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. Expert referees conducted reviews to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. ⮚ Type of peer review: Single-blind All the articles of ICARSES2020 followed the “Single-blind” peer review process, where the reviewers were aware of the authors’ identity but not vice versa. ⮚ Conference submission management system: Email All the submission and communication to all the ICARSES2020 authors through conference email ( icarses2020@srmist.edu.in ) ⮚ Number of submissions received: 173 ⮚ Number of submissions sent for review: 173 ⮚ Number of submissions accepted: 90 ⮚ Acceptance Rate: 52% Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): (90/173) x 100 = 52% ⮚ The average number of reviews per paper: 2 ⮚ Total number of reviewers involved: 30 Any additional info on the review process: All the initial submissions went through a single-blind review, based on the subject experts (reviewers) and editors’ decision (accept or major revision or minor revision or reject) communicated to the authors. Based on the recommendation, the authors revised the articles and submitted their revised papers and response files to the reviewer comments. The revised submission was verified by the reviewers and editors for their final recommendation for the submission. Online similarity check has been carried out using Turnitin software at all the stages from submission to acceptance. Contact person for queries: Dr. M. Cheralathan , Professor & HOD, ICARSES2020 Convener, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chengalpattu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Email: hod.mech.ktr@srmist.edu.in; icarses2020@srmist.edu.in.