I can only speak for the fields with which I am familiar but in those fields, peer review is probably a negative indicator. Peer review says that the ideas of t

I can only speak for the fields with which I am familiar but in those fields, peer review is probably a negative indicator. Peer review says that the ideas of the paper are not interesting, meaningful, or true enough to stand on their own. That they require the imprimatur of legitimacy in order to be taken seriously.