A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE LITERATURE ON DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Abstract

The aim of this study is to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the Digital Supply Chain (DSC) literature. To this aim, the analysis included 106 articles published in the Web of Science (WoS) database between 2012 and 2022. Firstly, an overview of the 106 articles was provided through certain bibliometric indicators to identify important journals, articles, and prolific authors, as well as the leading universities and countries in the field. Bibliometric methods such as citation analysis, co-citation analysis, and co-word analysis were then used for the science mapping of DSC literature. Citation analysis was utilized to determine the strength of the links between highly cited articles in the field, co-citation analysis was done to measure the density and strength of the relationships between co-cited studies, and co-word analysis was conducted to specify the concepts with which DSC was linked. The research findings indicate that the number of scientific publications on DSC has increased in recent years, the USA and India are the most productive countries and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal is the most productive and influential journal. The findings also reveal that studies until 2021 focused on supply chain digitalization, digital transformation in the supply chain, innovation, technology and the internet of things while the recent topics covered smart supply chain, production in the supply chain, sustainability, performance, resilience, digital twin, blockchain and 3D printing for the period beyond 2021, taking into account the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic among other things.

Keywords

• Digital supply chain
• digital transformation in supply chain
• digital supply chain ecosystem
• bibliometric analysis

DİJİTAL TEDARİK ZİNCİRİ LİTERATÜRÜNÜN BİBLİYOMETRİK ANALİZ YÖNTEMİYLE İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, bibliyometrik analiz yöntemi kullanılarak Dijital Tedarik Zinciri (DTZ) literatürünün incelenmesidir. 2012 – 2022 yılları arasında Web of Science (WoS) veri tabanında yayınlanan 106 makale analize dahil edilmiştir. Öncelikle, belirli bibliyometrik göstergeler yardımıyla 106 makaleye ilişkin genel bir bakış sunularak alanın önemli dergileri, makaleleri ve üretken yazarlarıyla alanda öne çıkan üniversiteler ve alana öncülük eden ülkeler tespit edilmiştir. Daha sonra atıf analizi, ortak atıf analizi ve ortak kelime analizi gibi bibliyometrik yöntemler kullanılarak DTZ literatürüne ilişkin bilimsel alan haritalaması yapılmıştır. Atıf analiziyle, alanın yüksek atıflı makaleleri arasındaki bağlantı gücü; ortak atıf analiziyle, birlikte atıf yapılan çalışmalar arasındaki ilişkilerin yoğunluğu ve gücü; ortak kelime analiziyle de DTZ’nin ilişkili olduğu kavramlar saptanmıştır. Araştırma bulguları, DTZ ile ilgili son yıllarda bilimsel yayın sayısının arttığını, ABD ve Hindistan’ın en üretken ülkeler, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal’ın ise en üretken ve etkili dergi olduğunu göstermektedir. 2021 yılına kadar olan çalışmaların tedarik zincirinin dijitalleşmesi, tedarik zincirinde dijital dönüşüm, inovasyon, teknoloji ve nesnelerin interneti; 2021 yılından sonra ise Covid-19 pandemisinin de etkisiyle akıllı tedarik zinciri, tedarik zincirinde üretim, sürdürülebilirlik, dirençlilik, dijital ikiz, blok zinciri ve 3D baskı gibi konulara yoğunlaştığı tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

• Dijital tedarik zinciri
• tedarik zincirinde dijital dönüşüm
• dijital tedarik zinciri ekosistemi
• bibliyometrik analiz

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