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Multiple Criteria Decision Making has been one of the powerful and structured approach in solving real world problems in the past. The aim is to determine the best alternative based on multiple criteria. It has shown a remarkable performance in the field of education. In order to gain insights into the existing body of research in this area, a bibliometric analysis was conducted. The study is conducted to provide a comprehensive analysis since 2000 in the field of application of MCDM in the various domains of education. The publication information was accessed from Scopus Database on 1 December 2023 and the bibliometric analysis has been done through Vosviewer, R package “bibliometrics” and Tableau. Initially 5185 documents were found which were reduced to 1706 after multi layered screening criteria. The analysis is performed to find the relevant documents, most valuable researchers, the major countries where the research in this area is exhaustively conducted. After extensive research it is observed that researchers belonging to China are highly involved in the domain taken for study. Also, research conducted in China is highly cited which shows its quality of work. Further, it is observed that mostly fuzzy analysis techniques are widely used for MCDM. The collaborative work done by Arunodaya Raj Mishra and Rani Pratibha research work is remarkable and highly recommended to conduct the research in the considered domain in the research paper. The conducted bibliometric analysis provides an overview of the scope and global trends of MCDM in shaping the education sector. This would help the researchers to explore the most relevant study, analysis and finding the research gaps as per their research needs.
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Srivastava, S., Tripathi, A. & Arora, N. Multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) in diverse domains of education: a comprehensive bibliometric analysis for research directions. Int J Syst Assur Eng Manag (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13198-024-02332-9
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