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• Describe criteria used by Reviewers when accepting/declining papers. Was there the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions? (1) All submissions will go through a preliminary review, papers that too short, with plagiarism or out of the scope will be rejected without the peer review process. (2) Papers will be rejected if two reviewers refuse. (3) Papers will be accepted if two reviewers say yes. (4) Papers will be sent to the chief editor for final decision if two reviewers disagree on the same paper, and at this stage, authors have the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions. • Conference submission management system: Firstly, authors send their papers to the conference mailbox, and all submissions will go through a preliminary review. Secondly, papers that out of the scope of the conference will be rejected outright. Thirdly, papers that in the scope will enter the peer review process. The email address used for the submission manage is icesma@126.com The name of the person in charge of this process is Lintao Li. • Number of submissions received: 351 • Number of submissions sent for review: 322 • Number of submissions accepted: 272 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 77.5% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2.3 • Total number of reviewers involved: 18 • Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): Similarity index below 30% • Contact person for queries: Lintao Li, lilintao02@xxu.edu.cn, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China