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: Double-blind • Conference submission management system: by e-mail fisp.ncfu@gmail.com • Number of submissions received: 66 • Number of submissions sent for review: 60 • Number of submissions accepted: 52 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted/Number of Submissions Received X 100): 78 • Average number of reviews per paper: 1 • Total number of reviewers involved: 8 • Any additional info on review process: The review process was the following: The editors of the Conference received papers by e-mail fisp.ncfu@gmail.com. The papers were preliminary checked by formal criteria and in case of conformity they were sent for double-blind review (by e-mail). The reviewers evaluated articles according to the criteria (Review form is in an attached file). If the article was recommended by the reviewer, but he left comments to change anything in material, the authors could correct it according to recommendations of reviewers. Afterwards, the articles were accepted. Generally, there was 1 review per paper. • Contact person for queries: Irina Samoylenko ivsamoilenko@stgau.ru