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: https://easychair.org/• Number of submissions received: 132• Number of submissions sent for review: 125• Number of submissions accepted: 116• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 87.88%• Average number of reviews per paper: 2.21• Total number of reviewers involved: 86• Any additional info on review process: The review process was carried out by expert referees in their activity. All the papers were verified by a committee to be sure that they complied with the reviewers observations and if there were inconsistencies the papers were sent back to their authors. We can say that for some papers we needed three rounds of review for complying.• Contact person for queries: Name: Florin BODEAffiliation: Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaEmail: florin.bode@termo.utcluj.ro