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Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT

Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1958. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of wireless sensor networks, Internet of Things, and related technologies in various domains such as smart home systems, urban transportation, remote monitoring, and data mining. It also explores the use of neural network algorithms and fuzzy analytic hierarchy process in these applications.

  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Internet of Things
  • Smart Home System
  • ZigBee Technology
  • Remote Monitoring System
  • Data Mining Techniques
  • Neural Network Algorithm
  • Urban Transportation System
  • Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process
  • Virtual Reality Technology
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1958
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+122%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
74% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT

Which countries lead Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.7k and 242 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.7k works
  2. 2 India 242 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 121 works
  4. 4 ?? 54 works
  5. 5 United States 41 works
  6. 6 Japan 28 works
  7. 7 Malaysia 25 works
  8. 8 South Korea 21 works
  9. 9 Iraq 20 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 19 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.

China: 74.5%India: 10.8%Indonesia: 5.4%??: 2.4%6 others listed: 6.9%74%largest
China1,670 · 74.5%India242 · 10.8%Indonesia121 · 5.4%??54 · 2.4%6 others listed154 · 6.9%

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

Which institutions lead Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT research?

By volume in 2022-now, State Grid Corporation of China (China) publishes the most Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Southern Power Grid (China).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 State Grid Corporation of China (China)China 32 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 25 works
  3. 3 China Southern Power Grid (China)China 21 works
  4. 4 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 16 works
  5. 5 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 14 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Electric (China)China 13 works
  7. 7 Tianjin University of TechnologyChina 13 works
  8. 8 Chongqing Vocational Institute of EngineeringChina 12 works
  9. 9 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 12 works
  10. 10 Shandong Institute of Commerce & TechnologyChina 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT include Hao Chen and Rui Zhang.

  1. 1 Hao Chen China 118k citations
  2. 2 Rui Zhang Singapore 115k 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 Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT?

The most cited paper in Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT is "An ObJective Analysis Based on the Variational Method" (Yoshi N. Sasaki, 1958), with 366 citations. Next come "Survey on routing protocols for wireless sensor networks" (358) and "The applications of WiFi-based Wireless Sensor Network in Internet of Things and Smart Grid" (231).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An ObJective Analysis Based on the Variational Method Yoshi N. Sasaki · Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II Open access 1958 366
2 Survey on routing protocols for wireless sensor networks Gang Wei · Jisuanji yingyong yanjiu 2008 358
3 The applications of WiFi-based Wireless Sensor Network in Internet of Things and Smart Grid Li Li, Xiaoguang Hu, Ke Chen et al. Conference paper Jun 2011 231
4 Parameter adaptation-based ant colony optimization with dynamic hybrid mechanism Xiangbing Zhou, Hongjiang Ma, Jianggang Gu et al. · Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 5 Jul 2022 216
5 Design of Intelligent Agriculture Management Information System Based on IoT Duan Yan-e Conference paper Mar 2011 158
All 96 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT research done?

The largest centres of Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 256 works
  2. 2 WuhanChina 81 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 71 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 70 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 70 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 66 works
  7. 7 TianjinChina 55 works
  8. 8 JinanChina 51 works
  9. 9 ChongqingChina 50 works
  10. 10 ShenyangChina 49 works
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Where is the best place to study Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT?

Among universities, judged by research, Wuhan University of Technology, Tianjin University of Technology and Saveetha 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.

0%10%20%mean 12.25%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Saveetha UniversityWuhan University of …Tianjin University o…Dalian University of…
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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.

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
1Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 74.018.0%8.4×14 +79.9%
2Tianjin University of TechnologyChina 63.011.8%22.9×13 +518.9%
3Saveetha UniversityIndia 61.923.7%4.1×8 +729.2%
4Dalian University of TechnologyChina 55.30.9%8.1×16 +195.7%
5Minzu University of ChinaChina 51.414.8%15.6×10 +360.0%
6Shenyang Ligong UniversityChina 51.118.2%51.5×10 -
7National University of Defense TechnologyChina 50.512.7%7.3×12 +98.1%
8China Agricultural UniversityChina 49.78.4%7.7×9 +68.3%
9Telkom UniversityIndonesia 47.111.4%8.8×10 +869.4%
10North China Electric Power UniversityChina 43.82.6%7.7×11 +30.3%

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 Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT, country by country

Is Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 122% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT.

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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 Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT 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%Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT10.2% in 2025200020102020

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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