[currymj]

I suspect for both peer review and CVEs, and probably some similar situations I'm not thinking of, it's not just a misconception, it's often more like wishful thinking.

People really want there to be a way of telling what's good and important that doesn't cost them any money or effort. Ironically these systems can sort-of work for that purpose, only if people don't try to use them for that purpose.

[astrobe_]

I think both are instances of Goodhart-Campbell-Strathern's law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."