Muhammad Riaz

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
211 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Riaz is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Riaz has authored 211 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 163 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 60 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 56 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Riaz's work include Multi-Criteria Decision Making (143 papers), Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory (69 papers) and Optimization and Mathematical Programming (53 papers). Muhammad Riaz is often cited by papers focused on Multi-Criteria Decision Making (143 papers), Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory (69 papers) and Optimization and Mathematical Programming (53 papers). Muhammad Riaz collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Serbia. Muhammad Riaz's co-authors include Hafiz Muhammad Athar Farid, Masooma Raza Hashmi, Syeda Tayyba Tehrim, Dragan Pamučar, Muhammad Aslam, Khalid Naeem, Deeba Afzal, Yu‐Ming Chu, Ronnason Chinram and Florentín Smarandache and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Riaz

198 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Linear Diophantine fuzzy set and its applications towards multi-attribute decision-making problems

2019 305 citations Muhammad Riaz, Masooma Raza Hashmi profile →
q-rung orthopair fuzzy Aczel–Alsina aggregation operators with multi-criteria decision-making

2023 79 citations Hafiz Muhammad Athar Farid, Muhammad Riaz Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Riaz Pakistan	35	3.1k	1.2k	1.1k	692	624	211	3.9k
Xunjie Gou China	33	3.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	863 0.8×	540 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	89	4.3k
Ligang Zhou China	35	3.5k 1.1×	931 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 1.5×	971 1.6×	169	4.2k
Tapan Senapati China	29	3.3k 1.1×	797 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	699 1.0×	737 1.2×	146	4.0k
Kifayat Ullah Pakistan	30	3.1k 1.0×	789 0.7×	1.4k 1.3×	827 1.2×	619 1.0×	124	3.9k
Jiu-Ying Dong China	39	3.3k 1.1×	745 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	762 1.1×	994 1.6×	117	4.0k
Zeeshan Ali Pakistan	28	2.7k 0.9×	811 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	743 1.1×	613 1.0×	174	3.2k
Shahzaib Ashraf Pakistan	30	2.9k 0.9×	817 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	795 1.1×	469 0.8×	131	3.4k
José Carlos R. Alcantud Spain	41	3.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.9×	773 0.7×	518 0.7×	716 1.1×	179	4.5k
Xiaolu Zhang China	20	3.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	961 1.4×	550 0.9×	45	3.7k
Saleem Abdullah Pakistan	42	5.1k 1.7×	1.5k 1.3×	2.6k 2.4×	1.6k 2.2×	967 1.5×	272	6.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Riaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Preferences Relative Ordering by Frequency Inclusion Technique (PROFIT) for optimizing performance evaluation. Applied Soft Computing. 184. 113807–113807.

Mahmood, Tahir, et al.. (2025). Advanced real-time monitoring techniques for high-dimensional data streams in industrial two-sample analysis. Production Engineering. 19(6). 1177–1193.

Farid, Hafiz Muhammad Athar, Muhammad Riaz, Patrick Siarry, & Vladimir Šimić. (2025). Enhanced decision-making for urban climate change transportation policies using q-rung orthopair fuzzy rough fairly information aggregation. Information Sciences. 702. 121900–121900. 1 indexed citations

Abbas, Tahir, et al.. (2024). Designing Bayesian paradigm-based CUSUM scheme for monitoring shape parameter of the Inverse Gaussian distribution. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 192. 110235–110235. 4 indexed citations

Riaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Sustainable renewable energy systems with entropy based step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis and combined compromise solution. Renewable Energy. 235. 121310–121310. 20 indexed citations

Farid, Hafiz Muhammad Athar, Muhammad Riaz, Rukhsana Kausar, & Vladimir Šimić. (2024). Assessment of environment-conscious propulsion technologies for road freight distribution based on T-spherical fuzzy Schweizer-Sklar power operators. Information Sciences. 676. 120819–120819. 6 indexed citations

Riaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Cubic picture fuzzy topological data analysis with integrating blockchain and the metaverse for uncertain supply chain management. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 131. 107827–107827. 12 indexed citations

Riaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). How will I break AI? Post-Luddism in the AI age: Fuzzy MCDM synergy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 202. 123327–123327. 11 indexed citations

Khan, Zareen A., et al.. (2024). Picture fuzzy complex proportional assessment approach with step-wise weight assessment ratio analysis and criteria importance through intercriteria correlation. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 139. 109554–109554.

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Abbas, Zameer, Hafiz Zafar Nazir, & Muhammad Riaz. (2024). A distribution-free adaptive CUSUM-sign chart for monitoring shifts in the location of unknown industrial process. Statistics. 58(4). 961–982. 2 indexed citations

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Riaz, Muhammad, Hafiz Muhammad Athar Farid, & Faruk Karaaslan. (2023). Linear Diophantine Fuzzy Aggregation Operators with Multi-Criteria Decision-Making. 4(1). 24–35. 16 indexed citations

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Riaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Emerging Trends in Social Networking Systems and Generation Gap with Neutrosophic Crisp Soft Mapping. Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. 136(2). 1759–1783. 7 indexed citations

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Iram, Shamaila, Hussain Al-Aqrabi, Hafiz Muhammad Athar Farid, et al.. (2023). An Innovative Machine Learning Technique for the Prediction of Weather Based Smart Home Energy Consumption. IEEE Access. 11. 76300–76320. 15 indexed citations

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Alsboui, Tariq, Richard Hill, Hussain Al-Aqrabi, et al.. (2022). A Dynamic Multi-Mobile Agent Itinerary Planning Approach in Wireless Sensor Networks via Intuitionistic Fuzzy Set. Sensors. 22(20). 8037–8037. 12 indexed citations

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Riaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). New MCDM Algorithms with Linear Diophantine Fuzzy Soft TOPSIS, VIKOR and Aggregation Operators. Mathematics. 10(17). 3080–3080. 10 indexed citations

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Riaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2021). M-Parameterized N-Soft Topology-Based TOPSIS Approach for Multi-Attribute Decision Making. Symmetry. 13(5). 748–748. 14 indexed citations

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Riaz, Muhammad, Anam Habib, Muhammad Jabir Khan, & Poom Kumam. (2021). Correlation Coefficients for Cubic Bipolar Fuzzy Sets With Applications to Pattern Recognition and Clustering Analysis. IEEE Access. 9. 109053–109066. 15 indexed citations

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Riaz, Muhammad, et al.. (2020). q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Geometric Aggregation Operators Based on Generalized and Group-Generalized Parameters with Application to Water Loss Management. Symmetry. 12(8). 1236–1236. 26 indexed citations

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Abbas, Tariq, Zhiwei Xu, Muhammad Younus, Abdul Qayyum, & Muhammad Riaz. (2017). Seasonality in hospital admissions of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and its dependence on ambient temperature—empirical evidence from Pakistan. International Journal of Biometeorology. 61(11). 1893–1897. 13 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Rasmus Hjorth, et al.. (2008). On the potential of using the cable trench problem in planning of ICT access networks. VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet). 2. 585–588. 5 indexed citations

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