Papers on “Internet of Things”
Research on “Internet of Things” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “Internet of Things” appeared in 1,428 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (580), operations research (283) and information systems (232).
- 190 of them were published in 2025, against 67 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Vellore Institute of Technology University (11), SRM Institute of Science and Technology (10) and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (9).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (94), Neural Computing and Applications (49) and Journal of Industrial Information Integration (31).
- The most-cited of them is “Siri, Siri, in my hand: Who’s the fairest in the land? On the interpretations, illustrations, and implications of artificial intelligence” (Business Horizons, 2018), with 3,134 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | 22 | 15 | 36 | 46 | 60 | 94 | 89 | 84 | 90 | 44 |
| Operations Research | 7 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 32 | 49 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 21 |
| Information Systems | 13 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 31 | 24 | 17 |
| Management | 14 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
| Economics | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Marketing | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Finance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Accounting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 67 | 82 | 100 | 132 | 161 | 216 | 178 | 193 | 190 | 109 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expert Systems with Applications | 94 |
| 2 | Neural Computing and Applications | 49 |
| 3 | Journal of Industrial Information Integration | 31 |
| 4 | Computers & Industrial Engineering | 30 |
| 5 | Artificial Intelligence Review | 25 |
| 6 | Journal Of Big Data | 22 |
| 7 | Knowledge-Based Systems | 21 |
| 8 | Information Fusion | 21 |
| 9 | Technological Forecasting and Social Change | 20 |
| 10 | Knowledge and Information Systems | 19 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vellore Institute of Technology University | 11 |
| 2 | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | 10 |
| 3 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China | 9 |
| 4 | University of Sharjah | 9 |
| 5 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 8 |
| 6 | University of Tehran | 8 |
| 7 | Istinye University | 7 |
| 8 | Kafrelsheikh University | 7 |
| 9 | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 6 |
| 10 | Chinese Academy of Sciences | 6 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 168 |
| 2 | India | 125 |
| 3 | United States | 71 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 50 |
| 5 | Iran | 43 |
| 6 | Italy | 42 |
| 7 | Australia | 36 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 31 |
| 9 | France | 28 |
| 10 | Canada | 27 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | blockchain | 116 |
| 2 | artificial intelligence | 100 |
| 3 | Industry 4.0 | 65 |
| 4 | edge computing | 57 |
| 5 | cloud computing | 45 |
| 6 | big data | 39 |
| 7 | digital transformation | 36 |
| 8 | digital twin | 35 |
| 9 | smart cities | 35 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “Internet of Things”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/internet-of-things
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