About the Journal

Link is dedicated to advancing research on the connections and synergies between people and systems, organizations and technologies, and policies and practices in the context of Industry 5.0. As an international, open-access publication with a rigorous peer-review process, the journal takes its name from its core proposition: Industry 5.0 is fundamentally about forging new connections—between human intelligence and machine capabilities, between organizational structures and technological infrastructures, and between regulatory frameworks and practical implementation. Link investigates how these connections operate, why they fail, and how they can be optimized to foster resilient, human-centric, and sustainable industrial transformation.