Open AccessResearch Hotspots Mining and Trend Analysis of Blockchain
Author(s) -
Jian Fang,
Wenyan Tu,
Fangyu Jiao,
Yutong Ci
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1883/1/012103
Subject(s) - blockchain , china , publication , cryptocurrency , beijing , field (mathematics) , the internet , data science , computer science , computer security , library science , world wide web , political science , business , advertising , law , mathematics , pure mathematics
In this paper, the bibliography included in Web of Science is taken as the data sample. This paper analyzes articles, reviews and proceedings papers published from 2013 to 2020 in the field of blockchain to reveal the major countries and institutions. We use co-word method to identify research hotspots in the field of blockchain. The results show that the research on blockchain is an emerging research area. China and The United States are always in the leading position. Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications publish most papers in the field of blockchain. Smart contract, Internet of Thing, bitcoin, security and privacy are the hottest research topics in the field of blockchain.