Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals carry credibility because independent experts scrutinise them before publication, so specialists treat them more seriously.

The reason statement fails because peer-reviewed journals subject papers to rigorous scrutiny rather than exempting them.

A high impact factor reflects frequent citation and never frees a paper from careful refereeing.

The view that both statements are correct is wrong since the reason contradicts how peer review works.

The view that A is incorrect is wrong because expert trust in refereed work is well established.

Blind peer review hides author or reviewer identity to reduce bias in evaluation.