Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 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: Double-blind • Describe criteria used by Reviewers when accepting/declining papers. Was there the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions? Topic of the paper must be consistent with the presentation/poster presented during the Conference as well as the thematic panels of the Conference • Conference submission management system: Submission, review process as well as all communication with authors and reviewers were made via Conferences’ e-mail box. The e-mail address used for the management system was kdimu@pwr.edu.pl. The persons in charge were all editors: Jan Blachowski, Damian Kasza, Jarosław Wajs as well as one person from Organizing Committee - Ms. Natalia Suchorab. • Number of submissions received: 37 • Number of submissions sent for review: 37 • Number of submissions accepted: 35 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 94,6 • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 42 (20 foreign and 22 from Poland) • Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): No • Contact person for queries: Damian Kasza; Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 27 Wyb. Wyspianskiego St., 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland; damian.kasza@pwr.edu.pl