Blockchain technology can be used to record real data at various nodes in the entire supply chain and can achieve timely data sharing and full traceability of the whole lifecycle of products in the supply chain. This study conducts a systematic literature review based on the WOS database, focusing on the research topic of the application of blockchain technology in supply chain management. We propose clear search and screening criteria based on 4 research questions and finally obtain 591 target studies. We conduct a detailed study on the distribution of the target literature in this research area, country/region, institution, and journal. Different countries/regions cooperate with each other and, thus, are clustered into five significant countries regions’ cooperation networks. There is a strong coupling relationship between research institutions, forming four major institutional cooperation networks. According to the analysis of those papers with a high number of citations, most of such papers were published in 2019, while the cross-citation phenomenon between papers occurred more frequently in 2021 and 2022. We use VOSviewer for visual coupling analysis of all keywords, which are automatically clustered into three research hotspots. Using CiteSpace to perform timeline-based keyword cooccurrence analysis, we find that scholars have gone through a “discovery-acceptance-question-improvement” process for the application of blockchain technology in supply chain management. According to the intensity and duration of burst detection words in different years, we draw three key points for future research. (i) Blockchain technology should be used to restructure and optimize the high-end food and medical cold chain supply chains. (ii) Blockchain technology should be used to enhance the cooperative relationship between supply chain members and the overall competitiveness of the supply chain. (iii) Innovate blockchain encryption technology that should be used to reduce the risk of information and privacy leakage in the supply chain.

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区块链技术应用于供应链管理：系统分析

利用区块链技术可以记录整个供应链各个节点的真实数据，可以实现供应链中产品全生命周期的数据及时共享和全程可追溯。本研究基于WOS数据库进行系统文献综述，重点关注区块链技术在供应链管理中的应用研究课题。我们根据4个研究问题提出明确的检索和筛选标准，最终获得591个目标研究。我们对目标文献在本研究领域、国家/地区、机构、期刊的分布情况进行了详细的研究。不同国家/地区相互合作，形成五个重要国家/地区的合作网络。研究机构之间有很强的耦合关系，形成四大机构合作网络。根据对高被引论文的分析，此类论文大部分发表于2019年，而论文之间的交叉引用现象在2021年和2022年出现得较多。我们使用VOSviewer对所有关键词进行可视化耦合分析，它们自动聚集成三个研究热点。利用CiteSpace进行基于时间线的关键词共现分析，我们发现学者们对于区块链技术在供应链管理中的应用经历了一个“发现-接受-质疑-改进”的过程。根据不同年份突发检测词的强度和持续时间，我们得出了未来研究的三个重点。（i）利用区块链技术重构和优化高端食品和医疗冷链供应链。（二）利用区块链技术增强供应链成员之间的合作关系，提高供应链的整体竞争力。（三）创新区块链加密技术，降低供应链信息和隐私泄露风险。