Application of Industry 4.0 Technologies in Supply Chain Visibility: A Bibliometric Analysis

In recent years, research on Supply Chain Visibility (SCV) and Industry 4.0 technologies has increased significantly. This study applied bibliometric analysis to discover the connection between SCV and Industry 4.0, highlighting key research movements, significant studies, and emerging themes in the field. The authors analyzed 426 peer-reviewed academic papers published from 2011 to 2025 that were indexed in Scopus. The study employed the bibliometrix R-package, with the results visualized using VOSviewer. The analysis reveals a significant acceleration of publications post-2018, coinciding with a mean citation per year surge, indicating the field’s growing maturity and relevance. Geographically, China, India, and the USA lead scientific production. Thematic analysis confirms that Blockchain is the most dominant technology and conceptual driver, exhibiting strong linkages with Supply Chain Management, Traceability, and Sustainability. The high concentration of articles clustered around single technologies (e.g., Blockchain or IoT in isolation) underscores the major research gap: there is a lack of integrated, holistic models.