The Outlook of Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs): an alternative for academic manuscript ownership and scholarly publications

Abstract

scientific research is expanding at an astounding rate, introducing new and compounding existing challenges and exacerbating those that already exist with regard to peer review quality, scholarly publishing and the emergence of predatory journals, and challenges with academic integrity and frauds in publication. To address this problem, this article suggests using NFT (Non Fungible Token) as a new, less costly, and more equitable means of publishing when it comes to intangible property ownership and identification. Blockchain enables autonomous, decentralized data, eventually resulting in a shared infrastructure where transactions are recorded and preserved. Our method covers the whole spectrum of NFT capabilities for academic manuscripts and scholarly publications through a decentralised solution using open-access tools