18. A method for determining an indication of the quality of documents at a server, wherein shares in a first document are traded using tokens in a virtual market place, and participants in the virtual market place each own one or more tokens in the virtual market place, the method comprising: receiving from a submitting participant the first document; adding, at the server, shares in the first document to an account of the submitting participant; trading, at the server, shares in the first document using tokens in the virtual market place by receiving a request from one or more purchasing participants to purchase shares in the first document; subtracting, at the server, one or more tokens from an account of the one or more purchasing participants and adding shares in the first document to the account of the one or more purchasing participants, wherein the token value of the shares indicates the quality of the first document; and adding tokens to an account of participants that own shares in a second document cited in the first document.
18. A method for determining an indication of the quality of documents at a server, wherein shares in a first document are traded using tokens in a virtual market place, and participants in the virtual market place each own one or more tokens in the virtual market place, the method comprising: receiving from a submitting participant the first document; adding, at the server, shares in the first document to an account of the submitting participant; trading, at the server, shares in the first document using tokens in the virtual market place by receiving a request from one or more purchasing participants to purchase shares in the first document; subtracting, at the server, one or more tokens from an account of the one or more purchasing participants and adding shares in the first document to the account of the one or more purchasing participants, wherein the token value of the shares indicates the quality of the first document; and adding tokens to an account of participants that own shares in a second document cited in the first document. 19. The method according to claim 18 , the step of receiving the first document also comprises receiving a submission payment of tokens.