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: The peer review process was Single-blind. Each paper sent to two Reviewers for the review process.● Conference submission management system: EASYCHAIR ● Number of submissions received: 77 ● Number of submissions sent for review: 63 ● Number of submissions accepted: 56 ● Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 72% ● Average number of reviews per paper: 02 ● Total number of reviewers involved: 30 ● Any additional info on review process: The peer review process was Single-blind. Each paper sent to two Reviewers for the review process. Before review, paper was under go for plagiarism check. Turntin is used for plagiarism check. Paper below 15% of similarity sent for the peer review. The manuscript having plagiarism more than 15% was sent back to authors to reduce the plagiarism. The peer review process was performed with the following criteria.1. Technical Criteria such as scientific merit, clarity of expression, communication of ideas, readability and discussion of concepts etc.2. Quality Criteria Such as originality of the work, demonstration of scientific interest of the results etc.3. Presentation Criteria such as Title of the manuscript is appropriate for the content of the article, Information provided in , Quality of Diagram Figure, Table etc. Conclusion of the present work etc.● Contact person for queries: Dr Vivek K. Patel (vivekp@sot.pdpu.ac.in)