Kifayat Ullah

5.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
124 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Kifayat Ullah is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Control and Systems Engineering and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Kifayat Ullah has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 114 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 58 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 32 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Kifayat Ullah's work include Multi-Criteria Decision Making (113 papers), Optimization and Mathematical Programming (58 papers) and Fuzzy Systems and Optimization (32 papers). Kifayat Ullah is often cited by papers focused on Multi-Criteria Decision Making (113 papers), Optimization and Mathematical Programming (58 papers) and Fuzzy Systems and Optimization (32 papers). Kifayat Ullah collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Serbia. Kifayat Ullah's co-authors include Tahir Mahmood, Naeem Jan, Qaisar Khan, Abrar Hussain, Harish Garg, Zeeshan Ali, Dragan Pamučar, Maria Akram, Shi Yin and Amir Hussain and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Expert Systems with Applications and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Kifayat Ullah

116 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

An approach toward decision-making and medical diagnosis ... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 2022 2024 2024 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An approach toward decision-making and medical diagnosis problems using the concept of spherical fuzzy sets
    2018 655 citations Tahir Mahmood, Kifayat Ullah et al. profile →
  2. On some distance measures of complex Pythagorean fuzzy sets and their applications in pattern recognition
    2019 297 citations Kifayat Ullah, Tahir Mahmood et al. Complex & Intelligent Systems profile →
  3. Enhancing Digital Innovation for the Sustainable Transformation of Manufacturing Industry: A Pressure-State-Response System Framework to Perceptions of Digital Green Innovation and Its Performance for Green and Intelligent Manufacturing
    2022 179 citations Shi Yin, Kifayat Ullah et al. profile →
  4. A Multi-Criteria Group Decision-Making Approach for Robot Selection Using Interval-Valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Information and Aczel-Alsina Bonferroni Means
    2024 75 citations Kifayat Ullah, Maria Akram et al. profile →
  5. An Intelligent Decision Support System for Spherical Fuzzy Sugeno-Weber Aggregation Operators and Real-Life Applications
    2024 66 citations Abrar Hussain, Kifayat Ullah profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kifayat Ullah Pakistan 30 3.1k 1.4k 827 789 619 124 3.9k
Shouzhen Zeng China 39 3.3k 1.1× 1.5k 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 787 1.0× 715 1.2× 171 4.4k
Tapan Senapati China 29 3.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 699 0.8× 797 1.0× 737 1.2× 146 4.0k
Ligang Zhou China 35 3.5k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 1.2× 931 1.2× 971 1.6× 169 4.2k
Xiaolu Zhang China 20 3.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 961 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 550 0.9× 45 3.7k
Fanyong Meng China 34 3.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 868 1.0× 858 1.1× 1.0k 1.6× 176 3.5k
Xunjie Gou China 33 3.2k 1.0× 863 0.6× 540 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 1.1k 1.7× 89 4.3k
Muhammad Riaz Pakistan 35 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 692 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 624 1.0× 211 3.9k
Shahzaib Ashraf Pakistan 30 2.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 795 1.0× 817 1.0× 469 0.8× 131 3.4k
Jiu-Ying Dong China 39 3.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 762 0.9× 745 0.9× 994 1.6× 117 4.0k

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All Works

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Ullah, Kifayat, et al.. (2025). Supplier selection based on group decision making using q-rung orthopair fuzzy Aczel Alsina Hamy mean operators. International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems. 29(3). 375–403.
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Božanić, Darko, Adis Puška, Duško Tešić, et al.. (2025). FUZZY AHP - FUZZY MABAC MODEL FOR RANKING A COMBINED CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - BACKHOE LOADER. Facta Universitatis Series Mechanical Engineering.
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Hussain, Amir, Kifayat Ullah, Nezir Aydın, & Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju. (2024). A new approach towards analysis of life cycle of energy storage systems: An intuitionistic fuzzy rough based TODIM approach. Energy Reports. 13. 59–67. 5 indexed citations
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Ullah, Kifayat, et al.. (2024). Pythagorean fuzzy aczel-alsina power bonferroni mean operators for multi-attribute decision-making. Granular Computing. 9(1). 5 indexed citations
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Hussain, Abrar, et al.. (2024). Decision-making for solar panel selection using Sugeno-Weber triangular norm-based on q-rung orthopair fuzzy information. Frontiers in Energy Research. 11. 27 indexed citations
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Hussain, Abrar, et al.. (2024). Intuitionistic fuzzy muirhead means motivated by frank triangular norms. Computational and Applied Mathematics. 43(6). 3 indexed citations
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Ullah, Kifayat, et al.. (2024). Decision Support System for Single‐Valued Neutrosophic Aczel–Alsina Aggregation Operators Based on Known Weights. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2024(1). 2 indexed citations
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Hussain, Abrar & Kifayat Ullah. (2024). An Intelligent Decision Support System for Spherical Fuzzy Sugeno-Weber Aggregation Operators and Real-Life Applications. 1(1). 177–188. 66 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hussain, Abrar, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of Data Analysis Software Using T-Spherical Fuzzy Einstein Aggregation Operators With Unknown Weights. IEEE Access. 12. 124095–124110. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Lijun, Abrar Hussain, Kifayat Ullah, Sughra Bibi, & Shi Yin. (2024). Decision Algorithm for q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Information Based on Schweizer-Sklar Aggregation Operators With Applications in Agricultural Systems. IEEE Access. 12. 25762–25778. 10 indexed citations
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Hussain, Abrar, Haolun Wang, Kifayat Ullah, & Dragan Pamučar. (2023). Novel intuitionistic fuzzy Aczel Alsina Hamy mean operators and their applications in the assessment of construction material. Complex & Intelligent Systems. 10(1). 1061–1086. 34 indexed citations
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Wang, Haolun, et al.. (2023). A novel CODAS approach based on Heronian Minkowski distance operator for T-spherical fuzzy multiple attribute group decision-making. Expert Systems with Applications. 244. 122928–122928. 16 indexed citations
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Ali, Amir S., Kifayat Ullah, & Amir Hussain. (2023). An approach to multi-attribute decision-making based on intuitionistic fuzzy soft information and Aczel-Alsina operational laws. 3(1). 80–89. 60 indexed citations
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Ullah, Kifayat, et al.. (2022). Application of Hamacher Aggregation Operators in the Selection of the Cite for Pilot Health Project based on Complex T-spherical Fuzzy Information. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2022. 1–13. 10 indexed citations
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Hussain, Abrar, Ahmed Alsanad, Kifayat Ullah, et al.. (2021). Investigating the Short‐Circuit Problem Using the Planarity Index of Complex q‐Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Planar Graphs. Complexity. 2021(1). 11 indexed citations
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