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One of the authors of that critique was David Matuskey, who said some of his co-authors were shocked that Moncrieff’s article had made it through peer review into Nature’s distinguished pages.

“It’s not a scientific paper. It hasn’t gone through peer review.”

The obstacles have been acknowledged by board members and transit leaders, and a state-appointed peer review group that advises the authority has suggested the plan be reexamined.

A state-appointed peer review group has repeatedly advised the authority to consider alternative plans for the project.

“This also impacts the pre-planned rollout of the NIH grant review processes, which debuts a simplified peer review framework for most research project grants,” Rajnarayanan said.