Towards a Decentralized Process for Scientific Publication and Peer Review using Blockchain and IPFS

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dc.contributor.authorTenorio-Fornés, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorJacynycz, Viktor
dc.contributor.authorLlop-Vila, David
dc.contributor.authorSánchez-Ruiz, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorHassan, Samer
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-03T00:29:12Z
dc.date.available2019-01-03T00:29:12Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-08
dc.description.abstractThe current processes of scientific publication and peer review raise concerns around fairness, quality, performance, cost, and accuracy. The Open Access movement has been unable to fulfill all its promises, and a few middlemen publishers can still impose policies and concentrate profits. This paper, using emerging distributed technologies such as Blockchain and IPFS, proposes a decentralized publication system for open science. The proposed system would provide (1) a distributed reviewer reputation system, (2) an Open Access by-design infrastructure, and (3) transparent governance processes. A survey is used to evaluate the problems, proposed solutions and possible adoption resistances, while a working prototype serves as a proof-of-concept. Additionally, the paper discusses the implementation, in a distributed context, of different privacy settings for both open peer review and reputation systems, introducing a novel approach supporting both anonymous and accountable reviews. The paper concludes reviewing the open challenges of this ambitious proposal.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2019.560
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-2-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/59901
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectDistributed Ledger Technology, The Blockchain
dc.subjectInternet and the Digital Economy
dc.subjectBlockchain, IPFS, open access, peer review, reputation
dc.titleTowards a Decentralized Process for Scientific Publication and Peer Review using Blockchain and IPFS
dc.typeConference Paper
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