TY - JOUR
T1 - A science mapping study on learning factories research
AU - Martinez Rodriguez, Pablo
AU - Vargas-Martinez, Adriana
AU - Roman-Flores, Armando
AU - Ahmad, Rafiq
PY - 2020/4
Y1 - 2020/4
N2 - Learning factories are a rising and promising environment for engineering education, training, and research. Practical interest in learning factories has peaked in recent years, attracting the worldwide attention of scholars and practitioners. This study conducts a scientometric review of the global research published since 1995 on learning factories, through co-citation, keyword and clustering analysis. A total of 367 journal papers and conference proceedings from the Scopus database were analyzed, to distinguish key publications and main research trends. By performing a mapping exercise, a detailed analysis of the learning factories’ literature enables academic support for future research. The provided results are used to identify the main areas of contribution of learning factories research and understand the potential gaps in current research.
AB - Learning factories are a rising and promising environment for engineering education, training, and research. Practical interest in learning factories has peaked in recent years, attracting the worldwide attention of scholars and practitioners. This study conducts a scientometric review of the global research published since 1995 on learning factories, through co-citation, keyword and clustering analysis. A total of 367 journal papers and conference proceedings from the Scopus database were analyzed, to distinguish key publications and main research trends. By performing a mapping exercise, a detailed analysis of the learning factories’ literature enables academic support for future research. The provided results are used to identify the main areas of contribution of learning factories research and understand the potential gaps in current research.
KW - learning factories
KW - manufacturing research
KW - scientometric analysis
KW - review
U2 - 10.1016/j.promfg.2020.04.072
DO - 10.1016/j.promfg.2020.04.072
M3 - Conference article
VL - 45
SP - 84
EP - 89
JO - Procedia Manufacturing
JF - Procedia Manufacturing
SN - 2351-9789
ER -