Visualizing the Emerging Studies and Scientific Mapping of Research Related to the Adaptation of Higher Education and Industry4.0

The field of higher education and industry 4.0 is one of the key areas of development in the world that has been less addressed in the field of Scientometrics. Therefore, this research aims to draw a scientific mapping of the field of higher education and industry 4.0, analyzing the synonymy of words indexed based on documents. It has been formed in the citation profile of the web of science-selected countries from the years 2011 to 2022.

This research is descriptive and has been carried out using the scientometric technique and the technique of vocabulary homogeneity analysis. In this study, 14,780 article titles were reviewed from the Web of Science database. The data collection tool is the search system of the Web of Science database. Data analysis was done with the web-science results analysis system and site pace software.

Most of the productions in this area belong to Italy and are in English. Internet of things, cyber security, big data, education 4.0, quality 4.0, cloud space, and augmented reality are some of the most used terms and hot topics in this field.

The growing trend in this field has led to the introduction of different subject areas in the field of higher education and Industry 4.0. Considering the high frequency of digitization in this field, we can understand the importance of digital and the Internet of Things; Because many skills can be improved by using the Internet. This study can help higher education researchers in finding emerging research areas of the relationship between higher education and industry 4. At the end this study, it showed what are the main components of the 4th industrial revolution and how universities and higher education centers can invest in developing students’ competencies and creating skills.