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Blockchain Research Trends

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This paper examines roughly 128,000 academic publications on blockchain and cryptocurrency research published between 2013 and mid-2026, drawn from the OpenAlex database. It looks at how many papers appear each year, what topics they tend to cover, how often they get cited, which countries produce them, how many are freely available, etc. Annual output appears to have grown about 117x over the period, zero-knowledge proof and DeFi research seem to have grown fastest, NFT research likely peaked around 2023, and China and India together account for roughly a quarter of all output.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20832738

Author: Vatsa, Vedang Ratan

Language: English

Topic: Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Subfield: Information Systems

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7165772735

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