Gina Paola Maestre Góngora, Ramón Fernando Colmenares-Quintero, Kim Stansfield
The aim of the research described in this paper is to at identify, classify, and explore the main concepts and their evolution related to smart technologies.
We apply the systematic mapping study, selecting 836 studies and we synthesized the obtained data and produced bibliometric analysis. We discovered that most of the research has been oriented towards the concept of intelligent systems as the pioneering term of these trends, but highlights emerging terms such as: Smart Device, Smart Technology, Intelligent Systems that in recent years show an increasing trend in the number of publications. On the other hand, the technological advance in Big Data, Sensors and Networks has generated more research and development in this field. Future work may focus on research topics, such as models of evolution of technologies in emerging topics such as Big Data, Analytics, Internet of Things and its impact on some fields of application