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: Double-blind • Describe criteria used by Reviewers when accepting/declining papers. Was there the opportunity to resubmit articles after revisions? Reviewers of ICOREMT-2021 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 ratio of length and importance of the idea) C- Presentation Criteria (quality of figures/tables and conclusions) One opportunity was given to the authors to address reviewers’ comments and corrections. • Conference submission management system: Direct submission via official email address. • Number of submissions received: 272 papers • Number of submissions sent for review: 250 papers • Number of submissions accepted: 56 papers • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 20.59% • The average number of reviews per paper: 2 reviewers • Total number of reviewers involved: 203 reviewers • Any additional info on the review process (i.e. plagiarism check system): All papers were checked using Turnitin software; papers with a more than 20% similarity percentage were rejected without review. The reviewers checked the quality of the submitted papers, including the contribution to the knowledge, the importance of the idea, adequacy of discussion, quality of figures and tables, and the conclusions. After the reviewing process, one opportunity was given to the authors to address reviewers’ comments and corrections. • Contact person for queries: Dr Khalid Hashim, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Email: [email protected]