Blockchain study applied to the context of Scientific Research Data

The data collected during the rsearch is essential, because the result obtained must be the product of its rigorous analysis. In this scope and associated with distributed consensus mechanisms, the Blockchain data structure can ensure data reliability in a transparent, decentralized and unchanging manner, and emerges as a possibility to contribute to the progress of science through new Ways of treating large quantities. of data collected in a scientific research. In this sense, the general objective of this work is to analyze Blockchain technology and its possibilities inserted to Scientific Communication and Research Data Management. The specific objectives are to conceptualize research data; identify key concepts, structure and operation related to Blockchain technology; and point to Blockchain technology and its potential applications in science. It is an exploratory and theoretical research of qualitative character. The results present the survey conducted on Scientific Communication and its relationship with Information Science, focusing on the importance of data management and metadata for the description of research data sets, and their impact with Blockchain It is considered premature to state that Blockchain, in its current stages, will solve problems related to the reproducibility crisis. In the short term, Blockchain is likely to be applied to specific points in the flow of scientific research, helping to dispel distrust in the data and methodologies used.