A Systematic Review of the Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Methods (1977–2022)
Multicriteria methods have gained traction in academia and industry practices for effective decision-making. This systematic review investigates and presents an overview of multi-criteria approaches research conducted over forty-four years. The Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases were searched...
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| description | Multicriteria methods have gained traction in academia and industry practices for effective decision-making. This systematic review investigates and presents an overview of multi-criteria approaches research conducted over forty-four years. The Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases were searched for papers on multi-criteria methods with titles, abstracts, keywords, and articles from January 1977 to 29 April 2022. Using the R Bibliometrix tool, the bibliographic data was evaluated. According to this bibliometric analysis, in 131 countries over the past forty-four years, 33,201 authors have written 23,494 documents on multi-criteria methods. This area’s scientific output increases by 14.18 percent every year. China has the highest percentage of publications at 18.50 percent, followed by India at 10.62 percent and Iran at 7.75 percent. Islamic Azad University has the most publications with 504, followed by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University with 456 and the National Institute of Technology with 336. <i>Expert Systems with Applications</i>, <i>Sustainability</i>, and the <i>Journal of Cleaner Production</i> are the top journals, accounting for over 4.67 percent of all indexed works. In addition, E. Zavadskas and J. Wang have the most papers in the multi-criteria approaches sector. AHP, followed by TOPSIS, VIKOR, PROMETHEE, and ANP, is the most popular multi-criteria decision-making method among the ten nations with the most publications in this field. The bibliometric literature review method enables researchers to investigate the multi-criteria research area in greater depth than the conventional literature review method. It allows a vast dataset of bibliographic records to be statistically and systematically evaluated, producing insightful insights. This bibliometric study is helpful because it provides an overview of the issue of multi-criteria techniques from the past forty-four years, allowing other academics to use this research as a starting point for their studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-02ad227c5c41413484f46256a51ff1b62023-11-23T13:54:47ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922022-05-011111172010.3390/electronics11111720A Systematic Review of the Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Methods (1977–2022)Marcio Pereira Basílio0Valdecy Pereira1Helder Gomes Costa2Marcos Santos3Amartya Ghosh4Military Police of the Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-901, BrazilDepartment of Production Engineering, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niteroi 24210-240, BrazilDepartment of Production Engineering, Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niteroi 24210-240, BrazilMilitary Institute of Engineering (IME), Rio de Janeiro 21941-901, BrazilSymbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM), Hyderabad 509217, IndiaMulticriteria methods have gained traction in academia and industry practices for effective decision-making. This systematic review investigates and presents an overview of multi-criteria approaches research conducted over forty-four years. The Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases were searched for papers on multi-criteria methods with titles, abstracts, keywords, and articles from January 1977 to 29 April 2022. Using the R Bibliometrix tool, the bibliographic data was evaluated. According to this bibliometric analysis, in 131 countries over the past forty-four years, 33,201 authors have written 23,494 documents on multi-criteria methods. This area’s scientific output increases by 14.18 percent every year. China has the highest percentage of publications at 18.50 percent, followed by India at 10.62 percent and Iran at 7.75 percent. Islamic Azad University has the most publications with 504, followed by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University with 456 and the National Institute of Technology with 336. <i>Expert Systems with Applications</i>, <i>Sustainability</i>, and the <i>Journal of Cleaner Production</i> are the top journals, accounting for over 4.67 percent of all indexed works. In addition, E. Zavadskas and J. Wang have the most papers in the multi-criteria approaches sector. AHP, followed by TOPSIS, VIKOR, PROMETHEE, and ANP, is the most popular multi-criteria decision-making method among the ten nations with the most publications in this field. The bibliometric literature review method enables researchers to investigate the multi-criteria research area in greater depth than the conventional literature review method. It allows a vast dataset of bibliographic records to be statistically and systematically evaluated, producing insightful insights. This bibliometric study is helpful because it provides an overview of the issue of multi-criteria techniques from the past forty-four years, allowing other academics to use this research as a starting point for their studies.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/11/11/1720systematic reviewmulticriteriaMCDAMCDMMADMMODM |
| spellingShingle | Marcio Pereira Basílio Valdecy Pereira Helder Gomes Costa Marcos Santos Amartya Ghosh A Systematic Review of the Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Methods (1977–2022) Electronics systematic review multicriteria MCDA MCDM MADM MODM |
| title | A Systematic Review of the Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Methods (1977–2022) |
| title_full | A Systematic Review of the Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Methods (1977–2022) |
| title_fullStr | A Systematic Review of the Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Methods (1977–2022) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review of the Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Methods (1977–2022) |
| title_short | A Systematic Review of the Applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Aid Methods (1977–2022) |
| title_sort | systematic review of the applications of multi criteria decision aid methods 1977 2022 |
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