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: Open For Peer review of submissions was used open system. Based on the results of the speeches, the editors of the Conference selected the most interesting scientific reports and proposed to publish the article in the Proceedings. All Papers were checked for plagiarism. At the next stage, the articles were checked for scientific novelty and practical significance. Reviews were compiled for each Paper. The authors had the opportunity to make changes to the article after the Editor’s comments. The Papers of the participants who made an oral report at the conference were allowed to be published. • Conference submission management system : The organizing committee used the Conference Management Toolkit (CMT) for applying submissions. • Number of submissions received : The organizing committee received 164 submissions. • Number of submissions sent for review : 150 submissions were sent for review. • Number of submissions accepted : 76 submissions were accepted by Editors. • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100) : Accepted Rate is 46. • Average number of reviews per paper : One review for paper was prepared. • Total number of reviewers involved : 15 reviewers worked with applications. • Any additional info on review process : • Contact person for queries : Ph.D. Maksim Prozhega Laboratory for the Research of wear at boundary lubrication Mechanical Engineering Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMASH RAN) 101990, 4 Maly Kharitonyevsky Pereulok, Moscow, RUSSIA prmaksim@gmail.com