Knowledge Mapping of the World's Scientific Productions in the Field of Physical Assets Management in the Web of Science 1958-2023

The aim of the present research is the bibliometric analysis of scientific productions published in the Web of Science scientific database on the subject of physical asset management from 1958 to 2023 and to illustrate their scientific map.

The current research is descriptive-analytical in nature and applied in terms of purpose and a systematic review of scientific documents, in which 1876 sources on the topic of physical assets management were extracted from the Web of Science scientific database by searching the article title, abstract and keywords.

Data review and analysis was done by the facilities of this database and also the VOSviewer software, which is a social network analysis software, in order to enumerate, design and visualize the research products, knowledge map, conceptual network, synonym network of the researches conducted on the subject of physical asset management.

The results of the research indicate that the researchers of the world have taken measures to review and present scientific achievements related to the field of physical assets management for the past seven decades, but seriously, the trend of scientific productions has been developmental and upward since 2004 and since In 2018, this growth is more impressive and visible, and it is currently considered one of the most attractive and practical topics for researchers, institutions and scientific centers in the world.