System Dynamics in Supply Chains: A Bibliometric Review

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Supply chain simulation has been used to analyze possible scenarios, and one of the most used techniques is system dynamics, and although there are some literature reviews on this topic, the number of papers has increased in recent years, so it is necessary to analyze current trends, locate the most relevant and active research groups, authors, and documents generates as papers, book chapters and books. This article reports a bibliometric review on the dynamic system applied to the supply chain on engineering and analyzes 519 documents found in the Scopus and Web of Science databases. Using the PRISMA methodology documents were identified, and attending some inclusion and exclusion principles, the final list of documents is analyzed using the VOSviewer software. Findings indicate that China, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom are the countries that produce the most papers, although Cardiff University is the institution with the most productive research groups. The most productive authors are Towill, D.R., Naim, M.M. and Rabelo, L., although it is observed that several groups in Asian countries are working very hard. The most cited are Towill, D.R., Naim, M.M. and Wikner, J., while the Journals that most publish this topic are the International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics and the Journal of Cleaner Production.

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Supply chain simulation has been used to analyze possible scenarios, and one of the most used techniques is system dynamics, and although there are some literature reviews on this topic, the number of papers has increased in recent years, so it is necessary to analyze current trends, locate the most relevant and active research groups, authors, and documents generates as papers, book chapters and books.

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