Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in the Semantic Web and Interoperability
Huge advances in peer-to-peer systems and attempts to develop the semantic web have revealed a critical issue in information systems across multiple domains: the absence of semantic interoperability. Today, businesses operating in a digital environment require increased supply-chain automation, inte...
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| author | Abderahman Rejeb John G. Keogh Wayne Martindale Damion Dooley Edward Smart Steven Simske Samuel Fosso Wamba John G. Breslin Kosala Yapa Bandara Subhasis Thakur Kelly Liu Bridgette Crowley Sowmya Desaraju Angela Ospina Horia Bradau |
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| description | Huge advances in peer-to-peer systems and attempts to develop the semantic web have revealed a critical issue in information systems across multiple domains: the absence of semantic interoperability. Today, businesses operating in a digital environment require increased supply-chain automation, interoperability, and data governance. While research on the semantic web and interoperability has recently received much attention, a dearth of studies investigates the relationship between these two concepts in depth. To address this knowledge gap, the objective of this study is to conduct a review and bibliometric analysis of 3511 Scopus-registered papers on the semantic web and interoperability published over the past two decades. In addition, the publications were analyzed using a variety of bibliometric indicators, such as publication year, journal, authors, countries, and institutions. Keyword co-occurrence and co-citation networks were utilized to identify the primary research hotspots and group the relevant literature. The findings of the review and bibliometric analysis indicate the dominance of conference papers as a means of disseminating knowledge and the substantial contribution of developed nations to the semantic web field. In addition, the keyword co-occurrence network analysis reveals a significant emphasis on semantic web languages, sensors and computing, graphs and models, and linking and integration techniques. Based on the co-citation clustering, the Internet of Things, semantic web services, ontology mapping, building information modeling, bioinformatics, education and e-learning, and semantic web languages were identified as the primary themes contributing to the flow of knowledge and the growth of the semantic web and interoperability field. Overall, this review substantially contributes to the literature and increases scholars’ and practitioners’ awareness of the current knowledge composition and future research directions of the semantic web field. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eb999625dd9041ed81043b1765071bfa2023-11-23T16:43:22ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032022-05-0114616110.3390/fi14060161Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in the Semantic Web and InteroperabilityAbderahman Rejeb0John G. Keogh1Wayne Martindale2Damion Dooley3Edward Smart4Steven Simske5Samuel Fosso Wamba6John G. Breslin7Kosala Yapa Bandara8Subhasis Thakur9Kelly Liu10Bridgette Crowley11Sowmya Desaraju12Angela Ospina13Horia Bradau14Department of Management and Law, Faculty of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Columbia, 2, 00133 Rome, ItalyMcGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, CanadaNational Centre for Food Manufacturing, Centre of Excellence Technology Park, University of Lincoln, Holbeach, Spalding PE12 7LD, UKCentre for Infectious Disease Genomics and One Health, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, CanadaInstitute of Industrial Research, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DY, UKSystems Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USADepartment of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, Toulouse Business School, 31068 Toulouse, FranceData Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, IrelandData Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, IrelandData Science Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, H91 TK33 Galway, IrelandMcGill MCCHE Summer Research Intern Program, Montreal, QC H2Y 2E7, CanadaMcGill MCCHE Summer Research Intern Program, Montreal, QC H2Y 2E7, CanadaMcGill MCCHE Summer Research Intern Program, Montreal, QC H2Y 2E7, CanadaInstitut D’études Européennes (IEE), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1050 Brussels, BelgiumMcGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, CanadaHuge advances in peer-to-peer systems and attempts to develop the semantic web have revealed a critical issue in information systems across multiple domains: the absence of semantic interoperability. Today, businesses operating in a digital environment require increased supply-chain automation, interoperability, and data governance. While research on the semantic web and interoperability has recently received much attention, a dearth of studies investigates the relationship between these two concepts in depth. To address this knowledge gap, the objective of this study is to conduct a review and bibliometric analysis of 3511 Scopus-registered papers on the semantic web and interoperability published over the past two decades. In addition, the publications were analyzed using a variety of bibliometric indicators, such as publication year, journal, authors, countries, and institutions. Keyword co-occurrence and co-citation networks were utilized to identify the primary research hotspots and group the relevant literature. The findings of the review and bibliometric analysis indicate the dominance of conference papers as a means of disseminating knowledge and the substantial contribution of developed nations to the semantic web field. In addition, the keyword co-occurrence network analysis reveals a significant emphasis on semantic web languages, sensors and computing, graphs and models, and linking and integration techniques. Based on the co-citation clustering, the Internet of Things, semantic web services, ontology mapping, building information modeling, bioinformatics, education and e-learning, and semantic web languages were identified as the primary themes contributing to the flow of knowledge and the growth of the semantic web and interoperability field. Overall, this review substantially contributes to the literature and increases scholars’ and practitioners’ awareness of the current knowledge composition and future research directions of the semantic web field.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/6/161semantic webinteroperabilityontologyinternet of thingssemantic web servicesbioinformatics |
| spellingShingle | Abderahman Rejeb John G. Keogh Wayne Martindale Damion Dooley Edward Smart Steven Simske Samuel Fosso Wamba John G. Breslin Kosala Yapa Bandara Subhasis Thakur Kelly Liu Bridgette Crowley Sowmya Desaraju Angela Ospina Horia Bradau Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in the Semantic Web and Interoperability Future Internet semantic web interoperability ontology internet of things semantic web services bioinformatics |
| title | Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in the Semantic Web and Interoperability |
| title_full | Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in the Semantic Web and Interoperability |
| title_fullStr | Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in the Semantic Web and Interoperability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in the Semantic Web and Interoperability |
| title_short | Charting Past, Present, and Future Research in the Semantic Web and Interoperability |
| title_sort | charting past present and future research in the semantic web and interoperability |
| topic | semantic web interoperability ontology internet of things semantic web services bioinformatics |
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