A bibliometric investigation into the literature of semantic reasoning in internet of things.

Nowadays, semantic interoperability is a new keyword in the Internet of Things (IoT). The constant need for interaction and cooperation has resulted in the creation of the Semantic Web with the help of tools and reasoners which manage personal information. Given the significance of the IoT and the increasing use of semantic techniques in this field, the present bibliometric investigation was conducted in the domain of semantic reasoning in the IoT. In this study, through the analysis of 799 articles retrieved from the Web of Science database, distribution of topic categories, prolific and influential authors, the language of articles, publishers of articles and their geographical distribution, the most debated/researched and the most frequently cited articles, and keyword trends were studied. The results of this study shows that 10 countries produced 84% of the total documents, with China being in the lead. Other interesting findings have been reported in the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]