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title: "Internet of Things research: papers and trends"
description: "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)."
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share_text: "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). (as of 2026-11-03)"
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# 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.

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/keywords.md

## 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

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 22 | 15 | 36 | 46 | 60 | 94 | 89 | 84 | 90 | 44 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 7 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 32 | 49 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 21 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 13 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 31 | 24 | 17 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 14 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 37 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 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

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 94 |
| 2 | [Neural Computing and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-computing-and-applications.md) | 49 |
| 3 | [Journal of Industrial Information Integration](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-industrial-information-integration.md) | 31 |
| 4 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 30 |
| 5 | [Artificial Intelligence Review](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/artificial-intelligence-review.md) | 25 |
| 6 | [Journal Of Big Data](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-big-data.md) | 22 |
| 7 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 21 |
| 8 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 21 |
| 9 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 20 |
| 10 | [Knowledge and Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-and-information-systems.md) | 19 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-electronic-science-and-technology-of-china.md) | 9 |
| 4 | University of Sharjah | 9 |
| 5 | [Hong Kong Polytechnic University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hong-kong-polytechnic-university.md) | 8 |
| 6 | [University of Tehran](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-tehran.md) | 8 |
| 7 | Istinye University | 7 |
| 8 | Kafrelsheikh University | 7 |
| 9 | [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/centre-national-de-la-recherche-scientifique.md) | 6 |
| 10 | [Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/chinese-academy-of-sciences.md) | 6 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | 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 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [blockchain](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/blockchain.md) | 116 |
| 2 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 100 |
| 3 | [Industry 4.0](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/industry-4-0.md) | 65 |
| 4 | edge computing | 57 |
| 5 | cloud computing | 45 |
| 6 | [big data](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/big-data.md) | 39 |
| 7 | [digital transformation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-transformation.md) | 36 |
| 8 | [digital twin](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/digital-twin.md) | 35 |
| 9 | smart cities | 35 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,134 | 32.7 | [Siri, Siri, in my hand: Who’s the fairest in the land? On the interpretations, illustrations, and implications of artificial intelligence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2018.08.004) | [Business Horizons](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-horizons.md) | 2018-11-06 | Andreas Kaplan, Michael Haenlein |
| 2 | 3,012 | 26.3 | [Industry 4.0: A survey on technologies, applications and open research issues](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jii.2017.04.005) | [Journal of Industrial Information Integration](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-industrial-information-integration.md) | 2017-04-17 | Yang Lu |
| 3 | 2,953 | 31.5 | [Industry 4.0 technologies: Implementation patterns in manufacturing companies](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.01.004) | [International Journal of Production Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-production-economics.md) | 2019-01-09 | Alejandro Germán Frank, Lucas Santos Dalenogare, Néstor Fabián Ayala |
| 4 | 2,576 | 27.0 | [A systematic literature review of blockchain-based applications: Current status, classification and open issues](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.11.006) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2018-11-22 | Fran Casino, Thomas K. Dasaklis, Constantinos Patsakis |
| 5 | 2,150 | 20.1 | [1 Blockchain’s roles in meeting key supply chain management objectives](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.12.005) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2017-12-12 | Nir Kshetri |

## 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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  urldate = {2026-11-03},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).