Advancing SDGs with IoT: Enhancing thermal comfort and energy efficiency- A bibliometric study

IF 4.9 2区社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Sustainable Futures Pub Date : 2025-06-16 DOI:10.1016/j.sftr.2025.100873

Lama Alhaj Husein , Emad S. Mushtaha , Imad Alsyouf , Khaled Obaideen

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Abstract

There is a large body of research on the Internet of Things (IoT) utilization to achieve Thermal comfort while maintaining Energy efficiency (IoT-TE). This research offers insights to promote the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (affordable and clean energy) and Sustainable Development Goal 11 (sustainable cities and communities). Based on the proposed hypothesis, IoT-TE research is highly relevant to SDG 7 and SDG 11. Therefore, this paper conducts a bibliometric analysis of publications that support SDGs in IoT-TE. 873 articles from the Scopus database up to December 2023 were analyzed with its significant trends. A substantial portion of the citations focused on research published within the past ten years, reaching a notable peak in 2018 with an estimated 15,000 citations. IoT-TE research predominantly supported target was 7.3 Target (double the improvement in energy efficiency). This is the first comprehensive bibliometric analysis of IoT-TE literature supporting SDGs. The identified research gaps will influence IoT-TE research future directions and encourage cooperative research efforts. Furthermore, the research themes showed that energy efficiency is the forefront keyword of the current bibliometric research about IoT-TE. This study will help decision-makers and practitioners interested in SDGs understand the latest advances in research and achieve sustainability.

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用物联网推进可持续发展目标：提高热舒适和能源效率——一项文献计量学研究

利用物联网（IoT）来实现热舒适同时保持能源效率（IoT- te）的研究大量存在。这项研究为促进可持续发展目标7（负担得起的清洁能源）和可持续发展目标11（可持续城市和社区）的实现提供了见解。基于上述假设，IoT-TE研究与SDG 7和SDG 11高度相关。因此，本文对支持IoT-TE可持续发展目标的出版物进行文献计量分析。对Scopus数据库中截至2023年12月的873篇文章进行分析，并分析其显著趋势。很大一部分引用集中在过去十年发表的研究，在2018年达到了一个显着的峰值，估计有1.5万次引用。物联网研究主要支持的目标是7.3目标（能效提高的两倍）。这是第一次对支持可持续发展目标的物联网文献进行全面的文献计量分析。确定的研究差距将影响物联网研究的未来方向，并鼓励合作研究努力。研究主题表明，能源效率是当前物联网文献计量学研究的前沿关键词。这项研究将帮助对可持续发展目标感兴趣的决策者和实践者了解最新的研究进展，实现可持续发展。

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Sustainable Futures Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science

CiteScore

9.30

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1.80%

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审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： Sustainable Futures: is a journal focused on the intersection of sustainability, environment and technology from various disciplines in social sciences, and their larger implications for corporation, government, education institutions, regions and society both at present and in the future. It provides an advanced platform for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development in society, economics, environment, and culture. The scope of the journal is broad and encourages interdisciplinary research, as well as welcoming theoretical and practical research from all methodological approaches.