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Group Decision and Negotiation
H-index 14

Group Decision and Negotiation

0926-2644

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10726

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Business and Management 414 14 20 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 62
Documents by Best Scientists*: 75
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 73
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.641
Impact Factor: 2.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Group Decision and Negotiation?

The main research concerns discussed in Group Decision and Negotiation are Negotiation, Knowledge management, Social psychology, Group decision-making and Management science. The journal explores issues in Negotiation which can be linked to other research areas like Outcome (game theory), Microeconomics, Public relations and Process (engineering). The studies in Knowledge management featured incorporate elements of Context (language use), Decision support system and Process management.

Discussions in it are anchored in the subject of Decision support system and the similar topic of Decision analysis. It features studies on Decision analysis, including topics such as Decision engineering. The journal investigates Social psychology research which frequently intersects with Perception.

Some problems in Group decision-making that were presented in the journal overlapped with concepts under Preference (economics), Group (mathematics), Mathematical optimization, Artificial intelligence and Operations research.

  • Negotiation (32.83%)
  • Knowledge management (19.95%)
  • Social psychology (16.19%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Automated Negotiation: Prospects, Methods and Challenges (1262 citations)
  • A Classification Scheme for Negotiation in Electronic Commerce (472 citations)
  • Some Hesitant Fuzzy Aggregation Operators with Their Application in Group Decision Making (338 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Group Decision and Negotiation:

The most cited articles aim to foster the development of research in Negotiation, Social psychology, Knowledge management, Group decision-making and Management science. The studies on Negotiation discussed at the journal publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Outcome (game theory), Microeconomics, Information system and Process (engineering). Issues in Management science were discussed in the published articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Conflict resolution and Operations research.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • World War II
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The foci of Group Decision and Negotiation are Negotiation, Social psychology, Process (engineering), Mathematical economics and Outcome (game theory). The Negotiation works featured in it incorporate elements from Distributive property, Conflict resolution and Operations research. While it focused on Social psychology, it was also able to explore topics like Confirmatory factor analysis, Backlash, Preference and Wage.

Topics in Process (engineering) were tackled in line with various other fields like Knowledge management, Solver, Group decision-making and Scale (social sciences). Knowledge management research presented in the journal encompasses a variety of subjects, including New product development, Operationalization and Ordinary least squares. The journal focuses on Group decision-making but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Theoretical computer science, Rule-based machine translation and Transitive relation.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Managing Ignorance Elements and Personalized Individual Semantics Under Incomplete Linguistic Distribution Context in Group Decision Making (13 citations)
  • The Recommendation Method for Hotel Selection Under Traveller Preference Characteristics: A Cloud-Based Multi-Criteria Group Decision Support Model (8 citations)
  • Consensus-Based Linguistic Distribution Large-Scale Group Decision Making Using Statistical Inference and Regret Theory. (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Group Decision and Negotiation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Keith W. Hipel (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • D. Marc Kilgour (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Melvin F. Shakun (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gregory E. Kersten (17 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Fran Ackermann (16 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Group Decision and Negotiation (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Waterloo (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Delft University of Technology (34 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • University of Arizona (30 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wilfrid Laurier University (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • New York University (27 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 8.77% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.38% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.69% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 26.92% of all publications and 50.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Understanding the Significance of Business Schools in Advancing Group Decision and Negotiation

It is noteworthy to acknowledge the role of business education in honing and nurturing decision-making and negotiation skills among students. Specifically, business schools provide a conducive environment for students to explore, understand, and master various aspects of group decision-making and negotiation, which are highlighted as crucial research topics in the field. Business schools, such as the best business schools in Ohio, provide comprehensive courses that blend theoretical and practical components. These courses often cover negotiation, social psychology, mathematical economics, knowledge management, and more.

Additionally, business schools actively promote research in these areas, with many articles published in prominent journals like the Group Decision and Negotiation being the products of vigorous academic endeavors within business school environments. In the context of advancing knowledge in group decision-making and negotiation, the relevancy and significance of business schools cannot be understated. Thus, candidates aspiring to contribute to these evolving research areas might greatly benefit from enrolling in a business school best suited to their career goals and academic interests.

Top Publications

  • The Graph Model for Conflict Resolution: Reflections on Three Decades of Development

    Keith W. Hipel;Keith W. Hipel;Keith W. Hipel;Liping Fang;Liping Fang;D. Marc Kilgour;D. Marc Kilgour

    (2020)
    54 Citations
  • Modelling Stakeholder Dynamics for Supporting Group Decision and Negotiation: Theory to Practice

    Colin Eden;Fran Ackermann

    (2021)
    20 Citations
  • Who is Best at Mediating a Social Conflict? Comparing Robots, Screens and Humans

    Daniel Druckman;Daniel Druckman;Daniel Druckman;Lin Adrian;Malene Flensborg Damholdt;Michael Filzmoser

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • A Competency Framework for Participatory Modeling

    (2023)
    14 Citations
  • The Relationship Between Unlearning and Innovation Ambidexterity with the Performance of New Product Development Teams

    Atif Açıkgöz;Irem Demirkan;Gary P. Latham;Cemil Kuzey

    (2021)
    14 Citations
  • Investigating Students’ Satisfaction with Online Collaborative Learning During the COVID-19 Period: An Expectation-Confirmation Model

    (2023)
    13 Citations
  • An Integer Programming Approach to Solving the Inverse Graph Model for Conflict Resolution with Two Decision Makers

    Yu Han;Haiyan Xu;Liping Fang;Keith W. Hipel;Keith W. Hipel;Keith W. Hipel

    (2021)
    11 Citations
  • Using Collaboration Engineering to Mitigate Low Participation, Distraction, and Learning Inefficiency to Support Collaborative Learning in Industry

    Xusen Cheng;Shixuan Fu;Gert-Jan de Vreede;Yuanyuan Li

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Unveiling and Unraveling Aggregation and Dispersion Fallacies in Group MCDM

    (2023)
    7 Citations

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