Sustainable Development and Industry 4.0: A Bibliometric Analysis Identifying Key Scientific Problems of the Sustainable Industry 4.0

Bożena Gajdzik, Sandra Grabowska, Sebastian Saniuk and Tadeusz Wieczorek
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Bożena Gajdzik: Department of Industrial Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, 40-019 Katowice, Poland
Sandra Grabowska: Department of Production Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 40-019 Katowice, Poland
Sebastian Saniuk: Department of Engineering Management and Logistics Systems, University of Zielona Gora, 65-246 Zielona Gora, Poland
Tadeusz Wieczorek: Department of Industrial Informatics, Silesian University of Technology, 40-019 Katowice, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-27

Abstract: The main aim of the manuscript is the identification of key research problems in the field of sustainable development, in the era of implementing the Industry 4.0 concept. The manuscript presents results of the bibliometric analysis in the subject: “Sustainable Industry 4.0”. The bibliometric analysis was realized in three segments: Sustainability, Industry 4.0 and Sustainable Industry 4.0. In the analysis, the following databases were used: Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, Google Scholar. The main purpose of the analysis was to outline the dynamics of publications in the categories: citation, author, country, type document, science field, research area. The review of sources carried out in this way allowed us to identify key research areas and confirm the research thesis adopted in the manuscript. The research thesis: Sustainable Industry 4.0 allows the integration of the Industry 4.0 concept with sustainable development goals. The article is dedicated especially to scientists looking for still unsolved research problems in the implementation of sustainable Industry 4.0. Furthermore, the manuscript could be an inspiration for scientists, stakeholders, practitioners and governments to complete today’s knowledge about the problems of sustainability in Industry 4.0.

Keywords: Industry 4.0; sustainable development; sustainable Industry 4.0; bibliometric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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