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. All articles (228) had not been sent to the reviewers when they were submitted, and the review process had been completed in 2 rounds. In the 1 st round, the articles were evaluated by means of their originality and suitability. These selected 174 articles were taken under consideration and sent to the reviewers. • Conference submission management system: On-line submission system of WMESS was used for the submission of the articles. However, the review process was managed by sending the articles to the reviewers by e-mail accounts of the editorial office (editor@mess-earth.org). The chairmen (Prof. Dr. Marian Marschalko, Prof. Dr. Isik Yilmaz, Prof. Dr. Marian Drusa) were responsible for the review process. • Number of submissions received: 228 • Number of submissions sent for review: 174 • Number of submissions accepted: 138 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted/Number of Submissions Received X 100): 61% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 86 • Any additional info on review process: No • Contact person for queries : Marian Marschalko (marian.marschalko@gmail.com) Isik Yilmaz (isik.yilmaz@gmail.com)