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11 February 2025

Blockchain was introduced in 2008, yet it remains poorly defined over a decade later. Despite the lack of a universally accepted definition, its utility continues to be widely advocated. However, a function or feature can only be classified as a tech...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,416 Views
19 Pages

28 October 2022

The electronic tendering and bidding system has realized the digitalization, networking, and high integration of the whole process of tendering, bidding, bid evaluation, and contract, which has a wide range of applications. However, the trust degree,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Image Enhancement)
  • Review
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
176 Citations
25,286 Views
31 Pages

8 February 2022

Blockchain is a promising breakthrough technology that is highly applicable in manifold sectors. The adoption of blockchain technology is accompanied by a range of issues and challenges that make its implementation complicated. To facilitate the succ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain-Based Systems)
  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
48 Citations
6,796 Views
12 Pages

The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Medical Tourism

  • Inessa Tyan,
  • Antonio Guevara-Plaza and
  • Mariemma I. Yagüe

11 November 2021

The paper discusses the benefits of blockchain technology for medical tourism. The major focus is placed on pre-procedure and post-procedure of medical tourism. The authors argue that blockchain technology can facilitate several stages of medical tou...

(This article belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
992 Views
34 Pages

10 December 2025

Despite the recognition of Blockchain Technology’s disruptive potential, there is ongoing debate about its ontological and axiomatic foundations. This study develops a theoretical framework to explain the underline structural principles of bloc...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
  • Review
  • Open Access
102 Citations
22,012 Views
18 Pages

Implementation of Blockchain Technology in Waste Management

  • Katarzyna Bułkowska,
  • Magdalena Zielińska and
  • Maciej Bułkowski

24 November 2023

Implementing blockchain technology in waste management is a novel approach to environmental sustainability and accountability challenges in our modern world. Blockchain, a technology that enables decentralized and immutable ledgers, is now being re-i...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Energy and Environment)
  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
9,112 Views
24 Pages

Blockchain Technology for Intelligent Environments

  • Spyros Voulgaris,
  • Nikos Fotiou,
  • Vasilios A. Siris,
  • George C. Polyzos and ,
  • Mikael Jaatinen and
  • Yannis Oikonomidis
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 October 2019

In the last few years, we have been witnessing the convergence of the physical with the digital world. The Internet of Things (IoT) is progressing at a fast pace, and IoT devices are becoming pervasive in our physical environments, bringing the visio...

(This article belongs to the Collection Featured Reviews of Future Internet Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,927 Views
17 Pages

Real Business Applications and Investments in Blockchain Technology

  • Oscar Lage,
  • María Saiz-Santos and
  • José Manuel Zarzuelo

This paper provides an empirical study to identify the objective of companies that are currently investing in adopting blockchain technologies to improve their processes and services. Unlike other studies based on the theoretical potential applicatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Explainable Artificial Intelligence and Edge Computing Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
13,820 Views
15 Pages

29 October 2023

Blockchain technology is a promising technology that attracts popularity among researchers. However, it was first introduced with digital currencies, particularly Bitcoin, but nowadays, it is also known as one of the most frequently used techniques f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Blockchains)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
11,056 Views
19 Pages

Development of Blockchain Technology in Financial Accounting

  • Olha Prokopenko,
  • Artem Koldovskiy,
  • Marina Khalilova,
  • Aigul Orazbayeva and
  • José Machado

23 December 2024

This study investigates the transformative potential of blockchain technology in financial accounting by examining its applications, challenges, and implications. The study begins with a review of blockchain’s origins and its ability to address...

(This article belongs to the Section Computational Social Science)
  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
88 Citations
10,573 Views
11 Pages

Blockchain Technology for Smart Tourism Destinations

  • Inessa Tyan,
  • Mariemma I. Yagüe and
  • Antonio Guevara-Plaza

21 November 2020

This conceptual paper discusses the potential of blockchain technology for Smart Tourism Destinations. The main focus is placed on Smart Tourism Destinations’ four major goals that can be achieved by using blockchain technology, namely: enhanci...

(This article belongs to the Section Tourism, Culture, and Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
10,219 Views
24 Pages

11 November 2021

Blockchain technology is emerging as a plausible disruptor of waste management practices that influence the governance of plastics. The interest among the waste management community in the potential and fundamental changes to complex resource managem...

