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. The Conference Proceeding uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. The manuscripts were handled by three Editors ( details as under ) and the reviewers were selected based on area of expertise. The email address used for the management system is iecosmec@cumail.in Person in charge/details of Manuscripts handled by editors : I. Submissions handled by Dr Sandeep Singh - 123 II. Submissions handled by Dr Jasgurpreet Singh - 122 III. Submissions handled by Dr Raman Kumar - 100 • Conference submission management system: Via Easy Chair and Conference Official email address. • Number of submissions received: 345 • Number of submissions sent for review: 176 • Number of submissions accepted: 85 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): [(85/345)*100] = 24.6 • Average number of reviews per paper: 02 • Total number of reviewers involved: 44 • Any additional info on review process: NA • Contact person for queries : Name : Dr. Sandeep Singh Affiliation: Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali Email : sandeepsingh.civil@cumail.in