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Oka T, Takashima K, Ueda K, Mori Y, Sasaki K, Hamada HT, Yamagata M, Yamada Y. Autonomous, bidding, credible, decentralized, ethical, and funded (ABCDEF) publishing. F1000Res 2023; 12:877. [PMID: 38303760 PMCID: PMC10831225 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.130188.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2024] Open
Abstract
Scientists write research articles, process ethics reviews, evaluate proposals and research, and seek funding. Several strategies have been proposed to optimize these operations and to decentralize access to research resources and opportunities. For instance, we previously proposed the trinity review method, combining registered reports with financing and research ethics assessments. However, previously proposed systems have a number of shortcomings, including how to implement them, e.g., who manages them, how incentives for reviewers are paid, etc. Various solutions have been proposed to address these issues, employing methods based on blockchain technologies, called "decentralized science (DeSci)". Decentralized approaches that exploit these developments offer potentially profound improvements to the troubled scientific ecosystem. Here, we propose a system that integrates ethics reviews, peer reviews, and funding in a decentralized manner, based on Web3 technology. This new method, named ABCDEF publishing, would enhance the speed, fairness, and transparency of scientific research and publishing.
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Affiliation(s)
- Taiki Oka
- Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
- The Department of Decoded Neurofeedback, Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Center for Brain Science and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
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- Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Segal G, Martsiano Y, Markinzon A, Mayer A, Halperin A, Zimlichman E. A blockchain-based computerized network infrastructure for the transparent, immutable calculation and dissemination of quantitative, measurable parameters of academic and medical research publications. Digit Health 2023; 9:20552076231194851. [PMID: 37654719 PMCID: PMC10467243 DOI: 10.1177/20552076231194851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Digital transformation of healthcare systems should rely on decentralized computer networks and take advantage of the unique characteristics of blockchain technology. Decentralization ensures process transparency and data transparency for all relevant stakeholders. These values are essential in the realms of populations' healthcare information communications and processing, control and tracking of medical logistics supply chains, clinical research management, and control of certified healthcare services organizations. Mounting decentralized processes onto a blockchain-based computerized network will endow the values of immutability, improved cybersecurity, and potential for incentivizing stakeholders for relevant, pre-determined activities. One of the most relevant processes that would benefit from a decentralized, blockchain-based architecture is the submission, review, and publishing of scientific manuscripts. Current structures and processes in this world are non-transparent, poorly incentivizing significant stakeholders such as manuscripts' reviewers, and many are potentially corrupted. In this review, we suggest a blockchain-based architecture for such systems and advocate further research and development in several domains of modern healthcare systems-offering medicine to become "the new guy on the block (chain)."
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- Gad Segal
- Blockchain-Based Technologies in Medicine Research and Development Laboratory, ARC Innovation Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Education Authority, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Blockchain-Based Technologies in Medicine Research and Development Laboratory, ARC Innovation Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- School of Medicine, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Education Authority, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Management Wing, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center, Middle East Initiative (MEI), Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Blockchain-Based Technologies in Medicine Research and Development Laboratory, ARC Innovation Center, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
- Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
- Management Wing, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Khezr P, Mohan V. The vexing but persistent problem of authorship misconduct in research. RESEARCH POLICY 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2021.104466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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