Digital Transformation in the Engineering Research Area: Scientific Performance and Strategic Themes
Abstract
In recent years, digital transformation has gained increasing interest from researchers and practitioners, putting efforts towards developing a better understanding, resulting in emerging independent research areas. Consequently, the research under the digital transformation, even though becoming a hotspot, remains very fragmented. This study has tried to provide a quick overview of the scientific output in this field, recognizing prolific authors, most productive countries and most relevant and influential journals in the DT field by using bibliometric analysis on 946 publications published during the timespan 2001:2022, retrieved from Thompson Reuters Web of Science. Also, this study presented the thematic analysis and provided insights to researchers and scholars in the field of DT regarding the current research landscape and prospects. The resulting knowledge will help scholars and researchers detect research opportunities and gaps for future works and contribute to continuing research in this area.