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 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? Based on Experience and Qualification (professor, industrial person or Ph.D qualified) reviewers are identified. Based on the journal publication and previous reviewing experience, reviewers are selected. The review process is going to be according to : ○ Initially, all submitted papers will be checked for plagiarism using crosscheck iThenticate; ○ Papers will be classified based on their subject area by the technical team; ○ The technical head will pass the classified papers to the subject Experts; ○ The subject Experts will send each paper to at least three Reviewers for review after removing the Author’s information from the papers; ○ The papers will be accepted only if at least two Reviewers suggest the acceptation . • Conference submission management system : Easychair • Number of submissions received : 272 • Number of submissions sent for review : 258 • Number of submissions accepted : 83 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100) : 30% • Average number of reviews per paper : 6 • Total number of reviewers involved : 120 • Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system) : IThenticate Plagiarism tool • Contact person for queries : Dr. S. Smys smys375@gmail.com