(This article belongs to the Collection The Governance of Plastics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
73 Citations
17,623 Views
17 Pages

The Use of Blockchain Technology in e-Government Services

  • Ioannis Lykidis,
  • George Drosatos and
  • Konstantinos Rantos

10 December 2021

e-Government services have evolved significantly over the last decade, from a paper-based bureaucratic procedure to digital services. Electronically processed transactions require limited physical interaction with the public administration, and provi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain-Based Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
12,293 Views
24 Pages

15 April 2022

The large-scale application of blockchain technology is an expected to be an inevitable trend. This study revolves around published papers and articles related to blockchain technology, relevance analysis and sorting through the retrieved documents w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Signatures of Maturity in Cryptocurrency Market)
  • Article
  • Open Access
181 Citations
13,510 Views
17 Pages

Blockchain Technology Adoption in Smart Learning Environments

  • Nazir Ullah,
  • Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi,
  • Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani,
  • Osama Alfarraj and
  • Fahad Mohammed Alblehai

7 February 2021

The conventional education system in developing countries has been enhanced recently by implementing the latest technology of distributed ledger. Disruptive technology is a fundamental requirement for greater accountability and visibility. We explore...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,764 Views
15 Pages

15 December 2020

Blockchain is a secure distributed management technology for data. Until now, blockchain technology has been intensively developed in financial fields such as Bitcoin. As the blockchain technology develops, the application fields of blockchain are ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,129 Views
17 Pages

Blockchain Technology, Enterprise Risk and Enterprise Performance

  • Ye Zhen,
  • Wen Qiao,
  • Ruyuan Wang and
  • Wenli Wang

20 December 2023

In order to explore the impact of the application of blockchain technology on enterprise performance, as well as the mechanism of enterprise risk and the information disclosure quality on this impact process, and taking the data of A-share listed com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
137 Citations
15,168 Views
16 Pages

Applying Blockchain Technology: Evidence from Norwegian Companies

  • Anne H. Gausdal,
  • Karen V. Czachorowski and
  • Marina Z. Solesvik

13 June 2018

The aim of this study is to develop a theoretical framework for blockchain, operations in particular. Furthermore, we aim to identify the main drivers and barriers of digital innovation and explore the general possibilities of blockchain applications...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Alliances and Network Organizations for Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
43 Citations
14,878 Views
27 Pages

Blockchain Technology Application for Value-Added Tax Systems

  • Milla Sepliana Setyowati,
  • Niken Desila Utami,
  • Arfah Habib Saragih and
  • Adang Hendrawan

The utilization of new technology in the form of blockchain technology for a Value Added Tax (VAT) acceptance system is relatively new and has not been widely encountered thus far. This research analyzes how blockchain technology can be applied to a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,072 Views
10 Pages

The blockchain technology and its applications, such as cryptocurrencies or non-fungible tokens, represent significant advancements in computer science. Alongside its transformative potential, human interaction with blockchain has led to notable nega...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
10,826 Views
21 Pages

15 August 2022

In recent years, human resource (HR) professionals have struggled with problems such as reduced efficiency, increased cost, fraud risks, and time-consuming procedures in the process of finding and hiring the right talent for companies. Blockchain tec...

(This article belongs to the Collection Blockchain Technology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,190 Views
29 Pages

Blockchain technology is expected to have a radical impact on most industries by boosting security, transparency, and efficiency. This work considers the potential benefits of blockchain-focused applications in industrial process monitoring. The rese...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,862 Views
22 Pages

Blockchain technology is a major innovation that has swept through global supply chains recently. Blockchain technology has received immense attention in the supply chain industry due to its promising capabilities. This study was conducted to evaluat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Post-COVID-19 Era for Maritime Logistics and Port Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,409 Views
18 Pages

8 December 2023

The energy blockchain is a platform based on blockchain technology, creating a secure, transparent, and decentralized system for peer-to-peer transactions and automated smart contracts. This platform has the ability to facilitate the exchange and man...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain, IoT and Smart Grids Challenges for Energy II)
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,313 Views
16 Pages

A Research Agenda for Collaborative Roadmapping Supported by Blockchain Technology

  • Isabela Neto Piccirillo,
  • Daniel Capaldo Amaral and
  • Maicon Gouvêa De Oliveira

13 October 2022

Roadmapping is a well-known management approach that helps with the collaborative development and management of technology and innovation planning. In this context, the management of shared information is critical to effective and reliable collaborat...

