Industrial Processes Management for a Sustainable Society: Global Research Analysis

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This manuscript is a review article in which the authors reviewed the knowledge about industrial processes management. They have analyzed the research trends of industrial processes management for a more sustainable society over the last 32 years. Bibliometric analysis included 1911 articles, of which over 44% of articles were published in 2016-2019. The analysis made it possible to assess the results of scientific activities of countries and individual research centers. It also allowed to observe the development of science, manifested by the formation of a network of international research links. The article is a very useful source for scientists conducting research related to industrial processes management for a more sustainable socjety.

Author Response

Point 1: This manuscript is a review article in which the authors reviewed the knowledge about industrial processes management. They have analyzed the research trends of industrial processes management for a more sustainable society over the last 32 years. Bibliometric analysis included 1911 articles, of which over 44% of articles were published in 2016-2019. The analysis made it possible to assess the results of scientific activities of countries and individual research centers. It also allowed to observe the development of science, manifested by the formation of a network of international research links. The article is a very useful source for scientists conducting research related to industrial processes management for a more sustainable socjety.

Response 1: We gratefully appreciate the interesting comments of the reviewer.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Your study addresses an interesting and relevant topic. Idea of the study is a bit simplistic, but results of the study could be interesting for the redears.

1. This study aims to analyse the state of the art on industrial processes management to obtain positive and sustainable effects on society. And it suggests a bibliometric analysis of 1,911 articles set up during the 1988‐2019 period, bringing up the authors’ productivity indicators in the scientific field, that is, journals, authors, research institutions, and countries. The aim and title of the paper is poorly related, and it is not clear why the research method was used for research on the subject.
2. What is the scientidic novelty of this study and how it can contribute to the academic debates? Please provide such key contributions in the abstract particularly.
3. It is necessary to reorganize the detailed section headings rather than general/abstract ones to reveal the key themes of analysis results and discussions.
4. The discussion section(contents) is missing. What is the place of your paper among the existing literatures?
5. I would like to advise to reduce the section 2, give more details of the secion 3, and reconstruct the section 4 more concisely to increase readability.

Author Response

We attach a response file to Reviewer 2.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Thanks for your efforts and improvement.