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: MeisterTask CRM
• Number of submissions received: 72
• Number of submissions sent for review: 57
• Number of submissions accepted: 39
• Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 54%
• Average number of reviews per paper: 2
• Total number of reviewers involved: 6
• Any additional info on review process: In general, each article was checked for scientific content, quality of the English language and technical formatting. Reviewers rated the following (5 excellent, 1 poor): Relevance to the themes; Contribution to academic debate; Structure of the paper; Standard of English; Appropriateness of abstract; Appropriateness and number of keywords; Appropriateness of the research/study method; Literature review; Relevance and clarity of drawings, graphs, and tables; Results and findings; Discussion and conclusions; Reference list.
In the absence of a scientific component of an article, authors right to revision was rejected. In other cases, correction notes were sent to authors.
• Contact person for queries: Anastasia Kulachinskaya, [email protected]
Single-Blind and Double-Blind Peer Review: Effects on National Representation
