The complete feature list

Submission system

• Online paper submission with multiple authors and a designated corresponding author Conference Journal Preprint
• Custom submission form fields, defined per venue Conference Journal Preprint
• Topic/track categorization Conference Journal Preprint
• File uploads with configurable size and count limits Conference Journal Preprint
• Word (DOC/DOCX) submissions accepted, with an automatic PDF copy generated on upload - both files kept, downloadable and usable at every later stage Conference Journal Preprint
• Author-editable submissions (chair-controlled, can be locked) Conference Journal
• Suggested starter submission, review, and camera-ready forms seeded for every new venue - fully editable, restorable with one click Conference Journal Preprint

Review system

• Reviewer invitations and assignment per paper Conference Journal
• Bulk assign or unassign a reviewer across any number of papers at once, by paper or by reviewer Conference Journal
• View a reviewer's submitted review directly from the assignment list, without opening the paper Conference Journal
• Reviewer invitation status - accepted vs. still pending - visible at a glance Conference Journal
• Chair/editor can submit a review on a reviewer's behalf when needed Conference Journal
• Blind review option Conference Journal
• Custom review form fields and recommendation scale Conference Journal
• Similarity/plagiarism check integration (iThenticate) Conference Journal
• Reviewers see revised manuscripts and the authors' point-by-point response for every revision round Conference Journal
• Major revisions automatically return to the original reviewers with a "re-review requested" flag and email; minor revisions go straight to the chair/editor Conference Journal

Decisions & camera-ready

• Custom decision categories (Accept / Reject / Revision, or your own) Conference Journal
• Revision request workflow Conference Journal
• Camera-ready file submission with its own custom form Conference Journal
• Chair/editor can approve or disapprove a camera-ready file, with an optional note Conference Journal
• Authors see the camera-ready review outcome and reason directly, with a clear re-upload prompt if changes are needed Conference Journal
• Chair/editor can upload a camera-ready file on an author's behalf Conference Journal
• IEEE eCopyright Form integration at camera-ready Conference Journal
• "Accept" decision categories automatically make the APC payable - stated in the decision email and highlighted on the author's dashboard Conference Journal

Payments

• Configurable Article Processing Charges (APC), including free/no-fee options Conference Journal Preprint
• An independent venue collects its author charges through its OWN payment gateway, into its own merchant account - Technology Fist never holds or remits money belonging to another business. Authors only ever see methods that can actually complete Conference Journal Preprint
• Bank Alfalah online payment with server-side verification, into the venue's own account. Card payments into a Technology Fist account are available only for venues Technology Fist itself operates, where the charge is our own revenue - card-scheme and provider rules prohibit collecting card payments on behalf of a third-party business, and the platform enforces that in one place rather than trusting a per-venue setting Conference Journal Preprint
• Chairs enter their venue's own bank details right on the APC tab - exactly what authors see when paying by transfer Conference Journal
• Bank-transfer receipt upload for every payment type, served through permission-checked links only Conference Journal Preprint
• Authors emailed on every payment outcome (confirmed / waived / not received), with a printable platform receipt once paid Conference Journal Preprint
• Duplicate-payment prevention - one open payment per paper Conference Journal Preprint
• Per-currency received/awaiting totals and CSV export on every tracking page Conference Journal
• Automatic email reminders for payments pending over a week Conference Journal Preprint
• Platform-wide coupon codes, plus venue-scoped coupons (including 100% waiver codes) for own-gateway venues Conference Journal
• Consolidated Super Chair payment reporting (own vs. hosted venues, subscription records) Platform-wide

Publishing oversight & compliance

• A formal Publishing Application - co-submitted with the hosting request or filed later - reviewed in rounds by an assigned specialist, with every round on permanent record Conference Journal
• Super Chair assigns the specialist and grants the final decision; specialists recommend, never decide alone Platform-wide
• Institutions, organisers, sponsors, and collaborators recorded per application, with financial-liability shares that must total 100% (institutional entities only) Conference Journal
• Automatic MOU execution: each liable institution's official contact approves electronically via a personal email link, timestamped and circulated to all parties for record Conference Journal
• Publishing (Gate 1) unlocks only after the application is approved AND every MOU is approved Conference Journal
• Proceedings quality check with the same workflow: chair requests, specialist reviews in rounds, Super Chair decides Conference Journal
• Author proofing before publication - the author approves the final version via a personal link, no login needed Conference Journal Preprint

