Assessment of documents related to drug discovery

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method for determining an assessment value of a document related to a current research work of researcher(s) in drug discovery. Information pertaining to the document is processed to identify entities and semantic inter-relationships specific to the current research work. Information indicative of entities and semantic inter-relationships specific to a previous research work of the researcher(s) is accessed, and is compared with the entities and the semantic inter-relationships specific to the current research work to determine an association factor indicative of an extent of an association between the current research work and the previous research work of the researcher(s). Information indicative of entities and semantic inter-relationships related to the technical field of the current research work is accessed, and is compared with the entities and the semantic inter-relationships specific to the current research work to determine a status factor indicative of a novelty of the document with respect to the knowledge available publicly. The assessment value of the document is then determined based at least upon the association factor and the status factor. The assessment value may, for example, be determined in a crypto-currency for enabling future transactions of the document using a blockchain.