Volume 45, Issue 5 pp. 1072-1104
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The development of resilience research in critical infrastructure systems: A bibliometric perspective

Feng Wang

Feng Wang

The State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

The Huzhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Huzhou, China

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Jin Tian

Jin Tian

School of Reliability and Systems Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China

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Zhengguo Xu

Corresponding Author

Zhengguo Xu

The State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

The Huzhou Institute of Zhejiang University, Huzhou, China

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Zhengguo Xu, State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.

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First published: 11 September 2024

Abstract

Critical infrastructure systems (CISs) are the cornerstone of modern cities. Substantial economic losses and social impacts are caused once natural disasters or man-made disruptions attack the CISs. As a “resilient city” has become an essential theme of communities’ sustainable development, research on resilience and its practice in industries boost the CISs’ capacity to respond and adapt to changing environments. From the Web of Science (WOS) Core Collection, this study screened 1,247 scientific articles related to resilience in CISs and conducted a bibliometric analysis to investigate the evolution and future potential in this field. Topic visualized networks were constructed for CIS resilience using CiteSpace, a dedicated tool for visualizing and analyzing trends and patterns in scientific literature. The results demonstrate collaborative research networks among countries, institutions, main scholar/group networks, and leading journals publishing CIS resilience work. This study also explained how the research interest evolved over the last 20 years and found the current frontiers pointing to “power systems resilience” and “supply chain resilience.” The reasons were discussed subsequently from the perspectives of the influence that natural hazards (based on the EM-DAT data) and government policies have upon CISs’ resilience work.

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