Sinergias entre Transformación Digital y Sostenibilidad: Un Mapeo Científico de la Gestión de Proyectos en la Industria 4.0

Abstract

Introduction: Currently, the interaction between digital transformation, sustainability and project management integrates the academic discussion associated with Industry 4.0. The accelerated incorporation of intelligent technologies, together with the growing demands for responsible production models, stimulates the growth of scientific production in this field. Unfortunately, this growth lacks integrative analyses to understand its evolution and thematic structure.

Objective: Examine global research trends on digital transformation, sustainability, and project management, from a bibliometric approach to identify influential authors, emerging lines of research, and citation patterns.

Method: Records indexed in Scopus, processed using Bibliometrix (RStudio), VOSviewer and Gephi, were analyzed. Applying the PRISMA protocol, 87 documents were selected that met the established criteria. The analysis addressed scientific productivity, collaborative networks, specialized sources, institutions with greater presence and co-occurrence of keywords.

Results:  There is evidence of a progressive growth in literature, with India, Italy and Spain as nations with the greatest contribution. Journal of Cleaner Production and Sustainability are positioned as the most influential journals, while authors such as Ghobakhloo and Frank concentrate the largest number of citations. Concepts such as digitalization, Industry 4.0, project management and artificial intelligence are recurrent, reflecting the incorporation of advanced technologies in sustainable management approaches.

Conclusions: Digitalization works as a catalyst to move towards more efficient and sustainable management models. There are important gaps in Latin American production and opportunities to develop integrated frameworks that articulate technological innovation and sustainability in project management processes.