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All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series 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: Authors submit papers through the conference website. Editors contact authors and referees via email. • Number of submissions received: 21 • Number of submissions sent for review: 20 • Number of submissions accepted: 16 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 76% • Average number of reviews per paper: 1 • Total number of reviewers involved: 18 • Any additional info on review process: • Contact person for queries (please include: name, affiliation, institutional email address) Trinh Xuan Hoang, Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, hoang@iop.vast.vn

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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? We use 5 aspects of assessment: Originality, Contribution to the field, Technical quality, Clarity of presentation, Depth of research. Each aspect is rated on a 5 scale in determining whether the article will be accepted or rejected. Author is given the opportunity to resubmit rejected articles.• Conference submission management system: OJS 3.2.1.1, http://conference.lppm.unand.ac.id/index.php/icbeau-2• Number of submissions received: 79• Number of submissions sent for review: 79• Number of submissions accepted: 79• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 100• Average number of reviews per paper: 2• Total number of reviewers involved: 13• Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): Submitted articles must be in accordance with the author guideline format and the template which can be downloaded on the conference website. Author who does not meet the requirements will be asked to reformat until it is correct. Articles that are in accordance with the format must have a maximum of 15% turnitin test to avoid plagiarism. Articles that are in accordance with the format and turnitin test will be sent to the reviewer for review. Articles that have been reviewed will be given recommendations by the reviewer and the editor will decide whether to accept or reject the article. Articles that have been accepted will be revised by the author and checking by the editor whether the author has responded to the reviewers’ recommendations. Articles that have been revised will go through the process of copyediting, proofreading, layouting and confirmed to the author whether the articles are appropriate and agree to be submitted to the IOP.• Contact person for queries: Mr. Bastian Nova, icbeau.unand@gmail.com Affiliation: Faculty of Agriculture, Andalas University-Padang West Sumatera.

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Peer Review Declaration Form Guidance On the following page you will find the declaration form.• Please answer each question.• You should submit the form along with the rest of your submission files.• The deadline is the submission date written in your publishing agreement. All conference organisers/editors are required to declare details about their peer review. We will published the information you provide as part of your proceedings. Peer review declaration 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: Through online using conference website (https://submit.confbay.com/conf/arcofs2021 > Online Submission)● Number of submissions received: 136● Number of submissions sent for review: 108● Number of submissions accepted: 90● Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 66.2%● Average number of reviews per paper: 2.5● Total number of reviewers involved: 143● Any additional info on review process: As follows:- Step 1. The editor in charge managed each submitted paper. The editor was appointed based on expertise related to that particular paper. Step 2. The editor in charge will start the first screening by plagiarism check using Turnitin. If the similarity is higher than 20%, the paper will be sent back to the author for improvement. A rejection email will be sent to author if the paper is not within the issue’s scopes. Only paper with a similarity less than 20% and subject area within the scopes will proceed to Step 3. Step 3. The editor in charge will appoint 2 reviewers (experts-related subjects) to review the paper. Reviewers are given 2 weeks to return the Reviewer’s Comment to the editor. The editor will appoint another reviewer if the Reviewer’s Comment contradict each other (1 reviewer Accept and 1 reviewer Reject). Step 4. The editor in charge will decide whether the Reviewer’s Comment is logical or not. If logical, the Reviewer’s Comment and Editor’s Comment will be sent to the author for paper revisions. If not logical, the editor can judge at his/her own. Step 5. Authors are required to revise their papers according to the points raised as in Reviewer’s Comment and Editor’s Comment. The revised paper must highlight the corrections made. Step 6. The editor will then evaluate a revised version to incorporate the points raised by the reviewers. Step 7. If the editor in charge approves the revised version of the manuscript, the paper will be accepted for publication. If not, the editor will send the revised paper to the author for another revision. Step 8. The editor will send a rejection email to the author if the revised version did not comply with the points raised by the reviewers and editor.● Contact person for queries: Name : Dr. Mohammad Mijanur RahmanAffiliation : Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, MalaysiaEmail : mijanur.r@umk.edu.my

