In submitting conference proceedings to Proceedings, the volume editors of the proceedings certify to the publisher that all papers published in this volume have been subjected to peer review administered by the volume editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal.
- Type of peer review: The single-blind style was used at the first level of the review process. Full papers were evaluated by the scientific committee of CORAF. Successful papers were then sent to independent reviewers using the double-anonymized peer review style.
- Conference submission management system: Institutional email.
- Number of submissions sent for review: 265 abstracts were received, out of which 31 papers were accepted as full research papers for the first stage.
- Number of submissions accepted: 18 papers were accepted for publication after the peer-review process.
- Number of submission published: 17 papers were finally published online.
- Acceptance rate (number of submissions accepted/number of submissions received): 54%.
- Average number of reviews per paper: 2 reviews.
- Total number of reviewers involved: 39 reviewers.
- Review process and criteria:
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- Clarity of the research problem and objectives as presented in the manuscript.
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- Clarity and rigor of the methodology adopted with respect to the type of research.
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- Shows evidence in advancing knowledge related to the topics.
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- Quality of writing.
Acknowledgments
The authors would like to express their gratitude to all the independent reviewers for their time and invaluable support in reviewing the symposium papers.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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