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 • Conference submission management system: Microsoft CMT - https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ • Number of submissions received: 95 • Number of submissions sent for review: 95 • Number of submissions accepted: 54 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 56.8% • Average number of reviews per paper: 3.1 • Total number of reviewers involved: 61 • Any additional info on review process: All manuscripts submitted to the CIEES 2020 conference were single-blind peer-reviewed and are carried out to meet the scientific criteria of novelty and academic excellence. Submissions were rigorously reviewed by International Scientific Committee and external reviewers. A total of 190 reviews were provided, with each paper receiving at least two reviews. During the discussion phase, International Scientific Committee members and the Programme Committee members discussed the reviews in detail. The rebuttals from the authors were also seriously considered. The final decision to accept a paper was entirely based on quality and not its length.• Contact person for queries: Assoc. Prof. Teodor Iliev, PhD, Department of Telecommunications, University of Ruse, Bulgaria, E-mail: tiliev@uni-ruse.bg