## Problem
In the scientific publication industry, authors (scientists, professionals and, scholars), reviewers and most editors (also scientists) do not get paid for working in the peer-reviewing process of papers for science journals. Authors: 1) pay for publishing, 2) pay for open access and moreover, 3) have their copyright expropriated. Universities and Research Institutions pay shockingly high annual subscription fees so that alumni and staff have access to journals.
Scientific publishing houses and science journals have outrageously high publication fees. These fees range from 2 to 6k USD for 1 paper, some charge 10k-15 USD/ paper. Open access is another 2-4k USD. Currently, it is right to say that the scientific publication industry hinders the advance of human knowledge. 
Paying attention only to their profits, legacy scientific journals: 
•	act as filters to what they believe is high quality research worth publishing, 
•	use high rejection rates which are uncoupled from merit, significance, and quality, 
•	take a long time from submission to publishing, 
•	undermine the expectations of the scientific community and the development of the human society. 
## Solution 
**A decentralized scientific publishing platform**
By creating a scientific publications platform called The DeSci Journals which will empower collaborative creation of scientific publications, leveraging web3 principles and technologies, through their platform's digital cooperative model. These communities and their peer-reviewed publications will maintain 100% of their copyrights, share gains and monetize the work of their highly skilled content creators, such as scientists, and technical professionals. 
## Roadmap 
1.	**Login with wallet** and social login besides email login in version 3 (v3).
1.	**NFT paper Minting (v3)**. Develop and mint scientific papers as NFTs for the Journals within The DeSci Journals platform, creating a dynamic and market-ready repository.
1.	**Marketing efforts** (v3). Events, talks, in-person visits, paid and boosted content for onboarding individuals and communities.
1.	**Smart Contracts Development (v4)**. Develop and implement smart contracts that seamlessly incorporate percentage royalties into the submission and peer-review workflow (payment for editors, reviewers, designers). 
1.	Validate the **peer-review distribution payment** process (v4).
1.	Integrate **digital currencies payments** (v4).
1.	Study and implement **tokenomics for the $desci tokens** (v5).
1.	Analyze and check on the possibility for the acceptance of **other communities’ tokens** and insert this analysis in the deScier tokenomics (v5).
1.	**Smart Contracts Audit** (v6). Audit developed and implemented smart contracts for security and bugs.
1.	**Marketplace Development (v6) –** Develop a NFT paper marketplace as secondary market.
1.	**App for Online Manuscript Submission (v7) –** Implement a mobile application for online manuscript submission, streamlining the publication process.

## Timeline
We expect funding to be able to cover expenses for v3 and v4. This is the expected timeline coupled with successful funding:
1.	September 2024 - November 2024 (Month 1 to 3 after receiving funds). **Login** with wallet or social login (v3).
1.	December 2024 - February 2024. **NFT paper Minting** (v3) – Develop and mint scientific papers as NFTs for the Journals within The DeSci Journals platform, creating a dynamic and market-ready repository.
1.	September 2024 – July 2025. **Marketing efforts** - Events, talks, in-person visits, paid and boosted content for onboarding individuals and communities (v3).
1.	March 2025 – June 2025. **Smart Contracts Development (v4)**- Develop and implement smart contracts that seamlessly incorporate **percentage royalties** into the submission and peer-review workflow.
1.	March 2025 – June 2025. **Integrate digital currencies payments (v4)**.
1.	May 2025 – July 2025. **Study and implement tokenomics for the $desci tokens (v5)**.
1.	May 2025 – July 2025 - Analyze and check on the possibility for the **acceptance of other communities’ tokens** and insert this analysis in the deScier tokenomics (v5)**.
1.	August 2025 - Smart Contracts Audit (v5) – Audit developed and implemented smart contracts for security and bugs. 