Peer review declaration (ERTSE-2020)

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 ● Conference submission management system: www.tiny.cc/oea2qz / E-mail submission (ertse2020@gmail.com) ● Number of submissions received: 35 ● Number of submissions sent for review: 35 ● Number of submissions accepted:32 ● Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 91.4 % ● Average number of reviews per paper: 3 ● Total number of reviewers involved: 6 ● Any additional info on review process: The reviewers reviewed the papers by considering the relevance to the conference themes, paper format requirements, plagiarism and language. The decisions made were (i) Recommended for publication, (ii) Recommended with revision, and (iii) Not recommended. The papers which required revision were sent back to the authors to incorporate the corrections and changes as suggested by the reviewers. The revised papers were again reviewed and recommended for publication. ● Contact person for queries: vasugi.v@vit.ac.in & helensanthi.m@vit.ac.in