TY  - JOUR
AU  - Robinius, Martin
AU  - Nolting, Lars
AU  - Priesmann, Jan
AU  - Kockel, Christina
AU  - Rödler, Georg
AU  - Brauweiler, Tobias
AU  - Praktiknjo, Aaron
TI  - Generating Transparency in the Worldwide Use of the Terminology Industry 4.0
JO  - Applied Sciences
VL  - 9
IS  - 21
SN  - 2076-3417
CY  - Basel
PB  - MDPI
M1  - FZJ-2019-05274
SP  - 4659 -
PY  - 2019
AB  - In 2011, the concept of Industry 4.0 was introduced and later adopted by the German government, paving the way for a new industrial revolution in Germany. The high significance of this topic is reflected by the large number of corresponding publications. Additionally, the regional focus of research is widespread on a global level and often differs even at a national level. This paper generates transparency regarding the adoption of the concept of Industry 4.0 by analyzing the locations of main contributors within the research field on an international, European, and German-national level. Further, it examines the regionally different foci concerning the concept of Industry 4.0. Having identified four main aspects linked to Industry 4.0 within a pre-study, a quantitative literature research was conducted based on over 800 published papers. The results were further visualized with QGIS. Looking at the results, it can be concluded that the German research community is virtually the only user of the term Industry 4.0, while other institutions seem to link their research to other related concepts. On a German level, the majority of the analyzed studies originate from Southern and Western Germany. North Rhine-Westphalia and the Aachen/Jülich region, in particular, represent main contributors
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000498058600184
DO  - DOI:10.3390/app9214659
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/866014
ER  -