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Digital Transformation in Industry

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Didem Gürdür Broo
Stanford University
2
Angelos I. Stoumpos
Democritus University of Thrace
3
Bader K. AlNuaimi
Abu Dhabi University
4
Yongzhang Peng
East China University of Technology
5
Dongmin Lee
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
6
Christos Pylianidis
Wageningen University & Research
7
Huayun Zhai
Minzu University of China
8
Raymon van Dinter
Wageningen University & Research
9
Swapan Ghosh
California State University, Northridge
10
Ghanishtha Bhatti
Delft University of Technology

Rising Stars Papers

1
Digital twin, digital thread, and digital mindset in enabling digital transformation: A socio-technical systems perspective
Technovation|2025
18 cit.
2
Knowledge Management and Digital Innovation in Healthcare: A Bibliometric Analysis
Healthcare|2024
15 cit.
3
Blockchain-integrated zero-knowledge proof system for privacy-preserving near-miss reporting in construction projects
Automation in Construction|2024
13 cit.
4
Re-imagining intelligent machines in an anthropocentric-ecocentric continuum: The case for ecocentric intelligent machines
Journal of Industrial Information Integration|2024
10 cit.
5
Domain adaptation with transfer learning for pasture digital twins
Environmental Data Science|2024
8 cit.
6
Modern Digital and Technological Educational Methods
Trends in Higher Education|2025
4 cit.
7
Message-passing framework for multi-camera worker tracking in construction
Automation in Construction|2025
3 cit.
8
Dynamic warping as a sensor reconstruction method for remaining useful life estimation
Knowledge-Based Systems|2025
2 cit.
9
Development of a fast-charging strategy considering degradation in lithium-ion batteries
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering|2025
2 cit.
10
Cultivating Ecocentric Machines: Changing the Direction of the Anthropocentric Lineage in Intelligent Machines
Unknown Journal|2024
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Pai Zheng
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2
Ling Li
Foshan Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital
3
Maximilian Wäger
Unknown
4
Néstor Fabián Ayala
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
5
Fangyuan Sui
Beihang University
6
Qinglin Qi
Beihang University
7
Luiz Felipe Pierin Ramos
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
8
Sebastian Krakowski
Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
9
Mélanie Despeisse
Chalmers University of Technology
10
Marco Rüsch
University of St. Gallen

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Artificial intelligence and the changing sources of competitive advantage
Strategic Management Journal|2022
494 cit.
2
Maintenance planning recommendation of complex industrial equipment based on knowledge graph and graph neural network
Reliability Engineering & System Safety|2022
135 cit.
3
An LLM-based vision and language cobot navigation approach for Human-centric Smart Manufacturing
Journal of Manufacturing Systems|2024
120 cit.
4
Human-AI agency in the age of generative AI
Information and Organization|2025
104 cit.
5
Enabling the twin transitions: Digital technologies support environmental sustainability through lean principles
Sustainable Production and Consumption|2023
97 cit.
6
Leveraging error-assisted fine-tuning large language models for manufacturing excellence
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing|2024
95 cit.
7
A visual reasoning-based approach for mutual-cognitive human-robot collaboration
CIRP Annals|2022
81 cit.
8
Human-object integrated assembly intention recognition for context-aware human-robot collaborative assembly
Advanced Engineering Informatics|2022
75 cit.
9
Integrating large language model and digital twins in the context of industry 5.0: Framework, challenges and opportunities
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing|2025
71 cit.
10
Digital-Twin-Enhanced Quality Prediction for the Composite Materials
Engineering|2023
54 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
A.Y.C. Nee
National University of Singapore
2
Lihui Wang
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
3
Fei Tao
Beihang University
4
Xun Xu
University of Auckland
5
Wilfried Sihn
Fraunhofer Austria
6
Behrad Bagheri
University of Cincinnati
7
Kai‐Ingo Voigt
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
8
Yogesh K. Dwivedi
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
9
George Q. Huang
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10
Alejandro Germán Frank
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy
International Journal of Information Management|2019
4.1k cit.
2
Digital Twin in Industry: State-of-the-Art
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics|2019
3.8k cit.
3
Opinion Paper: “So what if ChatGPT wrote it?” Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy
International Journal of Information Management|2023
3.7k cit.
4
Digital Twin in manufacturing: A categorical literature review and classification
IFAC-PapersOnLine|2018
3.1k cit.
5
Industry 4.0 technologies: Implementation patterns in manufacturing companies
International Journal of Production Economics|2019
2.8k cit.
6
Digital twin-driven product design, manufacturing and service with big data
The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology|2017
2.8k cit.
7
Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy
International Journal of Information Management|2022
2.6k cit.
8
Setting the future of digital and social media marketing research: Perspectives and research propositions
International Journal of Information Management|2020
2.5k cit.
9
Artificial intelligence for decision making in the era of Big Data – evolution, challenges and research agenda
International Journal of Information Management|2019
2.5k cit.
10
Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0—Inception, conception and perception
Journal of Manufacturing Systems|2021
2.3k cit.

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