Topic · Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory
Most cited papers in Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory
What are the most cited papers in Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory?
The most cited paper in Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory is "Soft set theory—First results" (Dmitriy Anatolievich Molodtsov, 1999), with 4,721 citations. Next come "Operations on fuzzy numbers" (2,700) and "Pythagorean fuzzy subsets" (2,468).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 290 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soft set theory—First results Dmitriy Anatolievich Molodtsov · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | Feb 1999 | 4,721 |
| 2 | Operations on fuzzy numbers Didier Dubois, Henri M. Prade · International Journal of Systems Science | Jun 1978 | 2,700 |
| 3 | Pythagorean fuzzy subsets Ronald R. Yager | Jun 2013 | 2,468 |
| 4 | Fuzzy topological spaces C. L. Chang · Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications | Oct 1968 | 2,329 |
| 5 | Soft set theory Pabitra Kumar Maji, Ranjit Biswas, Arijit Roy · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | Feb 2003 | 2,282 |
| 6 | A definition of a nonprobabilistic entropy in the setting of fuzzy sets theory Aldo de Luca, S. Termini · Information and Control | May 1972 | 2,269 |
| 7 | An application of soft sets in a decision making problem Pabitra Kumar Maji, Arijit Roy, Ranjit Biswas · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | Oct 2002 | 1,745 |
| 8 | Vague sets Wen-Bing Gau, Daniel J. Buehrer · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics | 1993 | 1,648 |
| 9 | On some results in fuzzy metric spaces Aravind George, P. Veeramani · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Jun 1994 | 1,575 |
| 10 | On some new operations in soft set theory Muhammad İrfan Ali, Feng Feng, Xiaoyan Liu et al. · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | 2 Jan 2009 | 1,459 |
| 11 | Semi-Open Sets and Semi-Continuity in Topological Spaces Norman S. Levine · American Mathematical Monthly | 1963 | 1,348 |
| 12 | Fuzzy groups Azriel Rosenfeld · Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications | Sep 1971 | 1,333 |
| 13 | Soft sets and soft groups Hacı Aktaş, Naim Çağman · Information Sciences | 16 Jan 2007 | 1,118 |
| 14 | FUNCTORIAL SEMANTICS OF ALGEBRAIC THEORIES F. William Lawvere · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Nov 1963 | 1,079 |
| 15 | Fuzzy algorithms Lotfi A. Zadeh · Information and Control | Feb 1968 | 1,065 |
| 16 | Fuzzy topology. I. Neighborhood structure of a fuzzy point and Moore-Smith convergence Pu Pao-Ming, Liu Ying-ming · Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications | Aug 1980 | 995 |
| 17 | Fixed points in fuzzy metric spaces Mariusz Grabiec · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Sep 1988 | 983 |
| 18 | On soft topological spaces Muhammad Shabir, Munazza Naz · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | 7 Mar 2011 | 965 |
| 19 | A fuzzy soft set theoretic approach to decision making problems Arijit Roy, Pabitra Kumar Maji · Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics | 31 Mar 2007 | 952 |
| 20 | Fuzzy topological spaces and fuzzy compactness R. Löwen · Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications | Dec 1976 | 899 |
| 21 | On Fuzzy Mapping and Control Sheldon S. L. Chang, L. A. Zadeh · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics | 1972 | 895 |
| 22 | On a general class of fuzzy connectives Ronald R. Yager · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Nov 1980 | 796 |
| 23 | On fuzzy metric spaces Osmo Kaleva, Seppo Seikkala · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Apr 1984 | 778 |
| 24 | Some properties of fuzzy sets of type 2 M. Mizumoto, Kokichi Tanaka · Information and Control | Aug 1976 | 777 |
