Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. • Type of peer review: Single-blind • Conference submission management system: NONE • Number of submissions received: Abstracts 104. Full articles 28 • Number of submissions sent for review: 28 • Number of submissions accepted: Abstracts 104. Full articles 28 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 71% (64% if invited contributions are excluded) • Average number of reviews per paper: 1 • Total number of reviewers involved: 12 • Any additional info on review process: In the conference, there were 72 oral and 32 poster presentations. Of these 104 eligible contributions, 28 (groups of) authors submitted their full articles for consideration for the J. Phys Conf. Ser. Proceedings. These 28 articles were sent for review. After review 20 of these were selected, including 6 invited plenary and keynote contributions, while 8 were rejected. Contact person for queries: Abdullah Shams Bin Tariq, Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi, asbtariq@ru.ac.bd Saleh Hasan Naqib, Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi, salehnaqib@yahoo.com