Papers on “multi-criteria decision making”
Research on “multi-criteria decision making” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “multi-criteria decision making” appeared in 2,473 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in operations research (1,107), AI (808) and economics (234).
- 263 of them were published in 2025, against 210 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Yuan Ze University (54), University of Belgrade (51) and Milli Savunma Üniversitesi (38).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (194), Annals of Operations Research (80) and Decision Analytics Journal (49).
- The most-cited of them is “Sustainable supplier selection in healthcare industries using a new MCDM method: Measurement of alternatives and ranking according to COmpromise solution (MARCOS)” (Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2019), with 1,439 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Research | 101 | 100 | 102 | 92 | 98 | 138 | 138 | 128 | 110 | 100 |
| AI | 51 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 101 | 112 | 131 | 92 | 81 | 55 |
| Economics | 34 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 34 | 21 |
| Management | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 6 |
| Information Systems | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 8 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Finance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Higher Education and Research | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 210 | 215 | 212 | 210 | 262 | 300 | 324 | 271 | 263 | 206 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expert Systems with Applications | 194 |
| 2 | Annals of Operations Research | 80 |
| 3 | Decision Analytics Journal | 49 |
| 4 | Computers & Industrial Engineering | 43 |
| 5 | Socio-Economic Planning Sciences | 34 |
| 6 | Operations Research Forum | 31 |
| 7 | Artificial Intelligence Review | 30 |
| 8 | Operational Research | 29 |
| 9 | Omega | 27 |
| 10 | European Journal of Operational Research | 27 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuan Ze University | 54 |
| 2 | University of Belgrade | 51 |
| 3 | Milli Savunma Üniversitesi | 38 |
| 4 | Naval Academy | 38 |
| 5 | Istinye University | 32 |
| 6 | Western Caspian University | 28 |
| 7 | Korea University | 27 |
| 8 | Lebanese American University | 25 |
| 9 | Sichuan University | 20 |
| 10 | Istanbul Medipol University | 17 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 240 |
| 2 | Turkey | 201 |
| 3 | India | 156 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 110 |
| 5 | United States | 92 |
| 6 | Taiwan | 83 |
| 7 | Iran | 69 |
| 8 | Spain | 68 |
| 9 | Serbia | 56 |
| 10 | Italy | 54 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOPSIS | 102 |
| 2 | sensitivity analysis | 86 |
| 3 | criteria weighting | 79 |
| 4 | analytic hierarchy process | 76 |
| 5 | best-worst method | 56 |
| 6 | VIKOR | 47 |
| 7 | group decision making | 43 |
| 8 | supplier selection | 42 |
| 9 | decision support system | 34 |
Most-cited papers#
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Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “multi-criteria decision making”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-criteria-decision-making
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