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 and also the Chair of the conference reviewed all submitted articles. • Conference submission management system: Easy Chair and by email iced@eap.gr (Efthimios Zervas was in charge) • Number of submissions received: 139 • Number of submissions sent for review: 139 • Number of submissions accepted: 79 for papers and 20 for posters • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 56.83% for the papers only and 71.22% for the papers and posters. • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 17 + the Chair of the Conference • Any additional info on review process: All accepted works are reviewed twice, abstract and full text. All works with a score lower than <2.5 were rejected and all works with a score between 2.5 and 3 were accepted as posters (except for the works initially declared as posters). • Contact person for queries: Name : Efthimios Zervas Affiliation: Hellenic Open University Email : zervas@eap.gr