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The 45th Vietnam Conference on Theoretical Physics (VCTP-45) was held during 12-14 October 2020 in Vinh Yen city, Vinh Phuc province, Viet Nam.The VCTP-45 was organized by the Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) under the auspices of the Vietnamese Theoretical Physics Society (VTPS).The VCTP, formerly known as NCTP, has been an annual activity of VTPS for 45 years. The VCTP is aimed to be an international conference for physicists in Vietnam, in the region and worldwide. Our mission is to foster scientific exchanges and to promote a high-standard level of research and education in Vietnam and in South East Asia.The conference covered a wide range of theoretical physics topics from 4 major fields:•Particle, nuclear and astro-physics,•Molecular physics, quantum optics and quantum computation,•Condensed matter physics,•Soft matter, biological and interdisciplinary physics.The conference was divided into one opening session, 10 oral sessions and 2 poster sessions separated by coffee and lunch breaks. The duration of an invited talk is 30 minutes including time for discussion. The duration of an oral talk is 20 minutes including time for discussion.Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the conference was organized in a hybrid mode with both offline and online participation methods. The offline participation took place at the conference site, whereas the online participation was given over video conferencing. The Zoom and Microsoft Meeting softwares were used for the online participation and for broadcasting the offline sessions online. Poster presenters were requested to upload their posters on the conference website prior to the conference sessions. In general, both participation methods worked well except some limitations of the online method, such as for taking part in discussions. Due to international travel bans/restrictions, we did not have participants coming from abroad. There were, however, 3 participants who are from Japan and Philippines but working in Vietnam.150 participants participated in the conference including 98 offline and 52 online participants. 8 invited talks, 25 oral and 98 poster contributions were presented.This volume contains selected papers contributed by the participants.Editors of the VCTP-45 ProceedingsTrinh Xuan Hoang, Institute of Physics, VAST, hoang@iop.vast.ac.vn Hoang Anh Tuan, Institute of Physics, VAST, hatuan@iop.vast.ac.vn Vu Ngoc Tuoc, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, tuoc.vungoc@hust.edu.vn https://iop.vast.ac.vn/theor/conferences/nctp/45Organizer, logo, photos, List of Participants, Online participants, are available in the pdf

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All conference organisers/editors are required to declare details about their peer review. Therefore, please provide the following information:● Type of peer review: Single-blind / Double-blind / Triple-blind / Open / Other (please describe) The peer review process was a single blind review. Each manuscript was reviewed by at least two reviewers.● Conference submission management system: The submission management was an on website uploading type one. Each abstract was uploaded on the conference website and the papers were sent directly via conference e-mail.● Number of submissions received: 76 ● Number of submissions sent for review: 54 ● Number of submissions accepted: 47 ● Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 61.8 ● Average number of reviews per paper: 2 ● Total number of reviewers involved: 54 ● Any additional info on review process: during the review process, all papers were checked for compliance with the topic of the conference, acceptable English language and the quality of images/figures, tables, equations and general aspect.The review process took into account the following key points:- Each reviewer was asked to fill in a paper review form containing: an overall evaluation (the manuscript was assessed by grade), an evaluation in which the reviewer was asked to grade the paper following “Contribution to existing knowledge”, “Quality of the presentation”, “Scientific soundness”, “If the conclusions are supported by data” and “Relevance to the literature review” and a detailed evaluation in which the reviewer was asked to fill the “strengths” and the “weaknesses” of the paper. Additional comments to the author(s) and to the editors (optional) were implied. The grades were from 1 – Poor to 5 – Excellent.- The criterion for accepting the paper was to have a minimum grade 2 from at least two reviewers. After the receiving of paper reviews, each author was asked to revised the manuscript according with the reviewer’s (and, where was the case, editor’s) comments.- For each revised paper, editors checked the respecting of the reviewer’s remarks and, where was the case, asked a second opinion from the reviewer(s).● Contact person for queries: Radu MUNTEAN (radu.m@unitbv.ro), Dorin RADU (dorin.radu@unitbv.ro)Please submit this form along with the rest of your files on the submission date written in your publishing agreement.The information you provide will be published as part of your proceedings.

Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science has 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 published by IOP Publishing.• Type of peer review: Double-blind• Criteria used by Reviewers when accepting/declining papers:The reviewers check the papers by considering the topic and subtopic of the conference (disaster), research paper standard, novelty of the research, following the format of IOP template• Conference submission management system:Authors uploaded their papers via conference website.• Number of submissions received:153 papers• Number of submissions sent for review: 153 papers• Number of submissions accepted:124 papers are accepted and presented in the conference, but 21 papers are withdrawn by authors because the authors want to publish the paper in other publishers.• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100):(124/153) x 100 = 81 %• Average number of reviews per paper:2 reviews per paper• Total number of reviewers involved:46 reviewers• Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system):All papers are plagiarism checked by Turnitin software, and maximal similarity is 20%• Contact person for queries:Prof. Jafril Tanjung, Dr. EngCivil Engineering Department, Universitas Andalas, Kampus Limau Manis, Pauh, Padang, 25163,Sumatera Barat, IndonesiaEmail: jafriltanjung@eng.unand.ac.id

Международная научная конференция «Фундаментальные и прикладные задачи механики», Москва, 2–4 декабря 2020 г.: Материалы конференции. Часть 2

Compiled by P.M. Shkapov, M.I. Dyachenko The next scheduled conference was held in 2020, the year of the 190th anniversary of the founding of Bauman Moscow State Technical University — one of the leading technical universities in Russia, the one that gave rise to many higher technical educational institutions, scientific and pedagogical schools in the field of engineering and technology. The conference was held on the basis of the Scientific and Educational Complex “Fundamental Sciences” and the Department of “Theoretical Mechanics” named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky and brought together scientists from research institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences, universities of the Russian Federation, well-known foreign mechanical scientists. The conference aimed at introducing new research carried out by Russian and foreign scientific and educational institutions in various areas of mechanics. Part 1 presents Plenary reports, as well as materials from Sections 1 and 2. Part 2 contains materials from Sections 3, 4 and 5. Working languages of the conference: Russian and English. Conference website: http://fn.bmstu.ru/coferences-sec-fs/item/1011-fapm-2020

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II International Conference on Metrological Support of Innovative Technologies (ICMSIT-II-2021), 3-6 March 2021, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series 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 All papers came through the basic review which included an initial technical criteria check (paper field, structure of submission, adherence to the submission instructions, English language usage and a check for the similarity rate). Any papers out of the scope or containing plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, were rejected.We used a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remained anonymous. The submitted papers were reviewed by at least two experts: one editorial staff member as well as at least one external reviewer. The third/fourth reviewer is involved in case two reviewers have disputes about the content of the papers or the authors do not agree with the review result. The review process took from 7 to 15 days as a rule. The reviews were conducted to the professional and scientific standards.The decision to accept or reject the paper was based on the suggestions of reviewers. Acceptance/rejecting notifications were sent to the corresponding author(s).• Conference submission management system: Conference submission is carried out through the conference management system which was developed by the Organizer. It easy to use, and has features to make it suitable for simultaneous conference calls.More than 15,500 registration forms have been already processed by the system which showed it stability and flexibility.The conference management system is integrated with the conference website of the Organizer which helps the Organizer to cope with the complexity of the submission, reviewing, refereeing and accepting processes. The current version supports:1. management of the access of reviewers and editors to papers;2. automatic registration for conferences and paper submission;3. list of the current, forthcoming and held conferences with all necessary information;4. list of all conference materials with online presentations and/or video reports of participants, list of published proceedings with direct links to publications and journals;5. sending emails to programme committee members, reviewers and authors;6. preparation and publishing of conference programmes;7. all authors submitting the papers are assumed to accept the terms of Publication Licence;8. all requirements for papers, templates and sample papers are accessible for the authors.• Number of submissions received: 535 • Number of submissions sent for review: 535 • Number of submissions accepted: 315 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 58 • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 • Total number of reviewers involved: 47 • Any additional info on review process: The Checklist for the reviewers included the following criteria: relevance to the scope of the conference topics, the scientific quality, assessing the errors, organisation of the paper, the title, the references, the level of the English language, the quality of the figures and tables, etc.The reviewers could give the following recommendation: to publish the paper as it is, to publish it after mandatory/optional minor/major revision, to reject the paper.• Contact person for queries: Anna Voroshilova, Krasnoyarsk Science and Technology City Hall, 61, Uritskogo Street, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia, E-mail: krasnio@bk.ru. Tel + 7 913 538 6990

