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: http://submission.chinarock.csrme.com/UserCentral/Index/Login• Number of submissions received: 1008• Number of submissions sent for review: 1008• Number of submissions accepted: 685• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 67.95%• Average number of reviews per paper: 2.1• Total number of reviewers involved: 672• Any additional info on review process: The review process consists of two rounds. During the first round of review, at least two reviewers were assigned for each initial submission. The revised papers were sent out for a second-round review subjected to the initial comments from the reviewers as well as the quality evaluated by the guest editors. The papers were finally accepted subjected to the satisfactory of both the reviewers and guest editors.• Contact person for queries: Dr. Xin Huang (Associate Professor), Tongji University, Shanghai, ChinaEmail: xhuang@tongji.edu.cnPhone: +86-17702118387