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: The adopted peer review process was Double-blind • Conference submission management system: Email submission • Number of submissions received: Eighty-seven (87) papers were received • Number of submissions sent for review: The 87 received papers were sent for review. • Number of submissions accepted: Sixty-eight (68) were accepted, but only 63 of the papers were registered and processed. • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 78.2% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 24 • Any additional info on review process: All the papers received for publication and presentation consideration in the ICORTAR2020 were subject to plagiarism tests using the Turnitin software. Thus, papers with such issues of concern were sent back to the corresponding authors. • Contact person for queries: Samuel Zelibe, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun zelibe.samuel@fupre.edu.ng; icortar2@gmail.com