Abstract
The application of technologies related to Industry 4.0 is already underway in countries such as the United States, Germany, China, South Korea and Japan. Given the importance of using new technologies of Industry 4.0, listed in the scientific literature, we aim to understand how international academic publications on Industry 4.0 are characterized, based on their scientific indicators. In order to meet the objective, scientific publications were extracted from the Web of Science platform and analysis techniques such as Bibliometric, Spearman Correlation and Clustering (Cluster) were used. The revelations have pointed out that the Industry 4.0 theme is recent in terms of scientific publications by the Web of Science platform. In this database, the first Management, Business and Economics academic publications took place in 2016, although from 2018 onwards, there is a significant increase of academic publications in the researched area. Empirical disclosure provided evidence that the various measurements of indicators on the Impact Factor and number of citations converge with each other. The results pointed to a gap in indicators that demonstrate academic publications with expressive citations in low-impact journals. Finally, it is pointed out that these quantitative disclosures contribute to the decision-making initial process, but with limitations, considering the importance of interpretive analysis of the scientific literature content.
Highlights
The dynamic of the globalization in manufacturing and services contributes to a change in competition patterns in national economies, at the same time that it questions institutional strategies, leading these economies to expand synergies with other social agents, with the goal of knowledge diversification and results-oriented cooperation (Christensen; Raynor; & Mcdonald, 2015)
4.1 Descriptive Analysis of Data This subsection presents the descriptive analysis of the data with the number of articles published per year, the journals that have published on Industry 4.0 and the convergence analysis of the Impact Factor and number of citations indicators
It is noted that the first two articles published on the topic "Industry 4.0" in the areas of Management, Business and Economics are dated 2016, and there was a significant increasing of publications from 2018
Summary
The dynamic of the globalization in manufacturing and services contributes to a change in competition patterns in national economies, at the same time that it questions institutional strategies, leading these economies to expand synergies with other social agents, with the goal of knowledge diversification and results-oriented cooperation (Christensen; Raynor; & Mcdonald, 2015) In this sense, the elaboration of strategic plans that contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of processes related to the delivery of products and services is necessary for companies in the various sectors of activity that constitute a local or global economy. The last few years have been marked by technological changes that have greatly contributed for companies to remain in the competitive market, meeting the needs of their customers and being sustainable over time These technological changes, known as digital transformation, are related to an abrupt and radical change that modifies social structures, economic systems, and has already been adopted in industrial and commercial processes and in service delivery. These countries, which together with the government, have industrial policies, strategies and plans for the medium and long term, aimed at increasing productivity, reconfiguration of manufacturing plants, innovation and new tools that can train the workforce needed to operate in this new economic and social context (IEDI, 2017; Arbix, et al, 2017)
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