Peer review declaration

Peer review declaration • Type of peer review : Single-blind Single-anonymous: authors' identities are known to the reviewers, reviewers’ identities arehidden 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? A reviewer form was shared to all the reviewers which contains different criteria’s i.e. originality, technicality, scientific merit, sufficient discussion on work context, presentation, organization etc. Yes, there was the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions • Conference submission management system: The authors were informed to submit the papers in IOP template by email at icftmm2020@delhitechnicalcampus.ac.in • Number of submissions received: 52 • Number of submissions sent for review: 48 • Number of submissions accepted: 32 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 61.53% • Average number of reviews per paper: 03 • Total number of reviewers involved: 39 • Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): Research papers received for the conference “ICFTMM-2020” were reviewed through a singleblind review process. Peer review of papers was undertaken through processes administered by the organizers. Authors were instructed to strictly adhere to the guidelines of the conference and publisher and prepare a high-quality research article. Papers were reviewed independently by a minimum of two members of the conference review committee. After plagiarism check for maximum limit of 16 % by Turnitin software, papers were then sent to the reviewer by making sure that the topic of paper best matches with reviewer expertise. Assigned reviewers have submitted their anonymous reviews. After submission of all reviews, a reviewing panel made the final accept/reject decisions based on the reviews. The reviewing panel was made up of members from technical advisory committee and review committee, Conference General Chair, Chairman, Convenor and Editors. Authors were notified the final decisions via email. Key Highlights • Peer review of papers has been done through processes administered by the organizers and proceedings editors. • Papers were checked for plagiarism before sending for review. Papers with less than 16% plagiarism were sent for review. • Minimum two independent reviewers have reviewed and approved a paper. • A maximum of 3 papers have been assigned to a single reviewer. • Unbiased consideration was given to all manuscripts offered for publication in the proceedings regardless of race, gender, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship or political philosophy of the authors. • Referees were asked to rate the paper based on the originality, technicality, scientific merit, sufficient discussion on work context, presentation, organization etc. • Contact person for queries: Dr Mohd Atif Wahid hodmae@delhitechnicalcampus.ac.in Covener, ICFTMM 2020