Peer review declaration

Abstract

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 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: Single-blind• Conference submission management system: All the manuscripts received form the authors were sent to the reviewers. Each manuscript was reviewed by one reviewer and re-checked by editor. All comments were sent back to the authors to let them make all corrections. The revised versions of manuscripts were checked and approved by editors.• Number of submissions received: 15• Number of submissions sent for review: 15• Number of submissions accepted:11• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted/Number of Submissions Received X 100):73.3• Average number of reviews per paper: 1• Total number of reviewers involved:10• Any additional info on review process: Reviewers considered manuscripts in accordance with: 1) Technical Criteria: scientific rigour, accuracy, correctness of selected methodology.2) Quality Criteria: originality and novelty, clarity of motivation and results importance.3) Presentation Criteria: clarity of expression, readability and completeness of presentation, quality of all presented data and figures.• Contact person for queries: Name: Sergey DubinskiyEmail: sdubinskiy@gmail.com