* Wide range of genomic applications and scientific questions, including de novo genome assembly, haplotype phasing, structural variant analysis, and transcriptome and epigenetic analysis. 
* Accuracy and scalability. 
* Method requires small quantities of input DNA, which can be beneficial for small samples or single cell studies. 
* More cost effective per sample in comparison with long-read technologies such as Oxford Nanopore sequencing. 
* Libraries produced by linked-read can be processed using Illumina short read sequencing, increasing accessibility.