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QR Code Applications and Technologies

QR Code Applications and Technologies is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 4.8k research works in it since 1953. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the diverse applications of QR codes in fields such as mobile technology, education, security, and authentication. It delves into the use of QR codes for data storage, mobile phone interaction, and their potential impact on various industries. The papers also discuss the challenges and innovations related to QR code technology.

  • QR Codes
  • Mobile Phones
  • Barcodes
  • Security
  • Applications
  • Education
  • Camera Readers
  • Data Capacity
  • Authentication
  • Digital Innovation
Research works
4.8k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
477
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
QR Code Applications and Technologies

Which countries lead QR Code Applications and Technologies research?

By volume, India and Indonesia publish the most (236 and 210 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 236 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 210 works
  3. 3 China 152 works
  4. 4 United States 91 works
  5. 5 Malaysia 34 works
  6. 6 Philippines 30 works
  7. 7 ?? 28 works
  8. 8 Japan 25 works
  9. 9 Brazil 24 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 21 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: 27.7%Indonesia: 24.7%China: 17.9%United States: 10.7%6 others listed: 19.0%28%largest
India236 · 27.7%Indonesia210 · 24.7%China152 · 17.9%United States91 · 10.7%6 others listed162 · 19.0%

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

Which institutions lead QR Code Applications and Technologies research?

By volume in 2022-now, State University of Malang publishes the most QR Code Applications and Technologies research, followed by Binus University and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 State University of MalangIndonesia 9 works
  2. 2 Binus UniversityIndonesia 8 works
  3. 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 7 works
  4. 4 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 6 works
  5. 5 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 5 works
  6. 6 Savitribai Phule Pune UniversityIndia 5 works
  7. 7 Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia 5 works
  8. 8 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 5 works
  9. 9 Multimedia UniversityMalaysia 4 works
  10. 10 Xiamen University of TechnologyChina 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in QR Code Applications and Technologies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on QR Code Applications and Technologies include Anil Kumar Jain and Lirong Zheng.

  1. 1 Anil Kumar Jain United States 160k citations
  2. 2 Lirong Zheng China 120k 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 QR Code Applications and Technologies?

The most cited paper in QR Code Applications and Technologies is "Internet of Things (IoT): A Literature Review" (Somayya Madakam, R. Ramaswamy, Siddharth Tripathi, 2015), with 2,075 citations. Next come "An Introduction to RFID Technology" (1,759) and "Future Internet: The Internet of Things Architecture, Possible Applications and Key Challenges" (1,374).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Internet of Things (IoT): A Literature Review Somayya Madakam, R. Ramaswamy, Siddharth Tripathi · Journal of Computer and Communications Open access 2015 2,075
2 An Introduction to RFID Technology Roy Want · IEEE Pervasive Computing 2006 1,759
3 Future Internet: The Internet of Things Architecture, Possible Applications and Key Challenges Rafiullah Khan, Sarmad Ullah Khan, Rifaqat Zaheer et al. Conference paper Dec 2012 1,374
4 Privacy and security in library RFID Dávid Szigeti Molnár, David A. Wagner Conference paper 25 Oct 2004 684
5 RFID technology and its applications in Internet of Things (IoT) Xiaolin Jia, Quanyuan Feng, Taihua Fan et al. Conference paper Apr 2012 537
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Where is QR Code Applications and Technologies research done?

The largest centres of QR Code Applications and Technologies research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Beijing (China), Chennai (India) and Bandung (Indonesia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 28 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 23 works
  3. 3 ChennaiIndia 20 works
  4. 4 BandungIndonesia 17 works
  5. 5 BengaluruIndia 17 works
  6. 6 PuneIndia 16 works
  7. 7 MalangIndonesia 13 works
  8. 8 YogyakartaIndonesia 13 works
  9. 9 CoimbatoreIndia 12 works
  10. 10 MedanIndonesia 10 works
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Where is the best place to study QR Code Applications and Technologies?

Among universities, judged by research, State University of Malang and Binus University 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.

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
1State University of MalangIndonesia 80.01.1%9.4×9 +137.0%
2Binus UniversityIndonesia 30.01.3%15.0×8 +20.7%

Universities only. The score blends 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 QR Code Applications and Technologies, country by country

Is QR Code Applications and Technologies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are QR Code Applications and Technologies.

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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 QR Code Applications and Technologies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0054% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%QR Code Applications and Technologies0.0046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of QR Code Applications and Technologies 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%QR Code Applications and Technologies10.5% 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.

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