  • Review
  • Open Access
345 Citations
75,747 Views
19 Pages

13 February 2023

By utilizing smart contracts, which are essentially scripts that are anchored in a decentralized manner on blockchains or other similar infrastructures, it is possible to make the execution of predetermined procedures visible to the outside world. Th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Industrial Applications: Orchestration of Machine Learning, the IoT, and Blockchain)
  • Article
  • Open Access
84 Citations
8,284 Views
17 Pages

17 October 2022

Blockchain has great potential for facilitating the development of the construction industry but has not been widely used to this end. The objective of this study was to identify the factors affecting the adoption of blockchain in the construction in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Sustainable Future of Architecture, Engineering and Construction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,478 Views
16 Pages

22 August 2024

This research paper investigates the role of blockchain technology in sustainable business model innovation by proposing a comprehensive framework. The study addresses the following research questions: How can blockchain technology enhance business m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging IoT and Blockchain Technologies for Sustainability)
  • Review
  • Open Access
571 Citations
75,374 Views
28 Pages

Blockchain Technology in Healthcare: A Comprehensive Review and Directions for Future Research

  • Seyednima Khezr,
  • Md Moniruzzaman,
  • Abdulsalam Yassine and
  • Rachid Benlamri

26 April 2019

One of the most important discoveries and creative developments that is playing a vital role in the professional world today is blockchain technology. Blockchain technology moves in the direction of persistent revolution and change. It is a chain of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Blockchain Technology and Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
118 Citations
18,561 Views
15 Pages

10 November 2020

Blockchain, also known as a distributed ledger technology, stores different transactions/operations in a chain of blocks in a distributed manner without needing a trusted third-party. Blockchain is proven to be immutable, which helps with integrity a...

(This article belongs to the Collection Intelligent Security and Privacy Approaches against Cyber Threats)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,354 Views
15 Pages

Enabling Value Co-Creation in Healthcare through Blockchain Technology

  • Tiziana Russo-Spena,
  • Cristina Mele,
  • Ylenia Cavacece,
  • Sara Ebraico and ,
  • Carina Dantas,
  • Pedro Roseiro and
  • Willeke van Staalduinen
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to manage complex relations within the healthcare ecosystem. The role of new technologies in achieving this goal is a topic of current interest. Among them, blockchain technology is experiencing widespread a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Health and Wellbeing in Smart Built Inclusive Societies)
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  • Open Access
113 Citations
15,109 Views
21 Pages

Blockchain Technology Enhances Sustainable Higher Education

  • Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Țoniş,
  • Oliva M. D. Martins,
  • Radu Bucea-Manea-Țoniş,
  • Cătălin Gheorghiță and ,
  • Valentin Kuleto,
  • Milena P. Ilić and
  • Violeta-Elena Simion
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

9 November 2021

This research investigates blockchain technology, focusing on the influence of motivation on collaborative work, which positively influences learning performance in Higher Education Institutions (HEI). In addition, blockchain technology is correlated...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain in Distance Learning Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
158 Citations
15,384 Views
15 Pages

5 July 2022

Blockchain technology remains popular for several reasons. The main one is that it has facilitated the rise of digital currencies over the past several years and many other uses of non-crypto currency. There is a belief that the technology itself cou...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Frontiers in Sustainable Information and Communications Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,110 Views
40 Pages

A Critical Literature Review on Blockchain Technology Adoption in Supply Chains

  • Simon Wong,
  • John Kun Woon Yeung,
  • Yui-Yip Lau,
  • Tomoya Kawasaki and
  • Raymond Kwong

18 June 2024

Inspired by the discontinuation of the blockchain platform TradeLens, co-developed by IBM and Maersk, due to the lack of the involved supply chain stakeholders’ adoption, a critical literature review on the models of supply chain stakeholders&r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,540 Views
20 Pages

Spatial Planning Data Structure Based on Blockchain Technology

  • Minwen Tang,
  • Wujiao Dai,
  • Changlin Yin,
  • Bing Hu and ,
  • Jun Chen and
  • Haoming Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Spatial planning requires ensuring the legality, uniformity, authority, and relevance of data. Blockchain technology, characterized by tamper-proofing, complete record-keeping, and process traceability, may effectively organize and manage spatial pla...

  • Article
  • Open Access
100 Citations
8,378 Views
24 Pages

23 June 2022

Blockchain, or distributed ledger, is an innovative technology that is emerging in various sectors and industries across the globe. It has attracted the attention of different interest groups such as energy companies, SMEs and start-ups, information...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,779 Views
16 Pages

This qualitative multiple case study explores the influence of blockchain technology on the chief financial officer (CFO) of an industrial company. Due to the advancing digitalization of business sectors and increasing competitive pressures, industri...

