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Analysis of institutional authors

Rodriguez-Molina, JCorresponding AuthorMartinez-Nunez, MAuthorGarbajosa, JAuthor

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August 15, 2022
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A Blockchain-Based Decentralized Marketplace for Trustworthy Trade in Developing Countries

Publicated to: IEEE Access. 10 79100-79123 - 2022-01-01 10(), DOI: 10.1109/access.2022.3194511

Authors:

Lamela, MP; Rodríguez-Molina, J; Martínez-Núñez, M; Garbajosa, J
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Org Engn Business Adm & Stat, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Telemat & Elect Engn, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Higher Tech Sch Engn Informat Syst, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
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Abstract

The possibilities that Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs) offer for cooperation, development, and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are remarkable. This is because DLTs enable several key features, such as sharing complete information about every data transaction in the distributed system that participants belong to, the immutability of the recorded data transactions, or consensus among what data can be regarded as true, of great usefulness for the implementation of the SDGs. As far as developing countries are concerned, this information could be useful in trading locally produced goods, as it could enhance the reputation and profitability of Small-Scale Producers (SSPs). Unfortunately, it is rare to find a digitalized marketplace that has been specifically implemented for this application domain. This paper puts forward a blockchain-based marketplace that makes use of Smart Contracts and offers information about how the sold goods were produced and can be traced to their very origin. Besides, cloud computing has been conceived to be used in this development from the beginning to reduce the computational resources required by end user operations. An implementation with cloud computing facilities, software components running on the Ethereum blockchain and a web front end have been tested with satisfactory performance results.
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Keywords

BlockchainsCloud computingCostsDeveloping countriesDistributed computingFoodPeer-to-peer computingProfitabilitySupply chainsSustainable developmentSystemTraceability

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal IEEE Access due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.04. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 2.07 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-25, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 9
  • Scopus: 19
  • Google Scholar: 18
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 79 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/86863/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 226
  • Downloads: 236
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Lamela, MP) and Last Author (GARBAJOSA SOPEÑA, JUAN).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, JESUS.

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Awards linked to the item

This work was supported by in part by the Agencia Estatal de Investigacion/Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion through the project Sustainability-Aware IoT Systems Driven by Social Communities (SIoTCom) under Grant PID2020-118969RB-I00.
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