This paper presents the current trends of studies on blockchain and provides journal citation reports. For example, the report includes the number of citations, and how many articles have been published yearly, etc. The publications are searched in three databases namely IEEE Xplorer, Scopus, and WebofScience. The study shows that 69 publications including journal and conference papers have been published over four years from 2013 to 2016. The report also indicates that approximately 64% of the total publications has never been cited. Conversely, two papers have been cited more than ten times while 12 articles have been referred to less than ten times.
In addition to the citation Journal reports, the results from the search engine will be analysed to identify the recent techniques, applications, commercial research regarding the use of blockchain technology.