Peer Review Declaration Form Guidance

On the following page you will find the declaration form. • Please answer each question. • You should submit the form along with the rest of your submission files. • The deadline is the submission date written in your publishing agreement. All conference organisers/editors are required to declare details about their peer review. We will published the information you provide as part of your proceedings. 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 / Double-blind / Triple-blind / Open / Other (please describe) Double-blind: both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remain anonymous. Each manuscript will be reviewed by at least 2-3 experts in related field: one editorial staff member as well as one to three external reviewers. The review process takes about 1-4 weeks. • Conference submission management system: Through our email system: icmem2020@foxmail.com, which is in charge by Terasa Lei. • Number of submissions received: 192 • Number of submissions sent for review: 151 (41 papers out of scope or plagiaristic were rejected directly after received) • Number of submissions accepted: 88 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 45.8% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2-3 • Total number of reviewers involved: 114 • Any additional info on review process: While receiving a new submission, we/our editors firstly check the scope of it whether suitable for our conference. If not, it will be rejected directly. If yes, it will be sent out to check plagiarism and then peer review. We choose 2 reviewers for each of the submission and after getting the two reviews, we conclude a final result for the paper. Once the two reviews show totally different attitudes, we will find another reviewer for it until we get the final result. • Contact person for queries: Name : Terasa Lei Affiliation: Hubei Zhongke Institute of Geology and Environment Technology Email : icmem2020@foxmail.com