Blockchain International Scientific Conference https://www.britishblockchainassociation.org/isc2020

1. A Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Publication
Model on Blockchain
Imtiaz Khan, PhD
Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK

2. Scientific research in crisis
Independent verification of data is a fundamental principle of scientific research across the disciplines.
Careful examination of the first author's lab notebook revealed
missing contemporaneous entries and raw data for key experiments.

3. Impact of fraudulent scientific research

4. Technical solution
Khan et al. Bioinformatics 2014

5. Sociocultural solution for the stakeholders

6. Researcher - Career NOT “Curiosity” driven

7. Reviewer – “Voluntary” system
Unsustainable
Unjustified

8. Journal - Triple pay system
36% Deutsche Bank’s 2005 Report

9. Music & scientific publication model

10. Transition of music publication model
• Music
composure
• Music
producer
• Song writer
• …….

11. P2P Publication Model
Publications will be incremental and authorship will be accumulative and shared with reviewers

12. P2P Publication Model
Publications will be incremental and authorship will be accumulative and shared with reviewers

13. P2P Publication Model
Publications will be incremental and authorship will be accumulative and shared with reviewers

14. Researcher – Taking off the pressure
Accumulative
Transparency

15. Forking of ideas – curiosity with career
“Curiosity”

16. Researcher – New type of academic portfolio
Researcher
60%
Reviewer
30%
Forking
10%
ACADEMIC PORTFOLIOMatrix
H-Index
REF impact
Publication #
Impact factor score
Grant targeted
publications
………

17. Reviewer: Sharing authorship = ownership
- Authorship = Ownership
- Justification of time/resources
- Portfolio building
- Multidisciplinary review
- Citizen science

18. Journals: Status quo
- Triple pay system
- More revenue from forking

19. • Openness and freedom via consensus based
validation and ability of forking at any point.
• From groupthink effect to citizen science by
incorporating non-academic citizens to the review
process.
• Promoting multidisciplinary research.
• Inference or insight, getting ready for 4th paradigm
of science and 4th industrial revolution.
Impact on irreproducibility

20. Post journal landscape
P2P Model
# of forking
# of reviewers for consensus
% of completion