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• Conference submission management system:For official information, we develop using the University platform: http://icates.unsyiah.ac.id/, while for paper submission, We used the EasyChair conference management system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3rdicates2021• Number of submissions received: In total, we received 133 submitted papers through submission system • Number of submissions sent for review: A total of 121 papers were sent to the reviewers, while remaining 12 submission paper were rejected directly due to irrelevant topics and out of conference scopes. • Number of submissions accepted: A total of 74 papers were accepted for presentations on The 3rd ICATES 2021 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): Acceptance rate = 55.63% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2x for major revisions and 1x for minor revisions • Total number of reviewers involved: 32 reviewers • Any additional info on review process: The review process were carried out by assigning two potential respective reviewers by track editors. The review itself approximately took maximum 3 weeks to complete. • Contact person for queries:Dr.-Ing. Agus Arip Munawar (aamunawar@unsyiah.ac.id)Dr.rer.hort. Indera Sakti Nasution (i.nasution@unsyiah.ac.id) Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Syiah Kuala University Jl. T Hasan Krueng Kalee No. 3 Banda Aceh – Indonesia Email: icates@unsyiah.ac.id