Lynk

What Lynk is

Lynk is a web platform for academic conference submissions, peer review, decisions, and programme planning. Papers, reviews, decisions, revisions, camera-ready files, and session schedules remain connected through the conference workflow. Organizers can create review forms using rating scales, yes-or-no questions, and free-text criteria, and can enable double-blind review so authors and reviewers are anonymous to each other. Roles are assigned by conference, allowing a person to chair one event, review for another, and submit to a third; each role has a dashboard. Paper uploads support PDF and DOCX files up to 100 MB, and organizers can limit accepted formats. Accepted authors can replace camera-ready files, with organizers able to see the latest version's date and time. Automated emails can be customized per conference and include details such as author name and paper title. Chairs can send announcements to selected participant groups and pin notes. Lynk is available in English, French, and Arabic, including a right-to-left layout. Submitting, reviewing, and chairing are free; publishing is paid after the first published conference, which is free.

Who it suits

It suits conference chairs, organizers, reviewers, and authors who need to manage submissions and review through programme preparation. It may also suit conferences that need double-blind review or Arabic right-to-left layout.

Limits

The first published conference is free; publishing conferences after the first is paid. Paper uploads support PDF and DOCX files up to 100 MB.

Getting started

1. Open the Lynk website in a web browser.
2. Create or access a conference as an organizer or chair.
3. Configure review criteria and whether reviews are double-blind.
4. Set accepted paper file formats and collect submissions.
5. Use the conference workflow to manage reviews, decisions, revisions and scheduling.

Verdict

Lynk connects paper handling, peer review, decisions, revisions, and session scheduling in a conference workflow. Submitting, reviewing, and chairing remain free, while publishing after the first conference is paid.