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title: "International Journal of Game Theory: recent papers"
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# International Journal of Game Theory

- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- category: Economics
- publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
- ISSN 0020-7276

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/journals.md

## Key findings

- International Journal of Game Theory published 3 papers in the last 30 days (2026-09-28 to 2026-10-27), ranking #212 of 339 journals.
- Leading institutions: Ashoka University (1), University of California, Berkeley (1) and The Ohio State University (1).
- Countries: India (1), United States (1) and Chile (1).
- From Oct 2023 to Sep 2026, International Journal of Game Theory published 132 papers (4 a month on average, by publication date in OpenAlex).
- Its most frequent keywords over that period were “axiomatization” (15), “cooperative games” (15) and “transferable utility games” (11).
- Its most-cited paper of the period is “Why is language vague?” (2025-03-06), with 45 citations.

## The last 36 months

*Papers by publication date, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| Oct 23–Sep 24 | Oct 24–Sep 25 | Oct 25–Sep 26 | 36 months |
|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 34 | 45 | 53 | 132 |

*Most frequent keywords, Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | axiomatization | 15 |
| 2 | cooperative games | 15 |
| 3 | transferable utility games | 11 |
| 4 | Nash equilibrium | 10 |
| 5 | Shapley value | 9 |
| 6 | existence of equilibrium | 8 |
| 7 | impartial games | 8 |
| 8 | efficiency | 7 |
| 9 | fairness | 7 |
| 10 | mechanism design | 7 |

*Most-cited papers published Oct 2023 to Sep 2026*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | 2.3 | [Why is language vague?](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00182-025-00935-5) | [International Journal of Game Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory.md) | 2025-03-06 | Barton L. Lipman |
| 2 | 7 | 0.2 | [Second-order productivity, second-order payoffs, and the Banzhaf value](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00182-024-00893-4) | [International Journal of Game Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory.md) | 2024-04-07 | André Casajus, Rodrigue Tido Takeng |
| 3 | 7 | 0.2 | [Closed-loop and open-loop equilibrium of a class time-inconsistent linear-quadratic differential games](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00182-024-00895-2) | [International Journal of Game Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory.md) | 2024-04-18 | Wei Ji |
| 4 | 7 | 0.4 | [On the discrete-time origins of the replicator dynamics: from convergence to instability and chaos](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00182-025-00929-3) | [International Journal of Game Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory.md) | 2025-02-27 | Fryderyk Falniowski, Panayotis Mertikopoulos |
| 5 | 6 | 0.2 | [Semidefinite games](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00182-024-00902-6) | [International Journal of Game Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory.md) | 2024-06-20 | Constantin Ickstadt, Thorsten Theobald, Elias Tsigaridas |

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | [Bargaining with a buyer privately informed of the rival market.](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00182-026-01015-y) | [International Journal of Game Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory.md) | Sneha Bakshi | Ashoka University |
| 2026-10-09 | [Stable matchings under relaxed random preferences](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00182-026-01016-x) | [International Journal of Game Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory.md) | Boris G. Pittel, Kirill Rudov | The Ohio State University; University of California, Berkeley |
| 2026-10-01 | [Impartial selection under combinatorial constraints](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00182-026-01014-z) | [International Journal of Game Theory](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory.md) | Javier Cembrano, Max Klimm, Arturo Merino | University of Chile; Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris; Département d'économie de Sciences Po; … |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). International Journal of Game Theory. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-game-theory

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