<p>Manufacturing firms are paying more attention to environmental sustainability, and therefore, they intend to incorporate Industry 4.0 tools and techniques that ensure future manufacturing, product safety, and environmental sustainability. This study explores the current status and trend of environmental sustainability in manufacturing organisations in Industry 4.0 and discusses future research directions for implementing these digital tools. Therefore, this study identifies, maps, synthesises, and analyses the literature on environmental sustainability 4.0 practices in manufacturing organisations through performance analysis and science mapping. This study employed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) statement as a review norm, and information was collected as such. This paper systematically reviewed 314 English-language articles published in peer-reviewed journals in the scientific databases Scopus and the Web of Science (WOS) between 2013 and October 2023. The articles were combined, and duplicates were removed using an open-source tool, RStudio. We analysed bibliometric networks using the Biblioshiny Bibliometrix R-package in RStudio and the VOSviewer software application, which allows for creating, visualising, and interpreting maps based on any network data. This review determined the top contributing authors, nations, sources, and essential study topics. In addition, the most influential and prestigious documents based on citations and PageRank were identified and compared. Furthermore, this paper used keyword analysis to explore trends in study topics and themes and discussed the five research theme clusters obtained. Co-citation and content analysis were used to outline the intellectual structure of the discipline and pinpoint deficiencies. The gist of 49 papers inside the identified clusters is further analysed meticulously, and four primary intellectual structures were identified as Sustainable Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 relationship; Future Scope of Industry 4.0 for Sustainable Manufacturing; Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities of Industry 4.0 for Sustainable Manufacturing; and Harmonizing Different Models with Industry 4.0: A Path to Sustainable Manufacturing. Over 50% of the scholarly work concerning environmental sustainability 4.0 within the manufacturing sector elucidates the effects, challenges, opportunities, and future possibilities of Industry 4.0. This is the first systematic literature review-cum-bibliographic study on Environmental Sustainability 4.0, which integrates three crucial issues currently being debated: Industry 4.0, environmental sustainability, and manufacturing, and provides in-depth field analysis. Based on the present review, this article suggests five potential future research issues and various research questions for investigation. New researchers may benefit from these findings and strengthen any intellectual field according to their interests and requirements. Overall, the outcomes construct an impressive starting point for additional research for decision-makers, managers, practitioners, and scholars in this domain.</p>

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The intellectual structure of research on environmental sustainability 4.0 in manufacturing: a bibliometric analysis and future research directions

  • Dilip Kushwaha,
  • Faisal Talib,
  • Mohammad Asjad

摘要

Manufacturing firms are paying more attention to environmental sustainability, and therefore, they intend to incorporate Industry 4.0 tools and techniques that ensure future manufacturing, product safety, and environmental sustainability. This study explores the current status and trend of environmental sustainability in manufacturing organisations in Industry 4.0 and discusses future research directions for implementing these digital tools. Therefore, this study identifies, maps, synthesises, and analyses the literature on environmental sustainability 4.0 practices in manufacturing organisations through performance analysis and science mapping. This study employed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses) statement as a review norm, and information was collected as such. This paper systematically reviewed 314 English-language articles published in peer-reviewed journals in the scientific databases Scopus and the Web of Science (WOS) between 2013 and October 2023. The articles were combined, and duplicates were removed using an open-source tool, RStudio. We analysed bibliometric networks using the Biblioshiny Bibliometrix R-package in RStudio and the VOSviewer software application, which allows for creating, visualising, and interpreting maps based on any network data. This review determined the top contributing authors, nations, sources, and essential study topics. In addition, the most influential and prestigious documents based on citations and PageRank were identified and compared. Furthermore, this paper used keyword analysis to explore trends in study topics and themes and discussed the five research theme clusters obtained. Co-citation and content analysis were used to outline the intellectual structure of the discipline and pinpoint deficiencies. The gist of 49 papers inside the identified clusters is further analysed meticulously, and four primary intellectual structures were identified as Sustainable Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 relationship; Future Scope of Industry 4.0 for Sustainable Manufacturing; Impacts, Challenges, and Opportunities of Industry 4.0 for Sustainable Manufacturing; and Harmonizing Different Models with Industry 4.0: A Path to Sustainable Manufacturing. Over 50% of the scholarly work concerning environmental sustainability 4.0 within the manufacturing sector elucidates the effects, challenges, opportunities, and future possibilities of Industry 4.0. This is the first systematic literature review-cum-bibliographic study on Environmental Sustainability 4.0, which integrates three crucial issues currently being debated: Industry 4.0, environmental sustainability, and manufacturing, and provides in-depth field analysis. Based on the present review, this article suggests five potential future research issues and various research questions for investigation. New researchers may benefit from these findings and strengthen any intellectual field according to their interests and requirements. Overall, the outcomes construct an impressive starting point for additional research for decision-makers, managers, practitioners, and scholars in this domain.