Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 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 / Double-blind / Triple-blind / Open / Other Single-anonymous: authors’ identities are known to the reviewers, reviewers’ identities are hidden from authors Double-anonymous: author and reviewer identities are hidden to each other Triple-blind: author and reviewer identities are hidden to each other, and from the Editor(s) Open: author and reviewer identities are known to each other • Describe criteria used by Reviewers when accepting/declining papers. Was there the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions? • Conference submission management system: • Number of submissions received: 37 • Number of submissions sent for review: 37 • Number of submissions accepted: 29 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 78 • Average number of reviews per paper: 23 • Total number of reviewers involved: 63 • Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): All articles were checked against plagiarism using ithenticate at the academy of the scientific research (ASRT-Egypt). The overall percentage was less than 20% • Contact person for queries: samaa@psas.bsu.edu.eg; mtaha@psas.bsu.edu.eg