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: materials (articles) went through a double-blind peer review procedure• Describe criteria used by Reviewers when accepting/declining papers. Was there the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions? The organizing committee of the conference received materials, scientific articles corresponding to the specialization of the conference and possessing scientific novelty.It was not allowed to send already published articles or articles sent for publication to other publications to the organizing committee.The results presented in the article should be formulated in the form of scientific provisions that clearly define the essence of the contribution to science.After the initial verification of the articles for originality, the articles were sent to the double-blind peer review procedure, where the materials were evaluated for compliance with the requirements for publication, conference topic, scientific research relevance. The articles should clearly demonstrate the scientific interest of the results.Only after a positive review, the material (scientific article) was accepted for publication. Criteria used by Reviewers:- Does the article contain enough new material for publication?- Is the paper scientifically sound and not misleading?- Is the paper clearly written, concise and understandable?- Will the article have interest and influence in scientific community?- Should the written English of the manuscript be edited?- Is the subject of the scientific article and writing style consistent with the quality of publication in IOP Publishing?Materials that do not meet the requirements were rejected or, if possible, were recommended for making the appropriate changes, after which the materials re-passed the procedure for compliance with the recommended requirements.• Conference submission management system: the conference organizing committee received materials, scientific articles by email daicra2020@mail.ru. Correspondence with the authors was conducted by e-mail. The corresponding editor, Viktor Kukhar, corresponded with the authors and followed the entire process.• Number of submissions received: 100• Number of submissions sent for review: 81• Number of submissions accepted: 66• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 66%• Average number of reviews per paper: 2• Total number of reviewers involved: 21• Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): a positive result of the uniqueness check (anti-plagiarism) was received by materials (scientific articles) with an originality of 75% and higher. The check took place in the system https://www.antiplagiat.ru• Contact person for queries: Viktor Kukhar, Ph.D. in Economics, Department of International and Information Activities, Ural State Agrarian University, city of Yekaterinburg, Karl Liebknekhta Street 42, 620075, Russia, daicra2020@mail.ru