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? The reviewers evaluated the articles by the following criteria: 1. Conformity 2. Title, Abstract 3. Relevance 4. Scientific character 5. Novelty 6. Completeness Rating: Satisfactory/Sufficient/Not Sufficient The reviewers wrote comments if the authors had the opportunity to resubmit the articles. • Conference submission management system: email ambt.conf@mail.ru • Number of submissions received: 39 • Number of submissions sent for review: 31 • Number of submissions accepted: 28 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 79% • Average number of reviews per paper: 1 • Total number of reviewers involved: 5 • Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): The review process was the following: The editors of the Conference received papers by e-mail ambt.conf@mail.ru. The papers were preliminary checked by formal criteria, including Plagiarism check system (www.antiplagiat.ru). In case of conformity they were sent for double-blind review (by e-mail). The reviewers evaluated articles according to the criteria. If the article was recommended by the reviewer, but he wrote comments to change any points in the material, the authors could correct it according to recommendations of the reviewer. Afterwards, the articles were accepted. Generally, there was 1 review per paper. • Contact person for queries: Irina Samoylenko, ivsamoilenko@stgau.ru