A review of logistics Internet-of-Things: Current trends and scope for future research

What is it about?

The emerging context of Logistics Internet-of-Things (L-IoT) has attracted tremendous attention from practitioners and academics during the past decade. Evidence of this growing attention is the increasing number of studies published in scientific journals and conferences around the world. Therefore, now is the time to provide a systematic and comprehensive literature review of recent papers to draw a framework of the past, and to shed light on potential directions for future research. In doing so, this paper has systematically reviewed 560 papers to propose a general architecture for the L-IoT and to extract existing research gaps by creating a correct and accurate understanding. It also has categorized 185 of these papers, published between January 2008 and September 2020, to provide an appropriate classification and extensive suggestions for guiding future L-IoT research.

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Why is it important?

Providing a comprehensive and systematic review of the Logistics Internet-of-Things (L-IoT). Classifying 185 out of 560 reviewed papers published between January 2008 and September 2020. Providing a general architecture for the L-IoT. Presenting research gaps, current trends, and scope for future research in the context of L-IoT. Studying journal and conference papers, regarding overall process of scientific publication cycle.

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