Publication & proceedings

• A unique, permanent AMS record number for every conference, journal, and preprint Conference Journal Preprint
• A separate Publishing platform: genuine, Crossref-registered DOIs with a permanent public landing page Conference Journal Preprint
• Optional editor-paid publication fee gate before a paper enters the Publishing pipeline, toggleable per venue Conference Journal
• Six citation export formats (IEEE, APA, Chicago, MLA, Harvard, Vancouver) plus BibTeX/RIS downloads on every published paper Conference Journal Preprint
• Compiled proceedings volumes - every published paper in an issue merged into one bound PDF, one click Conference Journal
• Open Graph, Twitter Card, and Schema.org metadata automatically generated for every published paper Conference Journal Preprint
• A professional, open-access-journal-style public proceedings page on AMS itself, with every article published three ways - a full-text HTML page, the PDF of record, and JATS 1.3 XML Conference Journal Preprint
• Linked reference lists on every article - each reference resolves to Crossref where we hold its DOI, and to Google Scholar otherwise Conference Journal
• Supplementary files published alongside an article - datasets, appendices and code, each with a caption Conference Journal
• CrossRef deposit - XML generation, local validation and live submission, with each citation carrying its own DOI where we hold one Conference Journal
• A conference series can span multiple years/editions while sharing one persistent Publishing page Conference
• Page counts and full metadata (XML) per paper Conference Journal Preprint
• Bulk "publish to proceedings" for multiple papers at once Conference Journal
• A one-time, optional publication fee, delegable page editing for the Chair/Editor Conference Journal
• Article-level search across the whole Digital Library - title, abstract, keywords, or author, with year/venue/type filters Conference Journal Preprint
• A license on every article (Creative Commons or publisher copyright) with badge, copyright line, and machine-readable metadata Conference Journal Preprint
• Article history (Received / Revised / Accepted / Published) carried automatically from the review process Conference Journal
• Formal, dated correction / retraction / expression-of-concern notices on the article page - never silent edits Conference Journal Preprint
• Crossref cited-by citation counts alongside views and downloads Conference Journal Preprint
• References, funding, and data-availability statements on the page and in Crossref deposits (journal-article schema for journals) Conference Journal
• Venue pages styled like journal home pages: aims & scope, editorial board, open-access statement, latest articles Conference Journal
• Per-issue preservation archive bundles (all PDFs + checksummed metadata) for offsite/dark archiving Conference Journal

Conference program

• Auto-generated schedule scaffold from days/tracks/session length Conference
• Session titles, session chairs, keynotes, and breaks Conference
• Assign camera-ready papers directly into sessions Conference
• CSV import and export of the full program Conference
• Schedule sanity checks: overlapping-session warnings per day and track, session capacity badges, and a one-session-per-paper rule Conference
• A public program page alongside Speakers/Sponsors/Publications Conference

Public website

• About, Scope, Call for Papers, Author Guidelines, Review Policy, Editorial Policy, Committee/Editorial Board, and APC pages Conference Journal Preprint
• Speakers and Sponsors/Partners pages Conference Journal Preprint
• CFP poster and other page attachments Conference Journal
• Venue details (name, address, map link) and a custom accent color Conference Journal
• Template-style design options: four color themes (or a custom color), serif/sans typography, corner styles, three hero header styles, a hero tagline, and a custom footer line Conference Journal
• Clean, vanity URLs for the venue and its submission link Conference Journal Preprint

Discovery & search

• Subject/field classification for every conference, journal, and preprint, managed by Super Chair Conference Journal Preprint
• A subject-grouped Browse page - venues sorted into sections by field, so a reader can go straight to their own Conference Journal Preprint
• Search by keyword, or browse directly by any subject, side by side Conference Journal Preprint

Team & collaboration

• Multiple Co-chairs (conferences/preprints) or Associate Editors (journals) per venue Conference Journal Preprint
• Granular, per-person capability control - reviewers, program, website, payments, settings Conference Journal Preprint
• Separate Invite Reviewer and Users pages - edit details, reset a password, or remove access for any author or reviewer Conference Journal
• Bulk and templated email to authors/reviewers, with a full delivery log Conference Journal
• Super Chair can email any user platform-wide directly, filterable by role, independent of any one venue Platform-wide
• A user-controlled "do not send me conference email" preference, respected everywhere except essential account emails Platform-wide

Preprints

• A no-peer-review venue type - straight from submission to public, optionally fee-gated Preprint
• Moderator/Super Chair approves the content first; a posting fee (if any) only becomes due after approval, publishing immediately once paid Preprint
• Author-initiated withdrawal requests, requiring Super Chair approval before anything is removed Preprint
• Signed community reviews on published preprints - open, moderated or closed per collection, controlled by the author from their account, with dated public withdrawal notices instead of silent deletion Preprint
• A dedicated public Preprints page aggregating every collection Preprint

