Statement of Peer Review ^†

In submitting conference proceedings to Engineering Proceedings, the Volume Editors of the proceedings would like to certify to the publisher that all papers published in this volume have been subjected to peer review by the designated expert referees and were administered by the Volume Editors in strict accordance with the policies defined on the conference website [1].

The whole process was supervised by the conference committee and the Volume Editors, adhering to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by MDPI and in compliance with the peer review policy and guidelines of Engineering Proceedings, which can be found in the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/engproc/instruction_for_conference_organizers. The review reports were checked and archived by the Editorial Office of Engineering Proceedings.

• Type of peer review: double-blind;
• Conference submission management system: easychair.org;
• Number of submissions received: 124;
• Number of submissions sent for review: 121;
• Number of submissions accepted: 83;
• Acceptance rate (number of submissions accepted/number of submissions received): 68%;
• Average number of reviews per paper: 2.03;
• Total number of reviewers involved: 141;

Any additional information on the review process:

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Should more than 15% of the submitted original manuscript contain plagiarized content, the article will be rejected and the author will be notified;

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Paper content (unpublished work) must be original and relevant to any of the conferences’ topics;

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The acceptance criteria will take into account originality, technical depth, presentation, as well as practical and theoretic impact;

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Each paper will be reviewed by at least two PC members.

The Conference Committee extends our heartfelt thanks to the dedicated reviewers, whose expertise and commitment have been vital to the 7th International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Humanity (ICATH 2025) conference's success.