Peer review declaration

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All conference organisers/editors are required to declare details about their peer review. Therefore, please provide the following information:• Type of peer review: Single-blind/Double-blind/Triple-blind/Open/Other Single-anonymous: authors' identities are known to the reviewers, reviewers' identities are hidden from authorsDouble-anonymous: author and reviewer identities are hidden to each otherTriple-blind: author and reviewer identities are hidden to each other, and from the Editor(s)Open: author and reviewer identities are known to each other• Describe criteria used by Reviewers when accepting/declining papers. Was there the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions? - Criteria that need to be considered by reviewers during the review process are as follows:1. manifest the whole paper2. The theoretical/conceptual framework.3. Methodology (sampling, design, instrumentation, statistical analysis, etc.).4. Presentation of the paper in terms of writing style.5. Presentation of the paper in terms of clarity/readability.6. Grammar7. Paper format8. Writing structure9. Similarity index- After the submission of camera ready, author(s) still have a chance to resubmit the revision article one week after the presentation.• Conference submission management system: http://confbay.com/• Number of submissions received: 117• Number of submissions sent for review: 97• Number of submissions accepted: 78• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted/Number of Submissions Received X 100): 67%• Average number of reviews per paper: 3• Total number of reviewers involved: 170• Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): An article must has a similarity index less than 25% (exclude the reference). Similarity index is checked using Turnitin (https://www.turnitin.com/)• Contact person for queries: Assoc. Prof Dr Siti Nazahiyah Rahmat (nazahiya@uthm.edu.my)Please submit this form along with the rest of your files on the submission date written in your publishing agreement.The information you provide will be published as part of your proceedings.