Can Blockchain Technology Restore Trust in Nigerian Academic Publishing?

Solomon Okalanwa, Stella Okalanwa and Alfred Taudes

Working Paper Series/Institute for Cryptoeconomics/Interdisciplinary Research from WU Vienna University of Economics and Business

Abstract: Nigerian academic publishing is currently characterized by a crisis of trust, marked by predatory practices, slow peer review processes, inadequate incentive structures, infrastructural deficits, and systemic opacity that undermines global credibility. This paper presents a sentiment analysis on the use of blockchain technology in the context of Nigerian academic publishing based on thirty interviews with a diverse range of Nigerian stakeholders, including university administrators, faculty, students, publishers, ICT experts, and legal consultants. By investigating the potential of blockchain technology to serve as a transformative truth layer for the ecosystem, this paper adds to the growing discourse on application of ICT technologies in academic publishing.

Keywords: Nigerian academic publishing; blockchain; crisis of trust; truth layer; stakeholders; infrastructural deficits; systemic opacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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