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All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series 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 / Double-blind / Triple-blind / Open / Other Single-blind • Conference submission management system: via conference web site and conference email • Number of submissions received: 72 • Number of submissions sent for review: 72 • Number of submissions accepted: 69 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 95.8 • Average number of reviews per paper: 1 • Total number of reviewers involved: 36 • Any additional info on review process: the review process was according to the guidelines given by JPCS. Each paper was reviewed by habilitated reviewer and by a person form the organizing committee for technical quality. The average review process time was about a month. In all cases at least minor revisions were required. Contact person for queries: Name : Nikolay Nedyalkov NedyalklovAffiliation: Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of SciencesEmail : nnned@ie.bas.bg

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All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Scince 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: Type of peer-review is Single-blind.· Conference submission management system: Conference submission management system is use website. Website can be accessed at http://ecosystems.klgtu.ru/index.html / Corresponding author process by e-mail EcoSystConfKlgtu 2020 : ecosystems@klgtu.ru.· Number of submissions received: 56· Number of submissions sent for review: 56· Number of submissions accepted: 48.· Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 86%· Average number of reviews per paper: 2· Total number of reviewers involved: 20.· Any additional info on review process:The authors had to upload their articles using registration form on the conference website http://ecosystems.klgtu.ru/index.html/. The conference organizers appointed at least two reviewers for each article. Reviewers were required to provide comments on the review within 7 days. The reviewers evaluated the articles using the following criteria: originality, topicality, scientific novelty, applicability, and clarity of presentation. If the article did not meet the specified requirements, the reviewers rejected it. If the article was good enough, the reviewers could accept it unchanged or send comments to the authors to finalize the article. The authors were required to edit the article according to the comments within 7 days. After submission of the edited files by the authors the editors checked the completion of all the needed changes in article. If the reviewers agreed with the changes, the article was as accepted. If the editors did not see that the article was changed according to the comments of the reviewers, they sent the article back to the authors with a second request to edit the article.· Contact person for queries: Mr Vladimir Volkov, Deputy Head of Technopark, Kaliningrad StateTechnical University, vladimir.volkov@klgtu.ru

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All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series 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: the papers were submitted via conference website• Number of submissions received: 58 submissions received• Number of submissions sent for review: 52 submissions were sent for review• Number of submissions accepted: 33 submissions were accepted• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 57%• Average number of reviews per paper: 2• Total number of reviewers involved: 7• Any additional info on review process: The papers are reviewed twice by experts in relevant field. The reviewing process took 40 days. The revised papers were also checked by Editors. All accepted papers meet the following criteria:- Scientific merit and quality of data presented;- Relevance of study to the conference topics;- No plagiarism and autoplagiarism;- Adequate paper structure;- Good English.• Contact person for queries: Anna Bogdan, email: coalise@tpu.ru

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All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series 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 single-blind peer review that reveals the author’s name to the reviewer, but hides the reviewer’s name from the author. Peer Review Process (Fig. 1) The article submission system is carried out through an international conference web, namely on the http://upincase.upy.ac.id. Articles submitted must follow the format (template) provided. Article submission terms are as follows.a) Articles submitted must be free from plagiarism elements.b) The submitted article is a work that has never been published in other media.c) Articles submitted are following the specified scope of the conference.The editor carries out this selection process by paying attention to the scientific field’s suitability between the article and the editor. Each article is selected by experts in their fields, according to their respective scientific fields, the articles that pass are excellent and quality articles. Articles that are declared to have passed according to predetermined criteria are then distributed to reviewers for input and improvement. Reviewer conducts a review process on submitted articles according to their field of expertise. Reviewers only provide suggestions and input to the editor on whether the article is worthy of publication or not.The review process is carried out using a single-blind review process system. A review process is carried out where the author does not know who the reviewer has reviewed the article. Meanwhile, the reviewer knows the name and affiliation of the authorFig. 1. Article Submission and Review ProcessAfter the review process is carried out and the article has received suggestions and input, the author must improve according to the suggestions and input. If it has been corrected, the author sends back the article to the editorial team for other presentations at the conference. The committee provides particular times for the coaching clinic to improve articles. Furthermore, the articles will be sent to the publisher to be published in an International Conference Proceedings (IOP).• Conference submission management system: Online via conference website http://upincase.upy.ac.id • Number of submissions received: 250 • Number of submissions sent for review: 240 • Number of submissions accepted: 172 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 68% • Average number of reviews per paper: 3 • Total number of reviewers involved: 30 • Any additional info on review process: • Contact person for queries (please include: name, affiliation, institutional email address) Marti Widya Sari Universitas PGRI Yogyakarta, Indonesia Email: widya@upy.ac.id

