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The investigation on infoecology in the field of smart manufacturing

Asefeh Asemi (Doctoral School of Business Informatics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary) (University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran)
Andrea Ko (Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary)

Library Hi Tech

ISSN: 0737-8831

Article publication date: 19 October 2020

Issue publication date: 21 June 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

The present study is aimed to determine the infoecology of scientific articles in the field of smart manufacturing (SM). The researchers designed a general framework for the investigation of infoecology.

Design/methodology/approach

The qualitative and quantitative data collection methods are applied to collect data from the Scopus and experts. The bibliometric technique, clustering and graph mining are applied to analysis data by Scopus data analysis tools, VOSviewer and Excel software.

Findings

It is concluded that researchers paid attention to “Flow Control”, “Embedded Systems”, “IoT”, “Big Data” and “Cyber-Physical System” more than other infocenose. Finally, a thematic model presented based on the infoecology of SM in Scopus for future studies. Also, as future work, designing a “research-related” metamodel for SM would be beneficial for the researchers, to highlight the main future research directions.

Practical implications

The results of the present study can be applied to the following issues: (1) To make decisions based on research and scientific evidence and conduct scientific research on real needs and issues in the field of SM, (2) Holding the workshops on infoecology to determine research priorities with the presence of experts in related industries, (3) Determining the most important areas of research in order to improve the index of applied research, (4) Assist in prioritizing research in the field of SM to select a set of research and technological activities and allocate resources effectively to these activities, (5) Helping to increase the relationship between research and technological activities with the economic and long-term goals of industry and society, (6) Helping to prioritize the issues of SM in research and technology in order to target the allocation of financial and human capital and solving the main challenges and take advantage of opportunities, (7) Helping to avoid fragmentation of work and providing educational infrastructure based on prioritized research needs and (8) Helping to hold start-ups and the activities of knowledge-based companies based on research priorities in the field of SM.

Originality/value

The analysis results demonstrated that the information ecosystem of SM studies dynamically developed over time. The continuous conduction flow of scientific studies in this field brought continuous changes into the infoecology of this field.

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Acknowledgements

This research has been supported by the “Project No. NKFIH-869-10/2019 and its continuation in 2020 have been implemented with the support provided from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund of Hungary, financed under the Tématerületi Kiválósági Program funding scheme.”

Citation

Asemi, A. and Ko, A. (2021), "The investigation on infoecology in the field of smart manufacturing", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 39 No. 2, pp. 643-669. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHT-03-2020-0057

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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