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. Detailed information about peer review process: • Type of peer review: Single-blind • Reviewers rated the following criteria in a three-point system: Quality of Content, Significance for theory or practice, Originality and level of innovativeness, Thematic Relevance and Overall recommendation. Reviewers also gave comments for the authors, pointed out strengths and weaknesses of the submitted contribution and provided suggestions for improvements. Authors must resubmit articles after the revision and then final decision about acceptance/rejections was made. • Conference submission management system: Conference SoftwareX-Conf Tool Pro • Number of submissions received: 65 • Number of submissions sent for review: 65 • Number of submissions accepted: 58 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 89, 2 • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 65 • Contact persons for queries: ○ Aigar Hermaste aigar.hermaste@taltech.ee ○ Andrei Surženkov andrei.surzenkov@taltech.ee