Modularity and costs: selection of a reference for research through bibliometric analysis

Abstract

Modularity is a strategy adopted by various industrial sectors in new product development or in production configuration. Many aspects are related to modularity, and cost is one of them. In this context, this paper aims to perform a selection of publications with respect to the costs in modular design through a bibliometric analysis on authors and journals relevant in this subject. The final process resulted in twelve articles in the final portfolio. Those publications are relevant and aligned with the research subject found out in four bases. Most relevant articles, authors, keywords and journals that published most on the subject were evaluated by the bibliometric analysis in the selected portfolio. Therefore, it was possible to verify which papers stood out in the modularity subject within the cost perspective.