| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Intuitionistic fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1986 | 12,130 |
| 2 | Fuzzy sets as a basis for a theory of possibility | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1978 | 7,654 |
| 3 | Fuzzy programming and linear programming with several objective functions | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1978 | 3,042 |
| 4 | Extensions of the TOPSIS for group decision-making under fuzzy environment | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2000 | 2,874 |
| 5 | Fuzzy hierarchical analysis | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1985 | 2,497 |
| 6 | Interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1989 | 2,492 |
| 7 | Toward a theory of fuzzy information granulation and its centrality in human reasoning and fuzzy logic | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1997 | 2,465 |
| 8 | Fuzzy sets as a basis for a theory of possibility | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1999 | 2,355 |
| 9 | Structure identification of fuzzy model | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1988 | 2,283 |
| 10 | On the logic of theory change: Partial meet contraction and revision functions | Journal of Symbolic Logic | 1985 | 2,254 |
| 11 | Metamathematics of Fuzzy Logic | Trends in Logic | 1998 | 2,247 |
| 12 | A fuzzy extension of Saaty's priority theory | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1983 | 2,136 |
| 13 | Stability analysis and design of fuzzy control systems | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1992 | 2,030 |
| 14 | Triangular Norms | Trends in Logic | 2000 | 1,849 |
| 15 | Generalized quantifiers and natural language | Linguistics and Philosophy | 1981 | 1,756 |
| 16 | Scorekeeping in a language game | Journal of Philosophical Logic | 1979 | 1,367 |
| 17 | Linguistic decision analysis: steps for solving decision problems under linguistic information | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2000 | 1,342 |
| 18 | Fuzzy differential equations | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1987 | 1,341 |
| 19 | Distances between intuitionistic fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2000 | 1,333 |
| 20 | The role of fuzzy logic in the management of uncertainty in expert systems | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1983 | 1,260 |
| 21 | A formulation of the simple theory of types | Journal of Symbolic Logic | 1940 | 1,236 |
| 22 | More on intuitionistic fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1989 | 1,183 |
| 23 | Decision-making with a fuzzy preference relation | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1978 | 1,130 |
| 24 | Elementary fuzzy calculus | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1986 | 1,059 |
| 25 | Fuzzy preference orderings in group decision making | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1984 | 1,044 |
| 26 | Families of OWA operators | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1993 | 1,038 |
| 27 | A model of consensus in group decision making under linguistic assessments | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1996 | 1,010 |
| 28 | Handling multicriteria fuzzy decision-making problems based on vague set theory | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1994 | 991 |
| 29 | Forecasting enrollments with fuzzy time series — Part I | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1993 | 972 |
| 30 | Ranking fuzzy numbers with integral value | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1992 | 955 |
| 31 | Forecasting enrollments based on fuzzy time series | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1996 | 947 |
| 32 | Dynamic predicate logic | Linguistics and Philosophy | 1991 | 940 |
| 33 | On some results in fuzzy metric spaces | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1994 | 934 |
| 34 | Fuzzy time series and its models | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1993 | 926 |
| 35 | A method of inference in approximate reasoning based on interval-valued fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1987 | 899 |
| 36 | Multicriteria fuzzy decision-making problems based on vague set theory | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2000 | 890 |
| 37 | Interval valued fuzzy sets based on normal forms | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1986 | 874 |
| 38 | A comparative study of fuzzy rough sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2002 | 860 |
| 39 | Latent connectives in human decision making | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1980 | 840 |
| 40 | A review of some methods for ranking fuzzy subsets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1985 | 830 |
| 41 | Generalizations of the differentiability of fuzzy-number-valued functions with applications to fuzzy differential equations | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2005 | 806 |
| 42 | Entropy for intuitionistic fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2001 | 786 |
| 43 | Uninorm aggregation operators | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1996 | 782 |
| 44 | An application of intuitionistic fuzzy sets in medical diagnosis | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2001 | 771 |
| 45 | A completeness theorem in modal logic | Journal of Symbolic Logic | 1959 | 769 |
| 46 | Vague sets are intuitionistic fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1996 | 764 |
| 47 | Ranking fuzzy numbers with maximizing set and minimizing set | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1985 | 757 |
| 48 | k-order additive discrete fuzzy measures and their representation | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1997 | 755 |
| 49 | The logic of paradox | Journal of Philosophical Logic | 1979 | 745 |
| 50 | Induction of fuzzy decision trees | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1995 | 742 |