(This article belongs to the Section Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
209 Citations
15,212 Views
20 Pages

25 April 2019

The circular economy (CE) is an emergent concept to rethink and redesign how our economy works. The concept recognizes effective and efficient economic functioning at multiple scales—governments and individuals, globally and locally; for businesses,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Blockchain Technology and Applications)
  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,866 Views
34 Pages

A Review of the Public Transport Services Based on the Blockchain Technology

  • Florentina Magda Enescu,
  • Fernando Georgel Birleanu,
  • Maria Simona Raboaca,
  • Nicu Bizon and
  • Phatiphat Thounthong

12 October 2022

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the technical aspects and challenges in existing public transport services. This review highlights the challenges and solutions for the main subsystems of public transport services, being focused on the i...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
5,443 Views
18 Pages

Evaluation of Production of Digital Twins Based on Blockchain Technology

  • Nada A. Nabeeh,
  • Mohamed Abdel-Basset,
  • Abduallah Gamal and
  • Victor Chang

A blockchain, as a form of distributed ledger technology, represents the unanimity of replication, synchronization, and sharing of data among various geographical sites. Blockchains have demonstrated impressive and effective applications throughout m...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,189 Views
13 Pages

20 August 2024

Blockchain technology is now an advanced and innovative database technology and the attributes of blockchains are apparent in a variety of industries, especially in the financial industry. One of the most famous blockchain use cases, cryptocurrencies...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,541 Views
36 Pages

Redefining Transactions, Trust, and Transparency in the Energy Market from Blockchain-Driven Technology

  • Manuel Uche-Soria,
  • Antonio Martínez Raya,
  • Alberto Muñoz Cabanes and
  • Jorge Moya Velasco

Rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves forces the global energy sector to transition to sustainable energy sources. Specifically, distributed energy markets have emerged in the renewable energy sector in recent years, partly because blockchain techn...

(This article belongs to the Section Information and Communication Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,725 Views
18 Pages

23 October 2024

Blockchain technology is widely recognized and adopted by many organizations, as it serves as a fundamental technological infrastructure for the digital economy. This has led to a rapid acceleration of industrial transformation and digital innovation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain for Sustainable Business Management: Innovations and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
287 Views
16 Pages

Implementation of Blockchain Technology in the Public Sector: SEM-PLS Approach

  • Radu Octavian Kovacs,
  • Florina Oana Virlanuta,
  • Deniz Zungun and
  • Cristina Gabriela Zamfir

1 October 2026

Blockchain technology has emerged as a promising instrument for public sector digital transformation, yet its implementation remains constrained by technological, organizational, and institutional factors. This study’s aim is to identify the in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence and Government Transformation: Digital Government in Practice)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
221 Citations
18,417 Views
16 Pages

Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts in Decentralized Governance Systems

  • Adam P. Balcerzak,
  • Elvira Nica,
  • Elżbieta Rogalska,
  • Miloš Poliak and ,
  • Tomáš Klieštik and
  • Oana-Matilda Sabie
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 August 2022

The aim of our systematic review was to inspect the recently published literature on decentralized governance systems and integrate the insights it articulates on blockchain technology and smart contracts by employing Preferred Reporting Items for Sy...

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
10,461 Views
22 Pages

21 June 2022

In the context of modern power system development to support the evolution towards green energy and carbon-neutral emission goals, many existing problems and even challenges demand new technical solutions. In recent years, decentralized blockchain te...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart and Sustainable Energy Hubs for a Future Integrated Energy System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
485 Citations
45,457 Views
16 Pages

Applications of Blockchain Technology in Medicine and Healthcare: Challenges and Future Perspectives

  • Asad Ali Siyal,
  • Aisha Zahid Junejo,
  • Muhammad Zawish,
  • Kainat Ahmed and ,
  • Aiman Khalil and
  • Georgia Soursou
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Blockchain technology has gained considerable attention, with an escalating interest in a plethora of numerous applications, ranging from data management, financial services, cyber security, IoT, and food science to healthcare industry and brain rese...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,530 Views
15 Pages

Blockchain during COVID-19: The Technology to Help Society

  • Guendalina Capece and
  • Domitilla Passiatore

21 September 2021

At the end of 2019, a new coronavirus was reported in the form of unknown pneumonia: It was the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. It is crucial to develop the strategies to manage this new pandemic in order to improve their effectiveness, as oppo...

(This article belongs to the Collection Blockchain Fostering Sustainability: Challenges and Perspectives)
  • Review
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
120 Citations
16,416 Views
19 Pages

Using a systematic review of literature, this study identifies the potential impact of blockchain solutions for augmenting supply chain resilience (SCR) to cybercrime. This rich literature synthesis forms the basis of a novel theoretical framework th...

(This article belongs to the Collection Digital Transformations within Circular Built Environment Research and Innovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,095 Views
17 Pages

15 October 2022

Cities are the important spaces, responsible entities and action units for achieving low-carbon and high-quality economy. Blockchain technology provides a new solution for low-carbon development in cities. Based on low-carbon information sharing, low...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)

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