The development of cognitive technologies and the formation of competences become an integral part of success in the conditions of a rapidly changing world. This document presents a bibliometric analysis of cognitive technologies and competencies. The dataset was retrieved from the Scopus database, analyzed and presented using VOSviewer. The search equation identified 281 studies. After analysis and application of filters, 60 studies were selected for further analysis. Among the journals that publish research on this topic, the most productive is Ceur Workshop Proceedings (5%). The most cited authors are González-González and Jiménez-Zarco. Authors from Indonesia, Spain and China published the most articles. The top 5 thematic categories include Computer Science; Social Sciences; Engineering; Business, Management and Accounting; Energy. The most cited article is Birjali, M., Beni-Hssane, A., Erritali, M. Research on cognitive technologies and the development of competencies open broad perspectives for improving learning, professional development, and personal growth.