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Vision, applications and future challenges of Internet of Things

Mishra, Deepa, Gunasekaran, Angappa, Childe, Stephen J., Papadopoulos, Thanos, Dubey, Rameshwar, Wamba, Samuel (2016) Vision, applications and future challenges of Internet of Things. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 116 (7). pp. 1331-1355. ISSN 0263-5577. (doi:10.1108/IMDS-11-2015-0478) (KAR id:57189)

Abstract

Purpose: The emergent field of Internet of Things (IoT) has been evolving rapidly with a geometric growth in the number of academic publications in this field. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature of IoT in past 16 years using rigorous bibliometric and network analysis tools, offering at the same time future directions for the IoT research community and implications for managers and decision makers.

Design/methodology/approach: The authors adopted the techniques of bibliometric and network analysis. The paper reviewed the articles published on IoT from 2000 to 2015.

Findings: This study identifies top contributing authors; key research topics related to the field; the most influential works based on citations and PageRank; and established and emerging research clusters. Scholars are encouraged to further explore this topic.

Research limitations/implications: This study focusses only on vision and applications of IoT. Scholars may explore various other aspects of this area of research.

Originality/value: To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to review the literature on IoT by using bibliometric and network analysis techniques. The study is unique as it spans a long time period of 16 years (2000-2015). The study proposes a five-cluster classification of research themes that may inform current and future research in IoT.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1108/IMDS-11-2015-0478
Uncontrolled keywords: vision; internet of things; bibliometrics; applications; network analytics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems
Depositing User: Thanos Papadopoulos
Date Deposited: 12 Sep 2016 09:21 UTC
Last Modified: 08 Dec 2022 21:29 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/57189 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Papadopoulos, Thanos.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6821-1136
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