The Emerging Technology of Blockchain for Decision-Makers in Supply Chain Management

The development of 4th industrial revolution (4IR) technology and scientific research in the field of blockchain application for the context of supply chain is relatively new but emerging fast. It is of utmost necessity to identify the potential field as well as the severity of this research. Thus, the objective of this research is to visualize the scientific research on blockchain technology application in supply chain by conducting bibliometric analysis. The analysis was performed by using the VOSviewer software and data analysis tool available in the Scopus base. A total of 1219 publications in relation to blockchain technology related to supply chain, were extracted from Scopus database ranging from 2017 to 2022. Co-citation analysis and co-word analysis were conducted to visualize the evolution of research themes in this field. The findings of this study may help researchers understand the nature of blockchain technology research related to supply chain from across the world and suggest future research directions.