ENCUENTS
Revista de Ciencias Humanas,
Teoría Social y Pensamiento Crítico

Universidad Nacional Experimental Rafael María Baralt
Maracaibo, Venezuela
Mayo - Agosto

resumen
Esta investigación analiza el fenómeno del creciente interés en la gestión de

Buscamos comprender cómo los datos empíricos pueden mostrar cómo
-


   

indican un crecimiento sostenido en la producción científica sobre CSCM,
-




-


Palabras claves : Gestión de la cadena de suministro en la nube, pro-

Abstract
        

-
-

-



-







Keywords: 

RECIBIDO: 22/09/2025
ACEPTADO: 27/01/2026
BiBLiOMETRiC ANALYSiS OF CLOUD SUPPLY CHAiN
MANAGEMENT: EMPiRiCAL DATA AND SECURiTY
Análisis bibliométrico de la gestión de la cadena de suministro en la
nube: datos empíricos y seguridad
Rafael Emiliano Apolinario Quintana

rafael.apolinarioqu@ug.edu.ec


Este trabajo está depositado en Zenodo:
 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20941511
Humberto Pedro Segarra Jaime

humberto.segarraj@ug.edu.ec


Monica Annabelle Caicedo Leones

monica.caicedol@ug.edu.ec



Delia Alexandra Cevallos Castro

delia.cevallosc@ug.edu.ec


Wilsom Ruben Molina Chagerben

wilson.molinach@ug.edu.ec


Rafael Apolinario, Humberto Segarra, Monica Caicedo, Delia Cevallos y Wilsom Molina
Bibliometric Analysis of Cloud Supply Chain Management...
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INVESTIGACIÓN
INTRODUCTION: HOW CSCM
WORKS AND HOW IT IS PRE-
SENTED TO SECURITY ISSUES
   
     
-
compass tools, infrastructures, and
    
-

-

     

per se, is
-
tes various entities and processes to
-
   -
     
-
tions, people, activities, information,

   
sale of a product or service, covering
   
    

-
sign, product manufacturing, trans-
  
  





    
derived consequence, customer sa-
-

of information interconnected to

     -
me a critical component for busi-
ness success in a globalized market

     -
    -
   
     
     

transportation, distribution, order
   
operational production processes

   
  
    

     
 
    -
sion- making and operational respon-
    
-

    
    
   
   
 

    
-
-

     
on its comparison against traditio-


-
refore, CSCM is defined as a secure
    -
    
processes and activities, creating
      

    -

     
    
   
     
in a globalized and automated eco-
     
   
  

-
quisition, transfer, and combination
ENCUENTS
507
INVESTIGACIÓN
Revista de Ciencias Humanas,Teoría Social y Pensamiento Crítico
27 Mayo – Agosto (2026). PP: 505-521

-


PURPOSE: DOES SCIENTIFIC
PRODUCTION OFFERS ENOU-
GH EMPIRICAL DATA TO INDI-
CATE CSCM CYBERSECURITY?
    -
     
    
 -


-
    

-

   
    -

METHODS AND MATERIALS
   

-
  
   
-
    
     -
    
      
     
useful conclusions for future studies

    
-
     
    

     

-
   
-
tific production related to CSCM, a
-
    

-
    
of knowledge and understanding of
-
mation of practices and improvement
     


The WoS Bibliometric Network
     


   
   
     
   
-

-
   
-
 
a citation count equal to or greater


-

used to visualize semantic bibliome-
  

     
    
   
    
     
    
-

WoS Scientific production on
    
      

RESULTS
General appreciation and speci-
fic semantics on security
    

    -
       
    -
Rafael Apolinario, Humberto Segarra, Monica Caicedo, Delia Cevallos y Wilsom Molina
Bibliometric Analysis of Cloud Supply Chain Management...
ENCUENTS
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INVESTIGACIÓN
    


       
    -
     
   
    -
    
       
    
continuous improvement of cloud in-

-

     
-
panies optimizes business processes
     
infrastructures, platforms, and sof-



    -
   

   
    

-
-


implies differences from a com-
   

     
-
    -

  

