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.
Highlights
In recent years, modern enterprises have been increasingly implementing new technologies belonging to the Industry 4.0 concept
“sustainability”: Based on In bibliometric analysis, it was found that the most search results concerned the keyword the Scopus database (B1), this keyword has 207,494 results, including open access: 39,503, “sustainability”
Sustainability in Industry 4.0 is a new concept in the literature, and was created from the combination of sustainable development goals, in the process of implementing Industry 4.0 solutions in economies, society and enterprises
Summary
Modern enterprises have been increasingly implementing new technologies belonging to the Industry 4.0 concept. Industry 4.0 is understood as a fourth industrial revolution, and is a consequence of the advances in ICT (information and communication technologies) being implemented in industry. Industrial changes are focused on industrial production and information technology. The combination of industry and information technology is the basis of the new Industry. Kagermann is a professor of physics, was CEO of SAP AG, and was involved in changing the development strategy of German industry [1,2]. The Industry 4.0 concept means the formation of new value chains, changes in business models and the reorganization of processes of service provision and work [4,5,6,7,8]. Klaus Schwab, president of the World Economic Forum, published a Energies 2020, 13, 4254; doi:10.3390/en13164254 www.mdpi.com/journal/energies
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