Looking for paper: independent measure of article quality

[Karen A. Robinson]

I don't have a specific citation at my finger tips, but I think you 
might be talking about the work of Jesse Berlin. He did work in mid-90s 
about masking reviewers.

hope this helps,
Karen

Phil Davis wrote on 11/13/2008 11:59 AM:
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> Colleagues,
> 
> I'm looking for an article I think was published in the 80s or 90s that 
> stripped identifying information from an article (the journal, author, 
> affiliation) and asked a group of readers to rate the quality of these 
> papers.  If I remember correctly, it reported that high-quality papers 
> were published for the most part in prestigious journals.
> 
> Does anyone recall this article and can provide me with a citation or link?
> 
> Thanks!
> Phil
>