International Scientific Conference “Fundamental and Applied Problems of Mechanics” (FAPM-2020). Moscow, 2–4 December, 2020. Materials of the Сonference. Part 1

Compiled by P.M. Shkapov, M.I. Dyachenko The next scheduled conference was held in 2020, the year of the 190th anniversary of the founding of Bauman Moscow State Technical University — one of the leading technical universities in Russia, the one that gave rise to many higher technical educational institutions, scientific and pedagogical schools in the field of engineering and technology. The conference was held on the basis of the Scientific and Educational Complex “Fundamental Sciences” and the Department of “Theoretical Mechanics” named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky and brought together scientists from research institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences, universities of the Russian Federation, well-known foreign mechanical scientists. The conference aimed at introducing new research carried out by Russian and foreign scientific and educational institutions in various areas of mechanics. Part 1 presents Plenary reports, as well as materials from Sections 1 and 2. Part 2 contains materials from Sections 3, 4 and 5. Working languages of the conference: Russian and English. Conference website: http://fn.bmstu.ru/coferences-sec-fs/item/1011-fapm-2020

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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? Yes, the Editor give the opportunity for author to resubmit article after revision according to the reviewer’s comments.The reviewers will follow the regulation to accept or decline the papers according to the criteria below:1. Topic/ theme conference2. Guideline of IOP template3. The relevance of abstract, title and references4. Overall content of manuscript5. Completeness of manuscript• Conference submission management system: We conduct the submission through online submission. The manuscript from author has submitted before the conference through the conference website. After that the Editor will send the manuscript to the reviewer by online too. After Editor get the reviewer’s comments, Editor will send back to author again if the manuscript has to be revised. All of the process through online. This conference has Editor, internal and external reviewer and Proofread teams (muhamad.amin@fpk.unair.ac.id).• Number of submissions received: INCOFIMS = 129• Number of sumissions sent for review: INCOFIMS = 129 Number of submissions accepted: INCOFIMS = 100 Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): INCOFIMS = 77,51% Average number of reviews per paper: 2 Total number of reviewers involved: INCOFIMS 25 persons• Any additional info on review process (ie plagiarism check system): We use Turnitin application to check the plagiarism• Contact person for queries: Dwi Yuli Pujiastuti, Universitas Airlangga (dwiyp@fpk.unair.ac.id)Luthfiana Aprilianita Sari, Universitas Airlangga (luthfianaaprilianitas@gmail.com)

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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: Single-blind The received research articles will be peer reviewed by expert researchers in the respective fields. Based on the comments and recommendation of the expert reviewer the paper will be accepted for publication• Conference submission management system: Research articles were received through Google form which was given in the conference website• Number of submissions received 23 • Number of submissions sent for review 23 • Number of submissions accepted 16 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100) : 69.56 % • Average number of reviews per paper 01 • Total number of reviewers involved 07 • Any additional info on review process : Authors were received comments and suggestions from the reviewer for each research articles separately. All received papers were reviewed by the experts in the respective area of research. Authors were received comments related to technical, experimental, grammatical, and analytical aspects of their research. The required modifications were suggested by the reviewers. Reviewers have recommended the manuscripts for publication after incorporation of the suggested changes. Authors were provided with the period of seven days to do the modifications as per suggestions given by the reviewers. Modified papers were sent to the reviewer for verification and papers were accepted as per the report given by the reviewers. Contact person for queries: Dr. M.Ambrose RajkumarAssistant Professor of PhysicsKristu Jayanti College (Autonomous)K. Narayanapura, Kothanur Post,Bengaluru-77, KarnatakaMobile: +91- 89733 14608_ ambrose@kristujayanti.com Dr. Anoop Baby. K.BAssistant Professor of PhysicsKristu Jayanti College (Autonomous)K. Narayanapura, Kothanur Post,Bengaluru-77, KarnatakaMobile: +91- 99626 04867_ anoopbaby@kristujayanti.com

