A Novel Blockchain-Based Scientific Publishing System

Mansur Beştaş, Ruhi Taş, Erdal Akin, Merve Ozkan-Okay (), Ömer Aslan and Semih Serkant Aktug
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Mansur Beştaş: IT Department, Siirt University, Siirt 56000, Turkey
Ruhi Taş: Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ostim Technical University, Ankara 06374, Turkey
Erdal Akin: Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bitlis Eren University, Bitlis 13100, Turkey
Merve Ozkan-Okay: Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ankara University, Ankara 06830, Turkey
Ömer Aslan: Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Balıkesir 10200, Turkey
Semih Serkant Aktug: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Siirt University, Siirt 56000, Turkey

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 4, 1-16

Abstract: The scientific publishing industry is dominated by a few publishers that use centralized systems, which decrease the quality of studies and make the publication process longer. Traditional publication systems generally have high publication costs, slow and biased review processes, copyrights held by publishers, lack of rewards for contributors, lack of connection among researchers, etc. Accordingly, we propose a decentralized blockchain-based scientific publication platform to eliminate the traditional publication system deficiencies. The proposed system uses Ethereum smart contracts to accelerate the publication process and abate the biased evaluation process while reducing the publication cost. The proposed model also improves the quality of scientific studies by adding new features to the publication process. The proposed system increases the number of publishers, makes the publication process fully traceable, and makes scientific papers globally available to anyone with a small fee. In addition, the system provides journals with decentralized models and integrates scientific papers with related data or datasets. The editors, reviewers, and cited authors are also rewarded. The proposed system has been implemented using Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which consists of a front-end, middleware, and back-end. When an author submits a manuscript for evaluation, the system automatically finds the most appropriate editors and reviewers for related fields. After the publication process finishes, editors, reviewers, cited authors, and other contributors are rewarded as a system token-based cryptocurrency.

Keywords: scientific publishing system; publication challenges; blockchain; Ethereum; smart contract; online learning; knowledge sharing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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