Peer review declaration

Abstract

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science are thoroughly peer reviewed, according to the established rules and regulations by the publisher. The process of peer review is administered and monitored by the Editors. All reviews were performed by experts, following the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal, published by IOP Publishing.• Type of peer review: Single-blind, by at least two reviewers.• Conference submission management system: “Morressier”, www.morressier.com• Number of submissions received: 26• Number of submissions sent for review: 26• Number of submissions accepted: 20• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 76.92%• Average number of reviews per paper: 2• Total number of reviewers involved: 22 persons• Any additional info on review process: The reviews are based on the following criteria: Assessment of the Contribution of the Submission, Technical Criteria, Quality Criteria, Presentation Criteria, Reviewer’s Overall Evaluation. All submissions have been checked for antiplagiarism, by the Morressier’s bult-in “Turnitin” module.• Contact person for queries: Name: assoc. prof. Angel Terziev, PhD Affiliation: Faculty of Power Engineering and Power Machines at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria E-mail: conference@copepm.eu Webpage: www.copepm.eu