Peer review declaration

Abstract

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. Initially the paper is checked for plagiarism. If the similarity index is greater than 18%, the paper is immediately rejected. Only the papers whose similarity index is less than 18% are allowed for second stage. In the second stage, the papers are sent to reviewers through single blind review process across the world. Each paper is sent for two different domain experts. Criteria used: novelty, motivation, research quality, presentation quality and discussion of the context of the work. Authors were given chance for resubmitting the paper if the critical comments are responded accordingly. In the third stage, the paper formatting and alignment is considered to cope up in accordance with the IoP standards. • Conference submission management system: Online • Number of submissions received: 251 • Number of submissions sent for review: 190 • Number of submissions accepted: 164 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 65.3% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 87 • Any additional info on review process: Turnitin-Ithenticate plagiarism software is used to check the similarity index at each stages • Contact person for queries: Dr. S. SHANKAR (Email: [email protected])