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: Double-blind Single-anonymous: authors’ identities are known to the reviewers, reviewers’ identities are hidden from authorsDouble-anonymous: author and reviewer identities are hidden to each otherTriple-blind: author and reviewer identities are hidden to each other, and from the Editor(s)Open: author and reviewer identities are known to each other• Describe criteria used by Reviewers when accepting/declining papers. Was there the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions? Reviewers of STEPS 2020 considered the following vital points in the assessment process: A- Technical Criteria (such as scientific merits and adequacy of discussion)B- Quality Criteria (such as the scientific interest of the results and the ration of length and importance of the idea)C- Presentation Criteria (quality of figures/tables and conclusions)• Conference submission management system: Direct submission via official email address.• Number of submissions received: 173 papers• Number of submissions sent for review: 168 papers• Number of submissions accepted: 97 papers• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 56.07%• Average number of reviews per paper: 3 reviewers• Total number of reviewers involved: 223 reviewers• Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): All papers werechecked using Turnitin software, papers with similarity percentage more than 20% were rejected without reviewing.• Contact person for queries: Dr. Khalid Hashim, email: k.s.hashim@ljmu.ac.uk
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