Peer Review Declaration

Abstract

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the proceedings Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing.1. Type of peer review:Articles of ICRMBEE 2021 were reviewed using the double-blind review by which a reviewer could not know the name of the authors of an article, in vice-versa. An author submitted their article through Easychair of ICRMBEE 2021 then an editor reviewed the suitability of the article to the conference topic. The editor sent the selected article via Easychair or email to a reviewer to examine the content of the article. The reviewer conveyed his/her recommendation through Easychair or email to the editor and the latter subsequently made the decision. The article that required revision was sent to the author for revising as suggested by the reviewer. The revised version was re-uploaded by the author and rechecked by the editor and subject to a plagiarism check and a language and proofreading check. Finally, the accepted article was prepared for layout.2. Conference submission management system:a) Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icrmbee2021)i. Number of submissions received: 114ii. Number of submissions sent for review: 114iii. Number of submissions accepted: 101 (including 2 voluntarily withdraw)iv. Acceptance rate (accepted/received × 100): 101/114 × 100=88.6%v. Average number of reviewers per paper: 2 reviewers per papervi. Total number of reviewers involved: 126vii. Any additional info on review process (plagiarism check system): Turnitin (similarity index)b) Morressier (https://www.morressier.com)i. Number of submissions sent: 99ii. Number of submissions accepted: 88 (including 1 voluntarily withdraw)iii. Acceptance rate (accepted/sent × 100): 88/99 × 100=88.9%3. Contact person for queries (full name, affiliation, institutional email address)Dr. Che Bon AhmadFaculty of Architecture Planning and SurveyingUniversiti Teknologi MARA 40450 Shah Alam Selangor Malaysiachebon848@uitm.edu.my