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The 22nd Russian Youth Conference on Physics of Semiconductors and Nanostructures, Opto- and Nanoelectronics (RYCPS) was held in Saint Petersburg on November 23 – 27, 2020. It was organized by Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.The program of the Conference included semiconductor technology, heterostructures with quantum wells and quantum dots, opto- and nanoelectronic devices and new materials. Given the restrictions on meetings of a large number of people associated with COVID-19, the conference organizing committee decided to hold it in a virtual format. The oral sessions were held on the Zoom platform, and the poster session was organized using the Miro online whiteboard and the Skype platform. This provided an opportunity for valuable discussions between the conference participants and experienced scientists.The conference included two invited talks given by leading scientists, devoted to actual problems and major advances in physics and technology. The keynote speakers were Mikhail Nestoklon from Ioffe Institute (presentation “Fine structure of excitons in quantum dots based on Pb chalcogenides”) and Sergey Kukushkin from Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering (presentation “A new method of controlled synthesis of nanomaterials for micro- and optoelectronics. Thermodynamics and kinetics of nanoscale synthesis of single-crystal silicon carbide on silicon and its unique properties”). Students, graduate and postgraduate students presented their results on plenary and poster sessions. The total number of accepted papers published in Russian (the official conference language) was 105. Here we publish 24 of them in English.Like previous years, the participants were involved in the competition for the best report. Certificates and cash prizes were awarded to a number of participants for the presentations selected by the Program Committee. Aidar Galimov, a postgraduate student at Ioffe Institute (Saint Petersburg), received the E.F. Gross Prize for the best presentation in the field of semiconductor optics for the report “Investigation of the single photons indistinguishability in InAs/GaAs quantum dots”. Mikhail Rakitskii (Alferov University, Saint Petersburg) was awarded for the best presentation among students with a report “Anomalous Hall effect in semiconductors with zero spin polarization”. Ivan Makhov (Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University) was awarded for the best presentation among postgraduate students with a report “Linear refractive index modulation induced by electric current in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells”. Works with potential applications were recommended for participation in the following competition for support from the Russian Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises in Science and Technology.The conference was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Program “5–100”) and Tydex LLC, St. Petersburg.The official conference website is http://www.semicond.ru/conf2020 Editors R.A. Suris L.E. Vorobjev D.A. Firsov V.A. Shalygin

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IV International Conference on Agribusiness, Environmental Engineering and Biotechnologies (AGRITECH-IV-2020), 18-20 November 2020, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation 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 All papers came through the basic review which included an initial technical criteria check (paper field, structure of submission, adherence to the submission instructions, English language usage and a check for the similarity rate). Any papers out of the scope or containing plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, were rejected.We used a double-blind system for peer review; both reviewers’ and authors’ identities remained anonymous. The submitted papers were reviewed by at least two experts: one editorial staff member as well as at least one external reviewer. The third/fourth reviewer is involved in case two reviewers have disputes about the content of the papers or the authors do not agree with the review result. The review process took from 7 to 15 days as a rule. The reviews were conducted to the professional and scientific standards.The decision to accept or reject the paper was based on the suggestions of reviewers. Acceptance/rejecting notifications were sent to the corresponding author(s).• Conference submission management system: Conference submission is carried out through the conference management system which was developed by the Organizer. It easy to use, and has features to make it suitable for simultaneous conference calls.More than 13,500 registration forms have been already processed by the system which showed it stability and flexibility.The conference management system is integrated with the conference website of the Organizer which helps the Organizer to cope with the complexity of the submission, reviewing, refereeing and accepting processes. The current version supports:a. management of the access of reviewers and editors to papers;b. automatic registration for conferences and paper submission;c. list of the current, forthcoming and held conferences with all necessary information;d. list of all conference materials with online presentations and/or video reports of participants, list of published proceedings with direct links to publications and journals;e. sending emails to programme committee members, reviewers and authors;f. preparation and publishing of conference programmes;g. all authors submitting the papers are assumed to accept the terms of Publication Licence;h. all requirements for papers, templates and sample papers are accessible for the authors.• Number of submissions received: 820• Number of submissions sent for review: 803• Number of submissions accepted: 473• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 57.6• Average number of reviews per paper: 2• Total number of reviewers involved: 53• Any additional info on review process: The Checklist for the reviewers included the following criteria: relevance to the scope of the conference topics, the scientific quality, assessing the errors, organisation of the paper, the title, the references, the level of the English language, the quality of the figures and tables, etc.The reviewers could give the following recommendation: to publish the paper as it is, to publish it after mandatory/optional minor/major revision, to reject the paper.• Contact person for queries: Anna Voroshilova, Krasnoyarsk Science and Technology City Hall, 61, Uritskogo Street, Krasnoyarsk, 660049, Russia, E-mail: krasnio@bk.ru. Tel + 7 913 538 6990

