Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A): The research articles published in peer-reviewed journals are taken more seriously by experts.
Reason (R): Peer-reviewed journals do not subject the research papers to rigorous scrutiny because they have high impact factors.
In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
2
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).
3
(A) is true but (R) is false.
4
(A) is false but (R) is true.