Abstract All papers published in this volume have been reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted expert referees to professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal IOP Publishing. • Type peer review: Single Anonymous Conference submission management system: Morressier Number submissions received: 60 sent for 50 accepted: 31 Acceptance...

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 expert referees to professional scientific standards expected a proceedings journal Publishing.

Peer review is so much a part of the fabric of scholarly inquiry that it is often taken for granted. I have written many essays over the years that are directly or indirectly related to peer review. These include several on authorshipl-~ and editing, ~ faculty evaluation, ~ identifying Nobel-class science through citation analysis~-~—and even a few on various aspects of refereeing itself. l~lz ...