Orvium

 

 

 Orvium

About Orvium

Problem Overview

The scientific publishing industry is one of the most profitable in the world. The top five publishers account for 50% to 70% of all publications, and their profit margins have been reported to exceed those of companies such as Google, Amazon and Apple. In 2015, the global market for scientific, technical, and medical (STM) publications was an estimated $25 billion.

In contrast to any other publishing industry, private scientific publishers have pushed the publication efforts and costs to the research community. Scientific publishers have created an awkward triple-pay system: (1) governments fund most of the research, (2) volunteer scientists—usually paid by the government or research institutes—review the work, and (3) publishers sell the product back to governmental institutions and universities. Scientists and research institutions regularly criticize this outrageous economic model, which compromises the dissemination and growth of scientific knowledge, a process responsible for some of the most revolutionary changes in human history.

Moreover, the current publication model has several problems affecting the research community, including high publication costs; copyrights held by publishers rather than authors; long, opaque and oftentimes biased publication and peer review process; lack of rewards and recognition for reviewers; and a proliferation of lowquality journals.

In the last few decades, several initiatives have tried to improve this situation. However, these initiatives have been insufficient to reverse market inefficiencies and barriers. 




Orvium Mission

Orvium works to eliminate market inefficiencies and improve the quality and effectiveness of scientific publishing. The ultimate objective is for Orvium to be the leading publication platform for the research community while returning the benefits of science to the society.

Orvium Solution

Orvium leverages a unique and seamless integration of cutting-edge technologies: Ethereum blockchain and smart contracts, decentralized storage solutions, big data analytics, and cloud computing, to create a platform to process, validate, and disseminate research data and results.

The Orvium platform is characterized by the following:

• Instantaneous proof-of-existence. Manuscripts are available from the moment they are submitted to Orvium.

• Copyright and licenses are owned and transferable by authors. Authors retain control of their work and its potential economic benefits.

• Optimal publication and access costs. The prices are not influenced by monopolistic or oligopolistic market structures.

• Efficient framework to create decentralized journals with low maintenance and operational costs.

• Seamless integration between research data and results.

• Continuous and transparent peer reviews. The research community is empowered to publicly determine the validity and soundness of the research.

• Public recognition and economic reward for peer reviewers.

• Journal subscription freedom. No journal subscription model is enforced.

• Accommodates gray literature and its validation.

• Transparent calculation of quality metrics such as impact factor and peer review quality.

• Eliminates current “predatory” practices and conflicts regarding plagiarism, idea ownership and registration.

• Social platform.

In addition, Orvium is founded on open source principles, therefore all the software developed by Orvium is, and always will be, open source.

Business Model and Orvium Token (ORV)

Orvium establishes a transparent, comprehensive and competitive business model to obtain and increase revenue while supporting global research. Orvium’s business model is built on the Orvium token (ORV), a new digital cryptocurrency created specifically for the platform.

The different phases of a manuscripts’ and journals’ life cycles, such as manuscript submission, peer review, payments for copyright licenses, research data sharing, journal management, etc., will generate exchanges of ORV between institutions, authors, peer reviewers, journal owners, readers and any social actor involved. This Orvium decentralization will unlock the full potential of a new, fair, transparent and competitive market controlled by the entire community, free of biased oligopolies and hidden interests.

 Financial
Token info
Token
ORV
Platform
Ethereum
Type
ERC20
Price in ICO
1 ORV = 0.1 USD
Bonus
Pre-Sale 10%.
Tokens for sale
227,000,000
Investment info
Accepting
ETH
Distributed in ICO
60%
Hard cap
20,000,000 USD

Milestones


1

Phase 0 - Nebula

Idea conception and development:
Assemble team
White paper creation
Incorporate company and legal framework definition
Stablish collaboration frameworks for partners
Functional prototype (Web interface, API, smart contracts)
Marketing campaign
Token sale: Creation and public audit of token sale smart contracts.

2

Phase 1 - Red Giant

Token sale:
• Launch
• End of sale report publication
• Independent audit of fund disbursement
– Talent finding and recruitment
– Platform:
• User identification
• Paper submission
• Peer review

3

Phase 2 - Supernova

Platform:
• Platform first public release
• Bug bounty program
• Decentralized journals management
• Licenses and Copyrights
– Support for Science and Technology:
• Develop research institution collaboration program
• Develop grant R&D program

4

Phase 3 - White Dwarf

Platform:
• Platform second public release
• Patronage
• Funding campaigns
– Support for Science and Technology:
• Establish agreements with universities and research organizations
to incentivize the Orvium publication model
• Launch grant R&D program

5

Phase 4 - Neutron Star

Platform:
• Integrate big data analytics
• Release first fully functional Orvium platform
– Support for Science and Technology:
• Patronage of research lines in collaboration with institutions

6

Phase 5 - Pulsar

Platform:
• Launch Orvium 1.0
• Fine tune the operational efficiency
• Adiabatic and continuous integration of the R&D results to the
Orvium platform
– Market capture and expansion of the business model
– Support for Science and Technology:
• Enhance collaboration programmes and frameworks 

Team

Manuel Martin
Senior Project Leader & Blockchain Expert

Antonio Romero
Technology Solution Architect

Roberto Rabasco
Application and Cloud Technology Expert
Advisor

Ph.D. Alberto Di Meglio
CERN openlab Head

Tom Soderstrom
IT Chief Technology Officer

Chris Mattmann
Assoc. Chief Technology & Innovation Officer

Jesús Villadangos
SCAMPI Lead Appraiser Candidate & Professor

Nico Orce
Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics

Miguel Angel
Professor and Head of Transport & Logistics

Bernd Lapp
Advisor to Blockchain
Business Strategy

Nicolai Oster
Head of ICO

Christopher Tucci
Chair in Corporate Strategy & Innovation

Franco Alfami
Director of Innovation
Davide Gallo

Manager of Partners Ecosystem

Ruben Garcia
Marketing Expert
Legal Partner

Marek Herm
Attorney at Law & Tax Counsel
Technical

Jose Carlos Luna
Computing Engineer & Security Expert

Marc Magrans
Computing Engineer & Economist

Ignacio Coterillo
Database and Software Engineer

Hector Valverde
Solution Architect

Raul Murillo
Software Engineer

Carlos Ghabrous
Software Engineer
Alejandro Iribarren
Computing Engineer & Storage Expert 

for more information:

https://orvium.io/

https://orvium.docsend.com/view/nvr6ywj

https://twitter.com/orvium

https://www.facebook.com/orvium.io

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