DeSci: From Oligopoly to Open Science

Abstract

This article discusses the issues with traditional scientific publishing and the solutions offered by DeSci. It covers problems caused by oligopoly in scientific publishing, author-reviewer-editor triangulation, predatory journals, and funding and resource allocation. These issues result in gated publishing, peer review bias, publish or perish culture, centralized funding, poor publication quality, low accessibility, low transparency, and low reproducibility. This study discusses DeSci's solutions to the aforementioned problems through blockchain technologies, including DAO, DBDAO, NFT, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, IP-NFT, and IPFS. Sample applications and projects are provided to illustrate these solutions. DeSci's solutions represent a transition from oligopoly in scientific production to the true Open Science era.