| 51 | On a general class of fuzzy connectives | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1980 | 739 |
| 52 | Monoidal t-norm based logictowards a logic for left-continuous t-norms | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2001 | 738 |
| 53 | The DLV system for knowledge representation and reasoning | ACM Transactions on Computational Logic | 2006 | 737 |
| 54 | Syntax and semantics of questions | Linguistics and Philosophy | 1977 | 733 |
| 55 | A fusion approach for managing multi-granularity linguistic term sets in decision making | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2000 | 716 |
| 56 | Ten years of genetic fuzzy systems: current framework and new trends | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2004 | 705 |
| 57 | Fuzzy sets in approximate reasoning, Part 1: Inference with possibility distributions | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1991 | 703 |
| 58 | Algebraic Foundations of Many-Valued Reasoning | Trends in Logic | 2000 | 700 |
| 59 | Why triangular membership functions? | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1994 | 699 |
| 60 | Forecasting enrollments with fuzzy time series — part II | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1994 | 690 |
| 61 | Integrating three representation models in fuzzy multipurpose decision making based on fuzzy preference relations | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1998 | 689 |
| 62 | Vagueness and grammar: the semantics of relative and absolute gradable adjectives | Linguistics and Philosophy | 2007 | 677 |
| 63 | Hedges: A study in meaning criteria and the logic of fuzzy concepts | Journal of Philosophical Logic | 1973 | 674 |
| 64 | On the fuzzy initial value problem | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1987 | 669 |
| 65 | On possibilistic mean value and variance of fuzzy numbers | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2001 | 669 |
| 66 | New operations defined over the intuitionistic fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1994 | 666 |
| 67 | On the calculus of relations | Journal of Symbolic Logic | 1941 | 665 |
| 68 | Defuzzification: criteria and classification | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1999 | 652 |
| 69 | Possibilistic linear programming: a brief review of fuzzy mathematical programming and a comparison with stochastic programming in portfolio selection problem | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2000 | 648 |
| 70 | The mean value of a fuzzy number | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1987 | 645 |
| 71 | On the relationship between some extensions of fuzzy set theory | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2003 | 639 |
| 72 | Fuzzy variables | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1978 | 635 |
| 73 | The algebra of events | Linguistics and Philosophy | 1986 | 633 |
| 74 | Entropy on intuitionistic fuzzy sets and on interval-valued fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1996 | 632 |
| 75 | A new approach for ranking fuzzy numbers by distance method | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1998 | 629 |
| 76 | Group decision making with a fuzzy linguistic majority | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1986 | 627 |
| 77 | Operations on type-2 fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2001 | 623 |
| 78 | What ?must? and ?can? must and can mean | Linguistics and Philosophy | 1977 | 622 |
| 79 | Operators over interval valued intuitionistic fuzzy sets | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1994 | 621 |
| 80 | The relative efficiency of propositional proof systems | Journal of Symbolic Logic | 1979 | 612 |
| 81 | Direct approach processes in group decision making using linguistic OWA operators | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1996 | 612 |
| 82 | An interpretation of fuzzy measures and the Choquet integral as an integral with respect to a fuzzy measure | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1989 | 609 |
| 83 | The max-min Delphi method and fuzzy Delphi method via fuzzy integration | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1993 | 603 |
| 84 | Mechanisms and the nature of causation | Erkenntnis | 1996 | 602 |
| 85 | Chance constrained programming with fuzzy parameters | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1998 | 591 |
| 86 | The fine structure of the constructible hierarchy | Annals of Mathematical Logic | 1972 | 585 |
| 87 | Foundational aspects of theories of measurement | Journal of Symbolic Logic | 1958 | 584 |
| 88 | Fuzzy integral in multicriteria decision making | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1995 | 583 |
| 89 | Referential and quantificational indefinites | Linguistics and Philosophy | 1982 | 582 |
| 90 | Events, processes, and states | Linguistics and Philosophy | 1978 | 575 |
| 91 | Context and Logical Form | Linguistics and Philosophy | 2000 | 574 |
| 92 | Completeness in the theory of types | Journal of Symbolic Logic | 1950 | 571 |
| 93 | Fragments and ellipsis | Linguistics and Philosophy | 2005 | 570 |
| 94 | Fixed points in fuzzy metric spaces | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1988 | 565 |
| 95 | On fuzzy metric spaces | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1984 | 552 |
| 96 | A fuzzy representation of data for relational databases | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 1982 | 550 |
| 97 | Distances between intuitionistic fuzzy sets and/or interval-valued fuzzy sets based on the Hausdorff metric | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2004 | 545 |
| 98 | Nominal and temporal anaphora | Linguistics and Philosophy | 1984 | 541 |
| 99 | Asymptotically necessary and sufficient conditions for stability and performance in fuzzy control: Applications of Polya's theorem | Fuzzy Sets and Systems | 2007 | 539 |
| 100 | Context Dependence, Disagreement, and Predicates of Personal Taste* | Linguistics and Philosophy | 2005 | 537 |
