Affiliations: [a] Department of Ergonomics, Research Center for Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
| [b] Department of Occupational Health and Safety Engineering, Abadan University of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
| [c] Department of Ergonomics, Occupational Health and Safety Research Center, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
| [d] Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
| [e] Department of Ergonomics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Correspondence:
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Address for correspondence: Alireza Mortezapour, Department of Ergonomics, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. E-mail: amortezapour258@gmail.com.; Orcid ID: 0000-0001-6356-2244
Abstract: BACKGROUND:The scientometric study is a visualization method used to collect big data from databases, to explore the relationships between citing and co-cited documents and then visualize the results. Unlike the new term Ergonomics 4.0, bibliometric analysis has been studied in various related fields of Ergonomics. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to create a bibliometric analysis in related field of Ergonomics and Fourth Industrial Revolution. This analysis can shed light on the new developed research field in both sides of the present study, occupational ergonomics and industry 4.0. METHODS:After selecting related keywords, Advance search was done in Scopus and Web of Science. Bibliometric results were presented by these databases’ analyzer and by exported data to VOS viewer software. No time or language restriction was applied. RESULTS:Retrieved Articles were 104 and 285 for Web of Science and Scopus respectively. The frequent co-occurrences for keywords were seen between “industry 4.0” and “Human Factors”. The USA and Germany were also the most productive countries in this field. Well-known Ergonomics journals had low participation in the Evolution of Ergonomics and Fourth Industrial Revolution topics. CONCLUSION:Due to more participation of industry 4.0-related researchers in this topic, it is recommended that ergonomists from around the world, and especially Eastern countries, attempt to conduct research in this field. Furthermore, devoting some forth-coming special issues in this field is recommended to top ergonomics journals.
Keywords: Trends in ergonomics, cyber physical system, VOS viewer, smart factory, smart manufacturing