| 25 | Metric spaces of fuzzy sets Phil Diamond, Peter E. Kloeden · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Apr 1990 | 768 |
| 26 | On the relationship between some extensions of fuzzy set theory Glad Deschrijver, Etienne E. Kerre · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 30 Dec 2002 | 768 |
| 27 | Interpretation of AF C∗-algebras in Łukasiewicz sentential calculus Daniele Mundici · Journal of Functional Analysis | 1986 | 706 |
| 28 | An introduction to intuitionistic fuzzy topological spaces Doğan Çoker · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | May 1997 | 692 |
| 29 | Soft sets combined with fuzzy sets and rough sets: a tentative approach Feng Feng, Changxing Li, Bijan Davvaz et al. · Soft Computing | 26 Jun 2009 | 674 |
| 30 | Soft set theory and uni–int decision making Naim Çağman, Serdar Enginoğlu · European Journal of Operational Research | 13 May 2010 | 667 |
| 31 | The parameterization reduction of soft sets and its applications Degang Chen, Eric C.C. Tsang, Daniel So Yeung et al. · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | Apr 2005 | 656 |
| 32 | A general class of fuzzy operators, the demorgan class of fuzzy operators and fuzziness measures induced by fuzzy operators József Dániel Dombi · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Aug 1982 | 640 |
| 33 | Representation of Distributive Lattices by means of ordered Stone Spaces Hilary A. Priestley · Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society | Jul 1970 | 621 |
| 34 | Quantitative fuzzy semantics Lotfi A. Zadeh · Information Sciences | Apr 1971 | 608 |
| 35 | Intuitionistic fuzzy metric spaces Jin Han Park · Chaos Solitons & Fractals | 8 May 2004 | 588 |
| 36 | CALCULUS OF FUZZY RESTRICTIONS Lotfi A. Zadeh · Elsevier eBooks | 1975 | 588 |
| 37 | Soft semirings Feng Feng, Young Bae Jun, Xianzhong Zhao · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | 10 Aug 2008 | 579 |
| 38 | On the Representation of Intuitionistic Fuzzy>tex/textex/tex<-Conorms Glad Deschrijver, Chris Cornelis, Etienne E. Kerre · IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems | Feb 2004 | 565 |
| 39 | Fuzzy invariant subgroups and fuzzy ideals Liu Wang-jin · Fuzzy Sets and Systems | Aug 1982 | 556 |
| 40 | BIRATIONAL GEOMETRY OF ALGEBRAIC VARIETIES (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics 134) P. Μ. H. Wilson · Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society | 2000 | 554 |
| 41 | Soft sets and soft rough sets Feng Feng, Xiaoyan Liu, Violeta Leoreanu-Fotea et al. · Information Sciences | 20 Nov 2010 | 540 |
| 42 | Some remarks ons-convex functions Henryk Hudzik, Lech Maligranda · Aequationes Mathematicae | Aug 1994 | 534 |
| 43 | An adjustable approach to fuzzy soft set based decision making Feng Feng, Young Bae Jun, Xiaoyan Liu et al. · Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics | 3 Dec 2009 | 523 |
| 44 | Picture fuzzy sets Bùi Công Cường · Journal of Computer Science and Cybernetics | 2 Feb 2015 | 506 |
| 45 | Presentations of faithful d.g. near-rings J. D. P. Meldrum · Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society | Feb 1980 | 481 |
| 46 | Combination of interval-valued fuzzy set and soft set Xibei Yang, Tsau Young Lin, Jingyu Yang et al. · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | 12 Jun 2009 | 479 |
| 47 | On the classification of inductive limits of sequences of semisimple finite-dimensional algebras George A. Elliott · Journal of Algebra | 1976 | 469 |
| 48 | Soft matrix theory and its decision making Naim Çağman, Serdar Enginoğlu · Computers & Mathematics with Applications | 12 Apr 2010 | 468 |
| 49 | Some remarks on fuzzy graphs Prabir Bhattacharya · Pattern Recognition Letters | Dec 1987 | 459 |
| 50 | Hesitant fuzzy prioritized operators and their application to multiple attribute decision making Guiwu Wei · Knowledge-Based Systems | 16 Mar 2012 | 438 |
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