Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The quality of research publications in peer reviewed journals is generally better than those in the journals where the process of peer review is absent.

Reason (R): The chances of obvious errors or other problems getting detected or corrected before publication in peer reviewed journals are same as in other journals where peer review is not followed.

In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: 

Key Points

Assertion (A): The quality of research publications in peer reviewed journals is generally better than those in the journals where the process of peer review is absent.

•  Peer review is a process in which a research paper is evaluated by experts in the field before it is published.
• This helps to ensure that the paper is of high quality and that the research is sound.

Assertion is true.

Reason (R): The chances of obvious errors or other problems getting detected or corrected before publication in peer reviewed journals are same as in other journals where peer review is not followed.

• Peer review helps to identify and correct errors and other problems in research papers.
• Without peer review, there is a greater chance that errors and other problems will go undetected, which can lead to the publication of inaccurate or misleading information.

Reason is not true. 

Therefore, Assertion (A) is correct, but Reason (R) is not correct.