Blockchain Technology in Forensic Science. A Bibliometric Review

Abstract

Blockchain technology in forensic science can have meaningful changes and improvements in digital forensics, forensic investigation, evidence management, and chain of evidence. The consolidation of research on the application of blockchain technology on forensic management, basing Scopus database was conducted and the research trends of bibliometric analysis were visualized. The prominent funding agencies, leading research organizations, authors, countries, journals, and keywords were mentioned in this research. The future scope of research on this research domain can be on enhancing the privacy, authenticity, reliability, and evidence handling in forensic science by the implementation of blockchain technology.