    
     
     
-
   
on its success, because it would not
be logic to obtain empirical data of
       




    
    -
    
    
requirements follow a uniform distri-
    
     -
   
   

-

-

-

     


management focuses on customers,
    -
     

    -
-



includes a cloud-based virtual plat-

    -

Bibliometric Analysis of Cloud
Supply Chain Management
Scientific production on CSCM
   
      
    -
    
  
    
-
      
   -
ced peaks in scientific production,
     -


   
    
ENCUENTS
509
INVESTIGACIÓN
Revista de Ciencias Humanas,Teoría Social y Pensamiento Crítico
27 Mayo – Agosto (2026). PP: 505-521
-

  
    
-
      
-
    -
   
-
    
-
     
   
impact on knowledge development
-

    


-
teria, 1,715 records were identified,
    -


Annual Scientific Production of
Cloud Supply Chain Manage-
ment
Note: 
      
growing interest in cloud computing

    
-
    
automation and control, fundamental
    

-
-
     
    
-
-

-
    

    

    
   
for accessible and efficient solutions


    
    

-

   
-
neering, complementing knowledge
    
    -
   -
      
trend towards responsible innovation
   -

   

-
-
    -

  
-

-
   -
-


     
field,
    
    -
     

Rafael Apolinario, Humberto Segarra, Monica Caicedo, Delia Cevallos y Wilsom Molina
Bibliometric Analysis of Cloud Supply Chain Management...
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Journals with the Most Publica-
tions
Sources Articles %
IFAC Papersonline 124 7.230 %
Sustainability 56 3.265 %
IEEE Access 43 2.507 %
International Journal of Production Research 26 1.516 %
Computers Industrial Engineering 20 1.166 %
International Journal of Production Economics 19 1.108 %
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 18 1.050 %
Annals of Operations Research 17 0.991 %
Sensors 17 0.991 %
Applied Sciences Basel 14 0.816 %
Technological Forecasting and Social Change 13 0.758 %
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication
Technology
12 0.700 %
Journal of Cleaner Production 11 0.641 %
Computers in Industry 10 0.583 %
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 10 0.583 %
International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing
Technology
10 0.583 %
International Journal of Computer Integrated Manu-
facturing
10 0.583 %
Journal of Cloud Computing Advances Systems and
Applications
9 0.525 %
Journal of Enterprise Information Management 9 0.525 %
Procedia Manufacturing 9 0.525 %
IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics
Indin
8 0.466 %
Industrial Management Data Systems 8 0.466 %
International Journal of Information Management 8 0.466 %
Mathematical Problems in Engineering 8 0.466 %
Production Planning Control 8 0.466 %
Note: 
     

   -
-



    -
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Revista de Ciencias Humanas,Teoría Social y Pensamiento Crítico
27 Mayo – Agosto (2026). PP: 505-521


     

importance of smart manufacturing
     -
    
   
   


-

   
and asset management in productive
    
 
-

-
nologies in manufacturing companies


 -

  

    
-



    
    -
nection of devices across different
     

-
-

      
    
opportunities of artificial intelligence
  

    -
     

     -

-
    



    
     -
vancement, as well as its transforma-
tive potential in practical applications,

for sustainable and competitive in-

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
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          


-

     
  
  
 
-
    -
   
     -
gement reflects a focus on optimi-
zing processes, reducing costs, and
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   
  
     
    
-

    -
 -
    
      




 
-
   
-

-
   
   

    -
     
   
   
     
 -


application of cloud computing to su-


   
   

-
plications for companies seeking to
    
  -
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
   
    
possible geopolitical, economic, and
   
-
    -

     -

 
 
   

    
    
      -

presence of Emerging Economies
      
  
a significant presence of production
    
   
      

   -
     
     -
    


be interpreted in terms of differences
in production policies, labor, and te-

-
   
    
     
3 provides a basis for understanding

ENCUENTS
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INVESTIGACIÓN
Revista de Ciencias Humanas,Teoría Social y Pensamiento Crítico
27 Mayo – Agosto (2026). PP: 505-521
     
