Neutrosophic Sets and Systems: A Decade of Scientific Contribution and Growth

Abstract

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems (NSS) has become an important Journal for neutrosophic 
theory and its applications in uncertainty modeling and decision sciences. In 2023, NSS celebrated its 
10th anniversary, marking a decade of contributions to scientific literature. Motivated by this event, 
this paper provides a critical bibliometric analysis of NSS’s evolution as a leading academic journal 
in neutrosophy. This study explores the publication trends, citation impact, most productive 
authors, institutions, and global collaboration networks of NSS. The study maps bibliographic 
coupling, keyword co-occurrence and co-citation analysis using data from the Scopus database, 
secondary search using NSS webpage, and visualization tools like the VOSviewer. The findings 
identify Neutrosophic Sets, Decision-Making, and Fuzzy Sets as the most frequently studied 
keywords that highlight the increasing integration of neutrosophic approaches into multi-criteria 
decision-making (MCDM) and soft computing. The results indicate the most significant areas of 
research that are topology, soft set theory, hypersoft sets, and uncertainty modeling. The findings 
highlight the NSS increasing international collaboration, with contributions from America, Middle 
East, and Asia. Additionally, the analysis explores NSS’s alignment with sustainable development 
goals (SDGs), revealing notable contributions to good health and well-being (SDG 3), quality 
education (SDG 4), and peace, justice, and strong institutions (SDG 16). These contributions highlight 
how neutrosophic sets and systems is valuable across many researchers, from public health to 
governance to education. Overall, this paper serves as a fundamental study for researchers looking 
to explore emerging trends and novel applications of neutrosophic theories across diverse scientific 
and practical domains. 

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14841861