Title: A brief overview on status of internet of things research in Iran

Authors: Mehdi Dadkhah; Mohammad Lagzian; Gabriele Santoro; Mario Drobics

Addresses: Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran ' Department of Management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran ' Department of Management, University of Turin, Italy ' Center for Digital Safety and Security, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria

Abstract: Internet of things (IoT) as a popular technology plays an important role in the future of the economy. Current literature highlights that IoT has different applications and will change human interaction with the virtual world. As IoT will be a key enabling technology in the future, it is important for all countries to be aware of this development and its applications, and to support related research and investments. In this paper, we aim to inspect the current status of IoT related research in Iran and present a short and brief overview on current IoT related research areas in Iran. We used Scopus as the scientific citation base to access papers published by Iranian authors in this area. Our analysis shows that Iran is in the emerging stage of IoT. Thus, Iranian scholars and institutions should pay more attention to this highly relevant topic and try to create a good body of knowledge to migrate in the maturity stage as soon as possible. Founding an especial Iranian society on internet of thing or a journal, which focuses on IoT in Iran, could be first steps in this direction.

Keywords: internet of things; IoT; smart things; IoT research status; Iran.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITCA.2020.112512

International Journal of Internet of Things and Cyber-Assurance, 2020 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.232 - 243

Received: 08 Feb 2018
Accepted: 31 Mar 2018
Published online: 20 Jan 2021 *

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