     
-



Production by Country
Region Frequence
China 507
EE. UU. 236
India 224
Alemania 126
Inglaterra 125
Italia 96
Francia 93
Australia 78
Taiwán 58
España 50
Malasia 46
Canadá 45
Finlandia 38
Corea del Sur 37
Irán 36
Brasil 34
Arabia Saudita 34
Polonia 33
Grecia 29
Marruecos 28
Portugal 26
Noruega 24
Pavo 24
Países Bajos 23
Emiratos Árabes 23
Note: 

-

     

    -


-


     -
   
    -
-


     
     -
-


    

  

    
    
    
    
    -
     
    -
     
    
   
    


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Rafael Apolinario, Humberto Segarra, Monica Caicedo, Delia Cevallos y Wilsom Molina
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South China University of Technology 33 1.916%
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Note: 
      
-
    
    
   

-
tralized model and all its information

-
-

    

     
-

-
      
supplier is not involved, it can also be
    
       


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Revista de Ciencias Humanas,Teoría Social y Pensamiento Crítico
27 Mayo – Agosto (2026). PP: 505-521
     
     
-

-
     
interconnections to different sources


     
no peer-viewed one, are optimistic


-



   
a semantic recurrent aspect on bi-


   -
     


CONCLUSIONS
     


as offering new opportunities and
   -
   
     
-
tation are fundamental for success



to develop better models and con-
tracts to ensure optimal coordina-
   
    
     
    

     -
     

empirical data of its success, limita-

    


-

transforming traditional interaction

-
     
 
    
opportunities to improve traditio-
    
CSCM also presents opportunities
to promote sustainable development
-

resource use can contribute to a re-

-

     
amounts of information make difficult

    -


    
    
-

be critical and facing to risks, becau-

     



   

 

    -
-
-

CSCM are diverse, ranging from ope-
   
    -
   

-

     
Rafael Apolinario, Humberto Segarra, Monica Caicedo, Delia Cevallos y Wilsom Molina
Bibliometric Analysis of Cloud Supply Chain Management...
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    
-
ses, more it is important to address

    
    
    
-




Future researches
    
application of CSCM, it is crucial to
    -
    
models must ensure greater efficien-
     -

     
data on its functioning, a more clear
    -
dings, and to guarantee, if possible,
      
-
-

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

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    -
    -
  Busi-
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
-
   
   Depart-
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
-
   ,

-
-
      
 Production Planning & Con-

    
-
re review and a proposed framework
Computers in In-
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    
    
    
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Engineering, Technical, and Innova-
tion

       
    
   
-
     
  Remote Sensing
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
   -

   Comuni-


Utopía Y Praxis Latinoa-
mericana  -


-

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   -
   -
   
    
International Journal of Infor-
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
   
Científica sobre la Salud Mental de

  -
 Cogitare enfermagen, 29,

      
-
plementation patterns in manufactu-
International Journal
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
    



-

   
-
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      
   
    
   
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     
   
International Jour-
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      
   
     
   
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
     -

  
 Conference on System
Sciences
   
   
  Telecommu-

-
 International Journal of Pro-


    

   Central European
Conference on Information and Inte-
lligent Systems - Conference Proce-

       -
    
   -
   ,


    

Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy
Systems
    -
    


      

-
Revista in-
teramericana de ambiente y turismo,

   
-
   
Revista Cientifica Profundida
    
-
    -
    
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      
   
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    
     
   -
   Revista
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  Journal of In-
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
    -
Jour-
nal of Network and Computer Appli-
cations, 149
    -
      

 
   
 Computers & Opera-
tions Research, 119
        
    -
    
    
   

-

    -
Biosyste-

-
-
    
Intagible Capi-

    
  
-
Journal of Advanced Manage-

       
-

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Infor-

      
    -
   
  016 International
Conference on Management Scien-
    ,


     
Agricultural Sys-
tems, 153
      
-
     -
radigm in digital manufacturing and
  Computer-Aided
Design, 59
       
      

   
 IEEE Transactions

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

 -
Jornal od Cosastal Research,


     -

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ment and Trade Cooperation 
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
    
    

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

-
-

