The Comparison of the Top 100 Cited Publications of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality for the Last Thirty Years

Abstract

The development of technology like mobile devices, computers and other smart devices is developing rapidly, especially AR and VR technologies. This study describes comparison among 100 cited papers in the field of AR and VR studies. Research data covering the top one hundred cited publications for the last thirty years were obtained from the Scopus database. Article is most publication document type. The majority of these top-cited papers were published in 2005 for VR and 2013 for AR. The journal Computer and Education is the primary source of the Elsevier, which governs the publication of the most influential AR-VR studies. Most research articles have multiple authors. Slater and Feiner are recognized as the most productive author. The United States dominates the production of highly cited AR-VR papers. Future research should focus on other disciplines, use one or more keywords, and collaborate with Google Scholar, the Web of Science data, for in-depth analysis.