How IJPR has addressed ‘lean’: a literature review using bibliometric tools

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the body of literature on lean published by the International Journal of Production Research (IJPR), which has been interested in the subject since its dawn. This review adopted a dynamic and quantitative bibliometric method composed of the keywords co-occurrence network and keywords burst detection. The analyses performed on keywords co-occurrence networks highlighted how research in IJPR has addressed research on lean over time and allowed a comparison with the consolidated research streams in literature. The burst detection completed the analysis highlighting the trends and most recent research areas characterising IJPR publications. The outcomes of this study reflected the evergreen relevance of lean; indeed, the latest research trajectories identified in IJPR stressed its link with the increasingly topical issues concerning industry 4.0, sustainability and remanufacturing. The analysis recognised in 'lean Six Sigma', and specifically in its support to the service sector, an under-considered topic, hence a scope that offers room for further study, in accordance with IJPR objectives.

The complementary effect of lean manufacturing and digitalisation on operational performance

“…Since lean manufacturing was popularised and became a mainstream management approach, there have been numerous studies aiming at measuring the actual effect of lean manufacturing on operational performance (Ciano et al 2019). Krafcik (1988) coined the term lean and presented one of the first studies to compare lean manufacturers with typical mass-production manufacturers.…”

Ipar 4.0 a gazdaságtudományokban. A nemzetközi és hazai szakirodalom bibliometriai elemzése

“…Forrás: Web of Science adatbázis alapján, saját számítás és szerkesztés Ciano et al (2019) bibliometriai módszerekkel vizsgálták azokat a közleményeket, amelyek lean témakörben, a Journal of Production Research (IJPR) folyóiratban jelentek meg. Elemzésükben rámutattak az egyre erősödő kapcsolatra a lean és az Ipar 4.0, fenntarthatóság és újragyártás (remanufacturing) fogalmak között.…”

A Bibliometric Content Analysis for Understanding 5g Technology: Promise, Challenges and Future Road Map

“…The graphical representation of data uses count of words used in the articles. The co-occurrence network of keywords has been implemented using VOSViewer software [32], [33]. This software does mining the dataset of keywords and their occurrences in the numbers of papers according to defined threshold value set by the user.…”