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: Single-blind peer review. • Conference submission management system: Artegis, Lausanne Tourism, Switzerland • Number of submissions received: 304 (abstracts) • Number of submissions sent for review: 238 (full papers) • Number of submissions accepted: 158 (final full papers) • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted/Number of Submissions Received X 100): 52% This includes also withdrawn papers and no shows • Average number of reviews per paper: one • Total number of reviewers involved: 39 • Any additional info on review process: Reviewers were invited to review the submitted papers by producing a document with the comments for the authors, for the editor and to indicate if the paper can be accepted, accepted with major revisions, or rejected. The reviewers were also asked to grade the papers from 1 to 6 (1 being the lowest grade and 6 being the highest) in terms of Relevance, Quality, Results and Novelty. All papers had the opportunity to provide a revised version according to reviewer’s comments that had been verified by the Organizing Committee and approved by the editor. • Contact person for queries: Name : Elena Vagnoni Affiliation: EPFL Email : elena.vagnoni@epfl.ch