Research Trends and Topics in IJIEM from 2010 to 2020: A Statistical History

Abstract

Purpose of this paper is to determine changes in the research trends in the International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management by analyzing trends and topics covered by its papers that were published from 2010 to 2020 and available in the Scopus database. Keywords and titles of papers were identified. Analysis was conducted both summarized for all eleven years and individually for intervals of three years. Results showed that the most popular topic was mass customization. Also, usage of information technologies in managerial and engineering processes is becoming immensely popular in the last few years.