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: Single-blind • Conference submission management system: a two-stage selection system (that included consideration of preliminary materials at the first stage and full-length materials at the second stage) was organized on the basis of the conference website(http://irigs.irk.ru/northeastasia2020/). Communication with the authors was conducted via e-mail. • Number of submissions received: 348 • Number of submissions sent for review: 120 • Number of submissions accepted: 91 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 26.0% • Average number of reviews per paper: 1.71 • Total number of reviewers involved: 106 • Any additional info on review process: The article selection process took place in two stages. At the first stage, one-page materials were evaluated by incoming editors and reviewers. Some authors were invited to participate in the conference based on these reviews, and some of them had the opportunity to send full-length materials. At the second stage, reviewers evaluated full-length articles, the best of which were selected for publication in the collection based on the results of the conference. • Contact person for queries: (please include name, affiliation and email address) Myadzelets Anastasia, Conference secretary, Senior research fellow, Dr. Sci. (Geogr.), igsbras.conf@gmail.com