Compilation of Smart Cities Attributes and Quantitative Identification of Mismatch in Rankings

Table 1

Key features of the 7 ranking studies considered.

Ranking study	Publisher	Year	Number of cities attempted	Number of cities ranked	Number of distinct ranks	Number of ranking factors (and categories)
Smart Cities Index, 2019 [9]	EasyPark Group	2019	500	119	100	24 (in 7 categories)
Smart Cities Index, 2018 [10]	EasyPark Group	2018	500	121	105	22 (in 8 categories
Smart City Governments [11]	Eden Strategy Institute and ONG&ONG Pte Ltd	2018	140	50	47	10 (not categorized)
Cities in Motion Index, 2019 [12]	IESE Business School in Barcelona	2019	174	174	171	96 (in 9 categories)
Cities in Motion Index, 2018 [13]	IESE Business School in Barcelona	2018	165	165	162	83 (in 9 categories)
Smart Cities—What’s in it for citizens? [14]	Juniper Research	2017	20	20	20	58 (in 5 categories)
Smart Cities Prospects [15]	Procedia Computer Science	2017	20	20	12	18 (in 6 categories)