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Blockchain technology is being introduced in all areas and procedures of verification, identification and recording of the virtual world. Some of its applications are simple translations of methods that are already being developed in other technical supports, but most of them provide new utilities that can change the technological context of scientific documentation. In this article we present an updated panorama of the initiatives based on blockchain for the management of scientific and technological documentation, highlighting those aspects that make this new technology a differentiated and authentically novel tool. A critical analysis with theoretical and practical considerations on its potential use completes the content of this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

State of the art scientific methods can be used against financial fraud, mainly of a technical nature (computer, economic, mathematical). Although some of the scientific areas involved are not related to technology, such as sociology, it is important that all disciplines provide useful tools to detect fraud. The detection and prevention of financial fraud is a multidisciplinary task, so the solution to this urgent problem needs to be provided by multidisciplinary teams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is a summary of the different pathways to publish research data, of metrics for evaluating publishing and reuse, and of the existing services for measuring the reuse of research data. It is not yet possible to accurately analyze the metrics for open research data and this is one of the reasons why, in general, researchers do not include them in the assessment of their work. In order to further the use of these tools, it is necessary to increase the number of studies about these evaluation metrics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The "open data" movement is becoming more popular in different contexts: public administration, science and companies; therefore, it is important to know its scope. The term has generated a lot of expectations related to transparency at all levels, data reuse and free access. This review discusses some of the expectations generated by this movement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]