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 • Conference submission management system: AI Scholar System • Number of submissions received: 69 • Number of submissions sent for review: 65 • Number of submissions accepted: 41 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 59.4% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 30 • Any additional info on review process: • Step 1. Each of selected paper will be reviewed by two/three professional experts in the related subject area. • Step 2. Review Reports received from the experts will be judged by one of the editors either Review Reports are logical or not? • Step 3. If not logical, then editor can assign new reviewer or can also judge at his/her own. • Step 4. If logical, then Review Reports will be sent to authors to modify the manuscript accordingly. • Step 5. Authors will be required to revise their papers according to the points raised. • Step 6. Revised version will then be evaluated by the editor for the incorporation of the points raised by the reviewers. • Step 7. Then the editor will send the revised manuscript to the reviewers again for re-evaluation. • Step 8. If the reviewers approve the revise version of the manuscript, then will be accepted for publication. • Contact person for queries: Xuexia Ye publication@keoaeic.org AEIC Academic Exchange Information Centre