On the Prospects of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies for Open Science and Academic Publishing

Submitted by Krzysztof Janowicz on 08/15/2018 - 21:54

Tracking #: 1987-3200

Authors: 
Krzysztof Janowicz
Pascal Hitzler
Blake Regalia
Gengchen Mai
Stephanie Delbecque
Maarten Frohlich
Patrick Martinent
Trevor Lazarus

Responsible editor: 
Pascal Hitzler

Submission type: 
Editorial
Abstract: 
Distributed ledger technologies such as blockchains and smart contracts have the potential to transform many sectors ranging from the handling of health records to real estate. Here we discuss the value proposition of these technologies and crypto-currencies for science in general and academic publishing in specific. We outline concrete use cases, provide an informal model of how the Semantic Web journal's peer-review workflow could benefit from distributed ledger technologies, and also point out challenges in implementing such a setup.
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Decision/Status: 
Accept

Comments

Submitted by Krzysztof Janowicz on 08/20/2018 - 19:54.

A very good reply to our editorial from Frankl:

https://medium.com/franklopenscience/what-would-a-blockchain-enabled-sci...