One of the biggest challenges ever faced by Academics is telling apart when a paper has been forged or when a work is a complete derivative of an original. Even with online tools such as Copyspace and Grammarly that use well-designed algorithms that bring up the issues that any document can have, there is still a margin of error to make some of these scientific articles slide through the cracks. Orvium is here to fix some of those issues by developing the first open source and platform to manage and validate academic publications by tying a life cycle and all the data collected to them to make them happen.
A Company with a Mission
The customary process of setting up a new ICO is to bring up an issue that needs fixing. Orvium is looking to set up shop as a new way to publish scientific information in the form of papers and investigations while taking away all the problems associated with the outdated model that scientific publications have been facing for some time. The company aims to fulfil this mission by paying forward with first-hand knowledge to a society sorely needing of more scientific benefits. Why is this work required? If we take a moment to look even superficially at the process of getting any type of scientific research published we can see what the problems are.
The problems of Scientific Research
Take these tidbits of information as the evidence you need to justify the technological developments offered by Orvium: Scientific publications are among some of the most valuable information you can put out there. A paper speaking about the benefits of medication on trial can generate revenues to the pharmaceutical industry for up to $25 billion just in one year after FDA approval. As you probably can imagine, Government agencies and Big Pharma companies are hands deep controlling this process: by funding the research, the scientists’ salaries and by reviewing every step of the work. The final product of this research is tainted by the need to issue copyright claims and generate profits of products that may not be completely developed.
The offering of Orvium
The work of Orvium is looking to make the publication of scientific research as clean as possible. By integrating a series of technological aspects related to Blockchain technology and cloud storage, the company is looking to build a platform that is capable of validating the process of specific research and analyse the end result. So far the platform is able to offer the following:
Proof of existence for every research paper that it’s submitted to the company
Copyright and licenses for the authors that certify ownership of their research as well as the ability to handle potential economic benefits
Publication rights and exposure that is not bound or tied to any preexisting deals to editorial houses
A framework where all published material can be kept stored at low costs
Peer reviews with actual validation that can be tracked to sources of origin to determine their validity
A customised journal subscription model that best accommodate the researcher
Algorithms were dealing with plagiarism and derivation based on the legal status of the research to avoid malicious practices that pretend to debunk or diminish the work with false claims.
A social platform where all researchers can share their viewpoints with like-minded scientists.
Orvium is starting off their initiative with the right footing; they are proposing a depuration of a publishing system that it’s been labelled as corrupt and tainted for some time now. Will they be able to succeed? Only time will tell. For now, you can visit the Website, Telegram, ANN, Bounty Thread to learn more about them.