Research beyond the citations: blockchains
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The result of the search is only made public after the publication of articles. This reality causes the results of the research to take a long time to become known, while losing much valuable information about the process itself.
That is why ARTiFACTS has been developed, a platform designed for academic and scientific research that uses blockchain technology. Researchers can incorporate a permanent, valid and immutable record chain in real time, from the early stages of the search for all scientific and academic artefacts.
This system causes a paradigm shift. It allows you to continue the entire search process (not just the results) and to do the attribution or citation at any time during the evolution. In this way, greater recognition and impact on the path of research is given, as well as the data generated during the investigation.
ARTiFACTS evolves the current system based on the dissemination through the citations of published articles:
ARTiFACTS allows to disseminate and cite a multitude of information about the research process: