Peer review declaration

Abstract

All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series 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: All the articles of 15th EURECA Conference 2021 followed the single-blind peer review process. The reviewers were aware of the authors’ identity but not vice versa. • Conference submission management system: Communications between author and the conference committee was done through Easychair (https://easychair.org/cfp/15thEureca2021) or email (eureca.tu@taylors.edu.my). Authors submit the manuscript and receive feedbacks from reviewers through Easychair. Reviewers have also provided their comments and feedback, retrieving manuscript or revised manuscript through Easychair platform. • Number of submissions received: 135 • Number of submissions sent for review: 135 • Number of submissions accepted: 43 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 98.5% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 59 • Any additional info on review process: In the review process, two reviewers from the same field were appointed to review the paper. The reviewers are from the background of Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computing and IT. Reviewers can retrieve the manuscript and provide their feedback through Easychair platform. Feedback and comments from reviewers were sent back to the authors within 2 weeks through Easychair. The criteria in review include organization of paper and usage of language, objectives, theoretical framework, methodology, reported outcome and data analysis, educational or field significance, and use of relevant literature citations. An overall evaluation ranging from 1. Accept, 2. Accept with minor revision, 3. Conditional Accept with major revision, and 4. Reject was recommended by the reviewer. Based on the suggestions by reviewers, decision was then made and conveyed to the authors by the Secretariat team. The revised manuscript was then verified by the reviewers and Secretariat team for their final recommendation for submission. Similarity check has been carried out by using Turnitin software for all submissions. • Contact person for queries: Name : Dr. Oh Kai SiangAffiliation: Taylor’s UniversityEmail : KaiSiang.Oh@taylors.edu.my