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 (authors’ identities are known to the reviewers, reviewers’ identities are hidden from authors) • Describe criteria used by Reviewers when accepting/declining papers. Was there the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions? Reviewers were requested to review the manuscripts by pointing out the strengths, weaknesses, errors, omissions, and inconsistencies in the papers. Authors were encouraged to revise the papers based on the reviewer’s comments. The review process was then repeated until the reviewers were satisfied with the quality of the submissions. • Conference submission management system : Committee-managed system using Google’s suite of products. Submissions were received through Google forms and managed within Google drive. Correspondence with authors was conducted using Gmail. • Number of submissions received : 118 • Number of submissions sent for review : 118 • Number of submissions accepted : 62 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100) : 52.5% • Average number of reviews per paper : 2 • Total number of reviewers involved : 106 • Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system) : Plagiarism was checked using Turnitin, which is embedded in Canvas - Swinburne Sarawak’s course management system. • Contact person for queries : Jaka Sunarso ( jsunarso@swinburne.edu.my )