Web3 Research Trends
The work
| Authors | Vedang Ratan Vatsa |
|---|---|
| Editors | |
| Type | techreport |
| Year | 2026 |
| Citekey | vatsa2026web3 |
Where it appeared
| Publisher | SSRN |
|---|---|
| Number in series | 6990919 |
| School | SSRN |
From bibtex.
Abstract
This study maps OpenAlex works tagged Blockchain or Cryptocurrency from 2013 through mid-2026. The primary corpus is 128,286 papers with those two concept tags (topic labels from a machine-learning model on title, abstract, and citations, not plain keyword matches). A broader keyword search finds 1,938,409 works, used only as a coverage check because of false positives. On the concept-tagged set, annual volume grew about 117x from 2013 to 2025, then slowed. About 82.7% of papers appeared from 2020 onward. Post-quantum terms rose fastest from 2022-2023 to 2025-2026 (“quantum resistant” 6.6x). DeFi abstract attention rose about 43x from 2020 to 2025, while NFT mentions peaked in 2023 and then fell. China (13.5%) and India (13.3%) lead this corpus; the United States ranks third (9.7%). About 43.5% of papers have zero citations.
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| Added | 2026-10-22 17:07 UTC |
| Approved by | a person 2026-10-23 07:47 UTC |
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@techreport{vatsa2026web3,
title = {Web3 Research Trends},
author = {Vedang Ratan Vatsa},
year = {2026},
publisher = {SSRN},
school = {SSRN},
}
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