Blockchain-Based Encryption Scheme for Reviewer Identity in Transparent Peer Review
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of reviewer anonymity. By integrating Decentralized Identity (DID) and Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) technologies, this scheme overcomes the limitations of existing blockchain-based transparent peer review systems, including sufficient fine-grained
access control for reviewer identities, lack of attribute revocation support, and incompatibility in identity authentication. By integrating blockchain technology and DID identifiers, this scheme enhances computational efficiency, maintaining data integrity, and preventing malicious attribute tampering. Immutability and public verifiability of user identity authentication information are guaranteed by recording identity documents and encryption scheme parameters on a transparent blockchain. Compared to similar schemes, this scheme offers enhanced security
attribute support, reduced computational overhead, and superior suitability for reviewer identity anonymity in transparent peer review models.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/wef.v2i7.5795
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