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Conference Dashboard

Monitor submissions, reviews, author analytics, and reviewer analytics for your conference

The Conference Dashboard provides a real-time overview of your conference's key metrics, submission and review status, track performance, and author demographics.

Accessing the Dashboard

  1. Go to Conferences in the sidebar, then click "Open Conference" on your conference card
  2. Under Conference Management, click "Conference Dashboard"
Conference Dashboard link highlighted in Conference Management section

Dashboard Overview

The dashboard is organized into several sections.

Dashboard showing key metrics and status charts

Key Metrics

Four summary cards at the top show:

  • Total Submissions — Number of papers submitted across all tracks
  • Total Reviews — Number of reviews completed
  • Reviewers — Number of registered reviewers
  • Registrations — Number of conference registrations

Status Charts

Two donut charts visualize the distribution of:

  • Submission Status — Submitted, Under Review, Accepted, Rejected, Withdrawn
  • Review Assignment Status — Accepted, Pending, Completed, Declined

Tracks Overview

A table summarizing each track with submission count, reviewer count, and assigned track chairs. Click the edit icon to go directly to a track's management page.

Author Overview

A summary card showing total authors, countries/regions, institutions, and collaborations. Click "View Analytics" to open the detailed Author Analytics page.

Author Overview card with View Analytics link highlighted

Reviewer Overview

A summary card showing total reviewers with completed reviews, total word count, and average words per review. Click "View Analytics" to open the detailed Reviewer Analytics page.

Reviewer Overview card with View Analytics link highlighted

Recent Submissions

The latest papers submitted to the conference, with status badges and links to view each submission.

Upcoming Deadlines

Track phases with approaching deadlines, showing urgency indicators so you can stay on top of important dates.


Author Analytics

The Author Analytics page provides detailed insights into who is submitting to your conference.

  1. From the dashboard, scroll to the Author Overview card
  2. Click "View Analytics"
Author Analytics page showing summary stats and distribution charts

Summary Stats

Four cards at the top show:

  • Total Authors — Unique authors across all submissions
  • Countries/Regions — Geographic diversity of your author pool
  • Institutions — Number of distinct affiliations
  • Collaborations — Co-authorship connections between authors

Authors by Country/Region

A horizontal bar chart showing author distribution by country. Helps you understand the geographic reach of your conference.

Authors by Affiliation

A horizontal bar chart showing the top institutions represented. Variations of institution names are automatically merged.

Co-authorship Network

Co-authorship network visualization

An interactive force-directed graph that visualizes collaboration patterns:

  • Node colors indicate paper count — green for 1 paper, yellow for 2-5 papers
  • Edges connect co-authors who have collaborated on papers
  • Search for specific authors using the search box
  • Filter by minimum paper count using the slider
  • Drag nodes to rearrange and scroll to zoom

Click on any author node to see their details.

Submissions by Author

Submissions by Author list showing authors with paper counts

A searchable list of all authors with their paper counts and affiliations. Click the arrow on any author to expand and see their individual submissions with status and track information.

Export

Click the "Export Authors" button at the top of the page to download author data for offline analysis.


Reviewer Analytics

The Reviewer Analytics page helps you evaluate review quality and reviewer responsiveness by analyzing review length and turnaround times.

  1. From the dashboard, scroll to the Reviewer Overview card
  2. Click "View Analytics"
Reviewer Analytics page showing summary stats and review length distribution chart

Summary Stats

Six cards at the top show:

  • Reviewers — Number of reviewers with completed reviews
  • Completed Reviews — Total number of submitted reviews
  • Total Words — Combined word count across all reviews
  • Avg Words / Review — Average review length
  • Avg Response Time — Average days reviewers take to accept their assignment
  • Avg Turnaround — Average days from assignment to review submission

Review Length Distribution

A bar chart showing how many reviews fall into each word count range (0–50, 51–100, 101–200, 201–500, 501–1000, 1000+). Helps you spot reviewers who may be writing overly brief reviews.

Reviewer Rankings

Reviewer Rankings table with one reviewer expanded showing individual review details

A sortable table ranking reviewers by review length and responsiveness. For each reviewer you can see:

  • Reviews — Number of completed reviews
  • Total Words — Total word count across all reviews
  • Avg Words — Average words per review (highlighted in a badge)
  • Response — Average days to accept the assignment
  • Turnaround — Average days from assignment to review submission

Click any column header to sort. Use the search box to filter by reviewer name or email.

Click on a reviewer row to expand and see their individual reviews with per-review word counts, time to accept, and total turnaround days.

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