A method and system appraises the extent to which an article has been reviewed by means of a peer-review process such that a user conducting a search with a search engine via an internet connected electronic device can infer the quality of the publication in relation to other publications returned in the search results displayed on the electronic device. A peer review score is calculated from the metadata of the article. The peer review score is displayed next to a link to the article returned in the search results from the search engine. The peer review score indicates the relative thoroughness of the peer review process that the article underwent.
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