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Blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review
Blockchain can function as a foundational technology with numerous applications in smart cities. The objective of this paper is twofold. First, it provides a detailed overview of the extant literature on blockchain applications in smart cities; second, it reveals the trends and suggests future resea...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8493053/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34629554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11135-021-01251-2 |
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author | Rejeb, Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Simske, Steven J. Keogh, John G. |
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description | Blockchain can function as a foundational technology with numerous applications in smart cities. The objective of this paper is twofold. First, it provides a detailed overview of the extant literature on blockchain applications in smart cities; second, it reveals the trends and suggests future research directions for scholars who wish to contribute to this rapidly growing field. We conducted a bibliometric review using a keyword co-occurrence network and article co-citation analysis. The analysis includes the assessment of 148 articles published between 2016 and 2020 in 76 academic journals. The review results demonstrate that the number of articles devoted to the study of blockchain applications and smart cities has increased exponentially in recent years. More importantly, the research identifies some of the most influential studies in this area. The paper discusses trends and highlights the challenges related to the deployment of blockchain in smart cities. To the authors’ best knowledge, this represents the first study to review the literature from leading journals on blockchain applications in smart cities using bibliometric techniques. |
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spelling | pubmed-84930532021-10-06 Blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review Rejeb, Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Simske, Steven J. Keogh, John G. Qual Quant Article Blockchain can function as a foundational technology with numerous applications in smart cities. The objective of this paper is twofold. First, it provides a detailed overview of the extant literature on blockchain applications in smart cities; second, it reveals the trends and suggests future research directions for scholars who wish to contribute to this rapidly growing field. We conducted a bibliometric review using a keyword co-occurrence network and article co-citation analysis. The analysis includes the assessment of 148 articles published between 2016 and 2020 in 76 academic journals. The review results demonstrate that the number of articles devoted to the study of blockchain applications and smart cities has increased exponentially in recent years. More importantly, the research identifies some of the most influential studies in this area. The paper discusses trends and highlights the challenges related to the deployment of blockchain in smart cities. To the authors’ best knowledge, this represents the first study to review the literature from leading journals on blockchain applications in smart cities using bibliometric techniques. Springer Netherlands 2021-10-06 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8493053/ /pubmed/34629554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11135-021-01251-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Rejeb, Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Simske, Steven J. Keogh, John G. Blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review |
title | Blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review |
title_full | Blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review |
title_fullStr | Blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review |
title_full_unstemmed | Blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review |
title_short | Blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review |
title_sort | blockchain technology in the smart city: a bibliometric review |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8493053/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34629554 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11135-021-01251-2 |
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