IoT Networks and Protocols
IoT Networks and Protocols is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1970. 21.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the technologies and challenges related to Low Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) for Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. It covers various LPWAN technologies such as LoRa and NB-IoT, network scalability, random access protocols, energy efficiency, and their application in 5G networks.
- LPWAN
- IoT
- LoRa
- NB-IoT
- M2M Communications
- 5G Networks
- Wireless Communication
- Network Scalability
- Random Access Protocols
- Energy Efficiency
- Research works
- 12k fractional, since 1970
- In the world top 10%
- 2.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 21.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +321% the tick is no change
Which countries lead IoT Networks and Protocols research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.1k and 772 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.1k works
- 2 India 772 works
- 3 United States 300 works
- 4 Indonesia 263 works
- 5 Italy 162 works
- 6 South Korea 143 works
- 7 Brazil 141 works
- 8 United Kingdom 124 works
- 9 Germany 121 works
- 10 France 118 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.
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Which institutions lead IoT Networks and Protocols research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most IoT Networks and Protocols research, followed by Southeast University and Xidian University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 61 works
- 2 Southeast UniversityChina 29 works
- 3 Xidian UniversityChina 29 works
- 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 28 works
- 5 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 27 works
- 6 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 25 works
- 7 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 24 works
- 8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 23 works
- 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 22 works
- 10 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 20 works
Who are the leading researchers in IoT Networks and Protocols?
The most-cited researchers publishing on IoT Networks and Protocols include H. Vincent Poor, Mohamed‐Slim Alouini and Xuemin Shen.
- 1 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
- 2 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
- 3 Xuemin Shen Canada 5.1k citations
- 4 Luca Benini Italy 4.6k citations
- 5 Dusit Niyato Singapore 4.5k citations
- 6 Zhiguo Ding United Kingdom 4.4k citations
- 7 Mérouane Debbah France 4.3k citations
- 8 Fei–Yue Wang China 4.2k citations
- 9 Mohsen Guizani Qatar 3.7k citations
- 10 Victor C. M. Leung Canada 3.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is IoT Networks and Protocols research done?
The largest centres of IoT Networks and Protocols research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Chennai (India) and Xi'an (China).
Where is the best place to study IoT Networks and Protocols?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, University of Luxembourg and Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 74.5 | 25.6% | 19.8× | 61 | +901.5% |
| 2 | University of LuxembourgLuxembourg | 72.0 | 57.3% | 11.8× | 13 | — |
| 3 | Chongqing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 65.6 | 30.5% | 13.3× | 19 | +231.2% |
| 4 | Xidian UniversityChina | 64.2 | 31.2% | 7.8× | 28 | +771.0% |
| 5 | PLA Army Engineering UniversityChina | 62.0 | 37.1% | 18.3× | 11 | +479.4% |
| 6 | Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaSpain | 58.5 | 17.2% | 9.4× | 15 | +261.9% |
| 7 | University of OuluFinland | 57.8 | 41.0% | 8.8× | 11 | — |
| 8 | University of SurreyUnited Kingdom | 56.8 | 34.9% | 6.9× | 9 | +432.6% |
| 9 | Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 56.7 | 25.2% | 11.7× | 25 | — |
| 10 | Aalborg UniversityDenmark | 51.8 | 27.1% | 6.3× | 16 | +163.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is IoT Networks and Protocols research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 321% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are IoT Networks and Protocols.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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