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 • Conference submission management system: (1) Authors send their papers to the email address of the conference. (2) All submissions go through a preliminary review to check the scope, length and plagiarism. (3) Problematic papers sent back to the authors. (4) The rest papers assigned to relevant reviewers. The email address used for the management system is emceme@126.com and the person in charge is Professor Huayuan Wu.• Number of submissions received: 478• Number of submissions sent for review: 418• Number of submissions accepted: 378 Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 79.08%• Average number of reviews per paper: 2• Total number of reviewers involved: 35• Any additional info on review process: (1) Papers divided into several sections according to the scopes.(2) Authors’ names, affiliations and emails removed from papers.(3) Papers assigned to relevant reviewers for peer review.(4) Papers rejected if two reviewers give a poor rating to the same paper.(5) Papers sent for publication if two reviewers accept the same paper.(6) Papers sent to editors for final decision if two reviewers disagree on the same paper.(7) Authors revise papers according to the reviewers’ comments.• Contact person for queries (please include: name, affiliation, institutional email address) Liyun Guo, China University of Geosciences, 120040787@cug.edu.cn