- Journal of Information Systems and Management Research
- Vol: 1 Issue: 1
- Smart City Applications In Digital Age: State-Of-Art Review and Critique
Smart City Applications In Digital Age: State-Of-Art Review and Critique
Authors : Musab Talha Akpinar
Pages : 37-42
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Publication Date : 2019-12-30
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Smart cities have attracted an extensive and emerging interest from both science and industry with an increasing number of international examples emerging from all over the world. However, despite the significant role that smart cities can play to deal with recent urban challenges, the concept has been being criticized for not being able to realize its potential and for being a vendor hype. This study explores the evolution of smart city application research lines in the especially, application as a scientific field. To this end, co-word analysis is employed for 472 smart city articles related to their applications field that were published in management information systems and management application focused journals and business/ management journals. The research lines indicate that the "internet of things” has the highest usage percentage, followed by "big data analytics”, "information communication systems” and "city application”. Research lines, such as security, mobile applications, renewable energy, receive minimal interest amongst researchers. The current study is amongst the first in this field that discusses how research lines in the field could be advanced. Moreover, this paper reviews different conceptualization, benchmarks and evaluations of the smart city application concept.Keywords : Smart City, Application, Smart application, Research