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Presentation 2021-03-05 15:10
Reputation-Based Reward Distribution Mechanism for Blockchain-Based Scientific Paper Publishing Systems
Yoshiro Minamoto, Yuanyu Zhang, Masahiro Sasabe, Shoji Kasahara (NAIST) NS2020-171
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(in English) In traditional publishing systems of scientific papers, publishing companies serve as intermediaries between authors, reviewers and readers. The existence of publishing companies usually introduces heavy monetary cost to both readers and authors, and delays the proliferation of new scientific findings. To solve these problems, research efforts have been devoted to seeking alternatives of publishing companies, among which blockchain-based publishing systems have attracted considerable attention. One representative blockchain-based publishing system is called EUREKA, which relies on a reward system to distribute reward to the participants involved in the publication process. The EUREKA reward system distributes almost constant amounts of reward to reviewers without considering the quality of the reviews and the reputation of reviewers, resulting in poor incentive for reviewers and unfair reward distribution. In this paper, we aim to improve the EUREKA reward system by incorporating the reputation of reviewers and the quality of their reviews. To achieve this goal, we first design a reputation evaluation scheme, which calculates the reputation of a reviewer based on several metrics, like the number and quality of published papers and the number and quality of reviews. We then propose a reputation-based reward system that enables the reward to be distributed to reviewers based on their reputations and the quality of their reviews. Through simulations of the publication process using Web of Science data, we show the difference of reward distribution between the EUREKA-based method and the proposed method.
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(in English) Publishing system / Reputation system / Reward system / Ethereum Blockchain / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 120, no. 413, NS2020-171, pp. 287-292, March 2021.
Paper # NS2020-171 
Date of Issue 2021-02-25 (NS) 
ISSN Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Date 2021-03-04 - 2021-03-05 
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Conference Code 2021-03-IN-NS 
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Title (in English) Reputation-Based Reward Distribution Mechanism for Blockchain-Based Scientific Paper Publishing Systems 
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Keyword(2) Reputation system  
Keyword(3) Reward system  
Keyword(4) Ethereum Blockchain  
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1st Author's Name Yoshiro Minamoto  
1st Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
2nd Author's Name Yuanyu Zhang  
2nd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
3rd Author's Name Masahiro Sasabe  
3rd Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
4th Author's Name Shoji Kasahara  
4th Author's Affiliation Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
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Date Time 2021-03-05 15:10:00 
Presentation Time 20 minutes 
Registration for NS 
Paper # NS2020-171 
Volume (vol) vol.120 
Number (no) no.413 
Page pp.287-292 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2021-02-25 (NS) 

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