The IET Plans Blockchain-Focused OA Journal






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The IET Plans Blockchain-Focused OA Journal


The IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) unveiled a new gold OA multidisciplinary journal titled IET Blockchain. The first issue will publish in January 2021, and submissions are currently being accepted. The journal “aims to attract original research and survey articles dedicated to theories, methodologies and tools for the design, implementation and operation of blockchain technologies.”

“We’re honoured to serve as the Founding Editors-in-Chief of this new journal and look forward to making it the leading outlet for the blockchain research community,” says co-editor-in-chief Erwu Liu, in reference to co-editor-in-chief My T. Thai. “With the efforts and contributions from researchers around the world, we expect IET Blockchain to become one of the top places to publish cutting-edge research and latest achievements, to promote multi-disciplinary, unbounded digital innovations of the blockchain technology.”

For more information, read the press release.





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