Article: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis: exploring the relationship between Industry 4.0 and sustainable energy Journal: International Journal of Bibliometrics in Business and Management (IJBBM) 2024 Vol.3 No.4 pp.346 - 373 Abstract: The present study conducted a bibliometric analysis of the literature on Industry 4.0 and sustainable energy. The Web of Science database was utilised, covering 1994 to 2023, with the software VOSviewer and CiteSpace employed to extract the findings. The analyses encompassed co-authorship, citation, co-citation, and keyword analysis. The countries with the highest number of documents and citations were China and the USA. Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences emerged with the most published documents among the institutions. Productivity authors were Gunther Reinhart and Jongpil Jeong. The most cited works, Chu and Majumdar (2012) and Sisinni et al. (2018), were prominent and published in highly influential journals. Among the most cited authors, Arun Majumdar and Steven Chu stood out. It contributes by mapping the collaboration among different authors, institutions, journals, and countries in the literature, thereby guiding researchers toward unexplored topics. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis: exploring the relationship between Industry 4.0 and sustainable energy

Authors: Shauana Bobadilha Rodrigues de Lima; Mikael Jhordan Lacerda Cordeiro; Daniel de Abreu Pereira Uhr; Júlia Gallego Ziero Uhr

Addresses: Departamento de Economia (PPGOM), Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, RS, Brazil ' Departamento de Economia (PPGEco), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil ' Departamento de Economia (PPGOM), Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, RS, Brazil ' Departamento de Economia (PPGOM), Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, RS, Brazil

Abstract: The present study conducted a bibliometric analysis of the literature on Industry 4.0 and sustainable energy. The Web of Science database was utilised, covering 1994 to 2023, with the software VOSviewer and CiteSpace employed to extract the findings. The analyses encompassed co-authorship, citation, co-citation, and keyword analysis. The countries with the highest number of documents and citations were China and the USA. Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences emerged with the most published documents among the institutions. Productivity authors were Gunther Reinhart and Jongpil Jeong. The most cited works, Chu and Majumdar (2012) and Sisinni et al. (2018), were prominent and published in highly influential journals. Among the most cited authors, Arun Majumdar and Steven Chu stood out. It contributes by mapping the collaboration among different authors, institutions, journals, and countries in the literature, thereby guiding researchers toward unexplored topics.

Keywords: bibliometric analysis; sustainable energy; Industry 4.0.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBBM.2024.145173

International Journal of Bibliometrics in Business and Management, 2024 Vol.3 No.4, pp.346 - 373

Received: 18 Jan 2024
Accepted: 25 Apr 2024
Published online: 24 Mar 2025 *

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