Technology Fist Federation

• A free, unified member identity spanning every conference, journal, and preprint role someone holds Platform-wide
• A unique member ID (e.g. TF-000001), assigned atomically in join order Platform-wide
• A public profile: publications (Technology Fist and self-reported external work), roles, research interests, and reviewer certificates Platform-wide
• External publications - manual entry, or a one-click DOI lookup via Crossref's free public API Platform-wide
• A searchable member directory, filterable by research interest and "open to review" status Platform-wide
• Follow another member, with email notification when they publish or start chairing a new venue Platform-wide
• Downloadable service records (CSV) and per-conference reviewer certificates (PDF) Platform-wide

Dashboards & productivity

• A Super Chair action inbox: every queue that needs attention (requests, applications, checks, payments, renewals) with live counts, deep links, and staleness dots Platform-wide
• Chair/editor "needs your attention" strip and a clickable paper-pipeline bar showing where papers are stuck Conference Journal
• Author action strip (revisions due, camera-ready due, APC due, proofs awaiting) and an article-tracking stepper on every paper Platform-wide
• Consistent SVG iconography and grouped navigation throughout Platform-wide

Licensing & subscriptions

• Four subscription packages - AMS Core (basic system), AMS Core Plus (+ program, website hosting, payment integration), AMS Core Plus & Publishing, and Custom (negotiated feature sets) Platform-wide
• One-place plan control: the Super Chair applies a plan or hand-picks individual features (program / website / payments / publishing) per venue, every change logged Platform-wide
• Conference (per-edition) and journal (rolling) licensing periods Conference Journal
• Self-service journal renewal with receipt upload Journal
• Automatic license-expiry handling Conference Journal

Performance & reliability

• Public-page caching with instant invalidation on change - venue sites, proceedings and the library stay fast under launch-day traffic spikes Platform-wide
• A prioritised mail queue: password resets and verifications always overtake bulk announcements, every message individually retried and logged Platform-wide
• Resumable downloads (HTTP Range) for large files Platform-wide
• Automatic data retention: sessions, login records and logs trimmed on schedule; audit trails kept for years Platform-wide
• Daily capacity watch: disk usage and growth rate, mail-queue depth, and background-job health, with email alerts only when something needs a decision Platform-wide

Trust & compliance

• Email verification for new accounts Platform-wide
• Two-factor authentication Platform-wide
• A standard, compliant footer on every email - unsubscribe instructions and a privacy statement link Platform-wide
• License Agreement and Author Agreement, with required acceptance checkboxes Platform-wide
• Role-specific Privacy, Delivery, and Refund policies, plus a platform FAQ Platform-wide
• Duplicate-account merge: the Super Chair folds one person's second account into their first - papers, roles and review work move over, the duplicate is deactivated, and the merge is audit-logged Platform-wide
• Live demo by approval: institutional email required, requests reviewed within 48-72 hours from a dedicated Super Chair queue, personal time-limited access links Platform-wide
• Full deletion of a conference/journal/preprint and all its data, alongside the existing deactivate option - published articles and their DOIs are the exception and are kept permanently, because a registered DOI has to keep resolving Platform-wide

Optional modules - enabled per venue on request

These are not part of any plan. A chair can ask for one from their console under Extra modules, and the platform team switches it on for that venue. Everything above is included as standard.

• Federation Reviewer Network: search members across the whole platform who have opted in to reviewing - by subject - and see each one's review service record, current workload against their own declared capacity, and automatic conflict-of-interest checks before inviting them Conference Journal
• Reviewers stay in control of their own listing: they choose whether to appear at all, how many reviews a year they will take, and can pause themselves without leaving the pool Platform-wide
• Portable peer review (review passport): an author may carry the reviews of a decided paper to another venue on the platform, and a venue may receive them as background Conference Journal
• Every reviewer decides individually whether their report travels and whether their name travels with it; confidential comments to the chair are never included, and consent can be withdrawn later Platform-wide
• The receiving editor must acknowledge that prior reviews are background information, not a decision, before any of it is shown Platform-wide
• Indexing & compliance readiness: score a venue against DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science and COPE expectations using its own platform record, see exactly which criteria are unmet and how to fix each one, and export an evidence pack for an application Conference Journal
• Live event layer: attendee ticket types, public registration with capacity limits and sales windows, on-site check-in, and attendance / presentation certificates Conference
• Certificates are issued only against a real record - a confirmed, checked-in registration or a genuinely accepted paper - and carry a code anyone can verify on a public page Conference