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 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: Double-blind. The Conference Proceeding uses double-blind review, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. The manuscripts were handled by three Editors (details as under) and the reviewers were selected based on area of expertise. The email address used for the management system is iecosmec@cumail.in Person in charge/details of Manuscripts handled by editors: I. Submissions handled by Dr Sandeep Singh - 123 II. Submissions handled by Dr Jasgurpreet Singh - 122 III. Submissions handled by Dr Raman Kumar - 100 • Conference submission management system: Via Easy Chair and Conference Official email address. • Number of submissions received: 345 • Number of submissions sent for review: 176 • Number of submissions accepted: 85 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): [(85/345)*100] = 24.6 • Average number of reviews per paper: 02 • Total number of reviewers involved: 44 • Any additional info on review process: NA • Contact person for queries:Name : Dr. Sandeep SinghAffiliation: Chandigarh University, Gharuan, MohaliEmail : sandeepsingh.civil@cumail.in