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Blockchain

ELS Publishing (ELSP) · Hong Kong · Est. 2018

ISSN2959-1260eISSN2958-8138

✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

131

Total Citationsi

106

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Blockchain is a peer-reviewed open access journal focused on publishing original works, communications, reviews, perspectives, reports and commentaries in all areas of blockchain in both basic research and application. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Blockchain theories and technologies Blockchain economics and finance Blockchain security Cryptocurrency Distributed ledger technologies and smart contracts FinTech Non-Fungible products and digital currencies Permissioned and permission-less ledgers Web-3 applications in economics, finance, manufacturing, metaverse, social science, etc

General Information

Country / RegionHong Kong

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2018

FrequencyTwo issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications131

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewAnonymous peer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ELS Publishing (ELSP)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2959-1260 / 2958-8138

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Indexed in a trusted database?

DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Anonymous peer review

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

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Citations received

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

Subject Classification

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Blockchain Technology Applications and SecurityIoT and Edge/Fog ComputingFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital FinanceCryptography and Data SecurityCloud Data Security SolutionsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionCaching and Content DeliveryInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-votingCloud Computing and Resource Management

Frequently asked questions about Blockchain

Is Blockchain a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Blockchain: it is indexed in DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Blockchain?

Blockchain is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.44.

Is Blockchain indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Blockchain is indexed in DOAJ.