  Nowadays, semantic interoperability is a new keyword in the Internet of
Things (IoT) for the exchange of information between sources. The constant need
for interaction and cooperation has resulted in the creation of the Semantic
Web with the help of tools and reasoners which manage personal information.
Given the significance of the IoT and the increasing use of semantic techniques
in this field, the present bibliometric investigation was conducted in the
domain of semantic reasoning in the IoT. Bibliometrics involves analyzing
bibliographic data of scientific sources, and it can be employed to arrive at
an analysis of the status quo in a scientific field. In this study, through the
analysis of 799 articles retrieved from the Web of Science database,
distribution of topic categories, prolific and influential authors, language of
articles, publishers of articles and their geographical distribution, the most
debated/researched and the most frequently cited articles, and keyword trends
were studied. The results of this study indicate that the number of articles
published in the domain of semantic reasoning in the IoT has increased
considerably in recent years. Of the articles analyzed, it was revealed that 10
countries produced 84% of the total documents, with China being in the lead.
Moreover, as a result of keyword analysis, it can be maintained that the words
fog computing, edge computing, Semantic Web, and wireless sensor network are
among the most important keywords in this domain. As well, ontology has the
highest average number of citations among the specialized keywords.
