Crypto Journal: The Use Of Blockchain In Editorial And Publishing Platforms. JES Case Study

Abstract

The author endeavors to provide a retrospective analysis of the experimental use of blockchain technology in editorial and publishing activities on the platform for electronic scientific journals JES. The author considers the most promising cases of the implementation of this technology that formulate the general concept - Crypto Journal. Further, based on the review of sources in the public domain and 3 years experiment on the implementation of blockchain into JES journals, we demonstrate the major pain points, define the promising directions for further researches and give a careful optimistic forecast on the use of DLT in scientific periodicals.