Andrew, this makes me wonder a few things. Honest curiosity, not fishing for any particular answer: 1) Do you think peer review improves a paper (clarity, rigor, whatever)? 2) Does the *journal* in which a paper appears impact your perception of the work? 3) Do journals provide value anymore?

1) yes, it improves papers but typically does not categorically alter them. 2) yes, esp. if its outside my main wheelhouse. I think in all of this Nature will die last b/c it grants broqd exposure 3) yes, esp. in current reward system. For the science itself, yes where the peer review is serious.