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: Double-blind ▪ Conference submission management system: iConf submission system ▪ Number of submissions received: 50 ▪ Number of submissions sent for review: 50 ▪ Number of submissions accepted: 25 ▪ Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 50% ▪ Average number of reviews per paper: 3 ▪ Total number of reviewers involved: 51 ▪ Any additional info on review process: As papers received, 2-4 papers were assigned to reviewers based on the reviewers’ research fields for double-blind peer reviews. ICCEA is utterly intolerant of plagiarism. Submitted papers should be original work executed by the authors with adequate, proper and scholarly citations to the work of others. The accepted papers must be revised, taking into consideration the referees' comments and suggestions, before inclusion in the conference proceedings. ▪ Contact person for queries: Ms Mandy Ming (iccea@zhconf.ac.cn)