Peer review declaration
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: Double-blind • Conference submission management system: http://confbay.com/ • Number of submissions received: 38 • Number of submissions sent for review: 37 • Number of submissions accepted: 36 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 94.74% • Average number of reviews per paper: 3 • Total number of reviewers involved: 59 • Any additional info on review process: 1. A preliminary review was conducted by the main editor and only approved papers were sent for peer-review. 2. Manuscripts are selected based on the reviewer’s comments on the criteria given to them, as below: • Accept (publishable as it is) • Return to author for VERY MINOR revisions • Return to author for MINOR revisions • Return to author for Major revisions • Reject 3. Reviewers were asked to rate/provide feedbacks to the following key points related to scientific content, quality and presentation: • Abstract manifest the whole paper. • The theoretical/conceptual framework. • Methodology (sampling, design, instrumentation, statistical analysis, etc.). • Presentation of the paper in terms of writing style. • Presentation of the paper in terms of clarity/readability. • Things to be improved (Grammar, Paper format, Writing structure). • Comment to Author which includes technical, quality and presentation criteria of the manuscript. 4. We also run plagiarism checking using Turnitin software and remind the authors to ensure the similarity index should not be more than 25%. • Contact person for queries: Nor Haslinda Abas ([email protected])