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Peer Review as Structured Commentary: Immutable Identity, Public Dialogue, and Reproducible Scholarship

Computers and Society 2025-07-01 v1 Artificial Intelligence Digital Libraries Social and Information Networks History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

This paper reconceptualises peer review as structured public commentary. Traditional academic validation is hindered by anonymity, latency, and gatekeeping. We propose a transparent, identity-linked, and reproducible system of scholarly evaluation anchored in open commentary. Leveraging blockchain for immutable audit trails and AI for iterative synthesis, we design a framework that incentivises intellectual contribution, captures epistemic evolution, and enables traceable reputational dynamics. This model empowers fields from computational science to the humanities, reframing academic knowledge as a living process rather than a static credential.

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@article{arxiv.2506.22497,
  title  = {Peer Review as Structured Commentary: Immutable Identity, Public Dialogue, and Reproducible Scholarship},
  author = {Craig Steven Wright},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.22497},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

66 pages, 0 figures, interdisciplinary framework, includes proposed architecture and metadata layer structures