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 review process was followed. • Conference submission management system: Easychair Conference submission management system was used. • Number of submissions received: 84 • Number of submissions sent for review: 60 papers were sent for review. 24 papers were rejected in the initial screening process due to either of the following reasons – does not fit in the scope of the conference, due to high percentage of similarity index checked through plagiarism software. • Number of submissions accepted: 36 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 42% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 40 • Any additional info on review process: Plagiarism was checked through Turnitin. Papers were evaluated on the following parameters – Relevance to the conference, Contribution to academic debate, Originality, Structure of the paper, Standard of English, Appropriateness of the research/study method, Relevance and clarity of drawings, graphs and tables, appropriateness of abstract as a description of the paper, discussions and conclusions, reference list – adequate and correctly cited. The paper was accepted only if two review reports were satisfactory. • Contact person for queries (please include: name, affiliation, institutional email address) Dr.G.Geetha Advanced Computing Research Society geetha@advancedcomputingresearchsociety.org