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 : Single-blind peer review by two independent referees • Conference submission management system : submissions were received and handled via e-mail • Number of submissions received : 82 • Number of submissions sent for review : 60 • Number of submissions accepted : 45 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100) : 55% • Average number of reviews per paper : 2 • Total number of reviewers involved : 16 • Any additional info on review process : the review was organized in two stages. Prior to the conference sessions chairs (or their affiliates) made an entry check of the suggested manuscripts. The authors of all qualified manuscripts got an invitation to the report. All reported (and several not actually presented) studies were submitted to the review to ensure their scientific quality. The most papers had reviewed by the single external expert; however, in some cases two referees were involved. All revised and accepted papers were checked and reviewed by the editorial team of three members. At this stage, style and language checks were applied. • Contact person for queries : Dmitriy Sachkov, chief editor, Cand. of Eco., head of the Research Management Department, Irkutsk State Transport University, Irkutsk, Russia, leninb@yandex.ru