The evolution of lean management research: A bibliometric review

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify and illustrate the structure of the field of research of Lean manufacturing, using a bibliometric analysis which combines an analysis of productivity and co-words. We started from a search in Wos with the theme Lean management and the data was processed with Biliometrix, allowing an analysis of indices, quantity of articles, productivity by country and by authors, as well as journals. In addition, the nodes (different themes) and cluster (trends) of the field of study were identified, highlighting the main research topics.