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The current volume contains 71 articles presented by participants of the 9th Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE 2020). Given the COVID-19 safety precautions, this annual conference was held in the online mode on November 20-23, 2020, being organized by Bosen Academic Conference Solutions Co. (China) with kind support of Sage Publishing (US) and the Institute of Problems of Strength (Ukraine).The online conference, which covered diverse areas of Materials Science and Engineering and their interdisciplinary applications, was successfully communicated via Microsoft Teams Meeting, attracting over hundred participants from 30 countries, including China, France, India, Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Russia, UK, Ukraine, US, and others.Four keynote reports by the General Chair Prof. Sigitas Tamulevičius (Kaunas, Lithuania), Prof. Setsuhisa Tanabe (Kyoto, Japan), Prof. Jinlian Hu (Hong Kong, China), and Prof. Qixin Guo (Saga, Japan) informed the worldwide audience on their latest up-to-date research works, while 52 oral presentations in five sessions provided vast information and inspired thorough discussions on materials for electronics and optoelectronics, magnetic materials, nanostructured materials, sensors and actuators, microdevices, testing of materials, materials for energy applications and catalysis, metals, ceramics, composites, structural materials, etc. Fourteen participants presented their posters on the conference website, which are open to public for academic exchange and discussions.The innovative 71 articles presented in this volume have been recommended and selected after rigorous double-blind reviews by seasoned experts in related areas. We sincerely hope this volume will be a very useful contribution to the academicians, scientists, researchers and engineers for enlightening new vision of advance research and developments in this scientific field.We are grateful to all guests from all over the world for participating in the conference and sharing their expertise and state-of-the-art scientific findings. We also would like to express our sincere appreciation to our committee members for their continuous efforts in reviewing and selecting the submitted papers for this volume. Special thanks to Sage Publishing (US) for the contribution to the success of this conference.Finally, it is my pleasure to thank the Organizing Committee, especially the Conference Secretaries Ms. Ling Li and Ms. Kelly Feng for the impressive results of the conference.Guest Editor:Dr. Alexander Khotsianovsky,Managing Editor of Strength of MaterialsList of Conference Committee Members are available in this Pdf.

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The special issue of the Vladimir State University based on results of the 8th International Conference “Modern nanotechnology and nanophotonics for science and industry” which was held from 9 to 20 November 2020 in Suzdal, Russia.Journal of physics: Conference serieshttp://mnnsi.interconf.pro/(Conference website)Start date: 9th of November 2020End date: 20th of November 2020Location: RussiaNumber of articles: 20On-line publishingThe conference was held online due to the COVID-19 issuesOrganizers are in Russia, Vladimir, Vladimir State UniversityTo organize the conference, the committee have used the Zoom app.The status of the conference: InternationalZoom application allowed holding the conference without any problems

Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of Journal of Physics: Conference Series 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: Conference website and email • Number of submissions received: 57 • Number of submissions sent for review: 57 • Number of submissions accepted: 40 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 70% • Average number of reviews per paper: 3-4 • Total number of reviewers involved: It follows the IOP peer review policy • Any additional info on review process: It follows the IOP peer review policy Contact person for queries: Prof. Walid Al-Hussaibi Southern Technical University, Basrah, Iraq email: alhussaibi@stu.edu.iq Dr. Rana Zubo University of Bradford, Bradford, UK email: r.h.a.zubo@gmail.com