rejected his findings.

5.   When medical journals rejected his narrative, Sacks rewrote it for a British Broadcasting Corp., publication.