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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Blockchain Technology Applications and Security is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1957. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the integration of blockchain technology with the Internet of Things (IoT), focusing on topics such as smart contracts, security, supply chain management, decentralization, cryptocurrencies, privacy, energy sector applications, and healthcare. The papers cover a wide range of applications and challenges in utilizing blockchain for IoT-related scenarios.

  • Blockchain
  • Internet of Things
  • Smart Contracts
  • Security
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Decentralization
  • Cryptocurrencies
  • Privacy
  • Energy Sector
  • Healthcare
Research works
55k
fractional, since 1957
In the world top 10%
5.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+90%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security

Which countries lead Blockchain Technology Applications and Security research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (7.3k and 5.9k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 7.3k works
  2. 2 China 5.9k works
  3. 3 United States 3.3k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 1.1k works
  5. 5 Indonesia 698 works
  6. 6 Italy 689 works
  7. 7 Germany 640 works
  8. 8 Australia 630 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 590 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 567 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 33.9%China: 27.6%United States: 15.4%United Kingdom: 5.2%6 others listed: 17.8%34%largest
India7,253 · 33.9%China5,898 · 27.6%United States3,292 · 15.4%United Kingdom1,121 · 5.2%6 others listed3,813 · 17.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Blockchain Technology Applications and Security research?

By volume in 2022-now, SRM Institute of Science and Technology publishes the most Blockchain Technology Applications and Security research, followed by Chandigarh University and Vellore Institute of Technology University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 245 works
  2. 2 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 182 works
  3. 3 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 177 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 143 works
  5. 5 Chitkara UniversityIndia 135 works
  6. 6 Symbiosis International UniversityIndia 133 works
  7. 7 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 121 works
  8. 8 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 114 works
  9. 9 Binus UniversityIndonesia 111 works
  10. 10 Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityIndia 101 works

Who are the leading researchers in Blockchain Technology Applications and Security?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Blockchain Technology Applications and Security include Mark Gerstein, Kai You Wang and David H. Haussler.

  1. 1 Mark Gerstein United States 250k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 David H. Haussler United States 209k citations
  4. 4 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  5. 5 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  6. 6 Michael I. Jordan United States 182k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Blockchain Technology Applications and Security?

The most cited paper in Blockchain Technology Applications and Security is "Blockchains and Smart Contracts for the Internet of Things" (Konstantinos Christidis, Michael Devetsikiotis, 2016), with 4,565 citations. Next come "An Overview of Blockchain Technology: Architecture, Consensus, and Future Trends" (4,391) and "Blockchain technology and its relationships to sustainable supply chain management" (4,082).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Blockchains and Smart Contracts for the Internet of Things Konstantinos Christidis, Michael Devetsikiotis · IEEE Access Open access 2016 4,565
2 An Overview of Blockchain Technology: Architecture, Consensus, and Future Trends Zibin Zheng, Shaoan Xie, Hong‐Ning Dai et al. Conference paper Jun 2017 4,391
3 Blockchain technology and its relationships to sustainable supply chain management Sara Saberi, Mahtab Kouhizadeh, Joseph Sarkis et al. · International Journal of Production Research 17 Oct 2018 4,082
4 Hyperledger fabric Elli Androulaki et al. Conference paper 18 Apr 2018 3,561
5 Smart Grid — The New and Improved Power Grid: A Survey Xi Fang, Satyajayant Misra, Guoliang Xue et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 12 Dec 2011 3,411
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Blockchain Technology Applications and Security research done?

The largest centres of Blockchain Technology Applications and Security research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Bengaluru (India) and Pune (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Williamsburg, Gumi and Bengaluru.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1.2k works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 692 works
  3. 3 BengaluruIndia 436 works
  4. 4 PuneIndia 417 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 370 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 336 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 331 works
  8. 8 New DelhiIndia 305 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 288 works
  10. 10 Xi'anChina 270 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WilliamsburgUS · 48.1 works34×
  2. GumiKR · 29.0 works13×
  3. Bengaluru27.2 works13×
  4. Greater NoidaIN · 248.2 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Blockchain Technology Applications and Security than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Blockchain Technology Applications and Security?

Among universities, judged by research, Lebanese American University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and King Saud University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 26.46%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Lebanese American Un…Khalifa University o…King Saud UniversityHong Kong Polytechni…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Lebanese American UniversityLebanon 72.429.5%8.7×27 +522.5%
2Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 72.223.8%2.7×64 +112.6%
3King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 69.325.6%1.9×51 +71.4%
4Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyUnited Arab Emirates 68.426.3%5.8×39 +7.1%
5Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 67.131.6%2.5×18 +490.6%
6Kumoh National Institute of TechnologySouth Korea 64.226.9%16.4×28 +303.1%
7Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 62.020.1%2.3×51 +52.0%
8University of TabukSaudi Arabia 61.528.0%4.7×18 +560.7%
9Gachon UniversitySouth Korea 61.430.0%3.6×24 +404.4%
10Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 60.022.8%2.7×31 +105.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Blockchain Technology Applications and Security, country by country

Is Blockchain Technology Applications and Security research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 90% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Blockchain Technology Applications and Security as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.14% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Blockchain Technology Applications and Security0.14% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Blockchain Technology Applications and Security over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Blockchain Technology Applications and Security9.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

Questions people ask

Who leads blockchain research?

By volume in 2022-now, SRM Institute of Science and Technology publishes the most Blockchain Technology Applications and Security research, followed by Chandigarh University and Vellore Institute of Technology University. By volume, India and China publish the most (7.3k and 5.9k works in 2022-now).

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