The Journal of Grey System
The Journal of Grey System (JGS) was the first English-language journal dedicated to the Grey System Theory. It was founded in 1989 by Professor Deng Julong and was then published by Sci-Tech Information Services & China Petroleum Industry Press. Today it is being published by Research Information Ltd (UK). Since the demise of Professor Deng, his loyal pupil Professor Liu Sifeng has been the journal’s editor-in-chief.
It was the first English language journal of the Grey System Theory. The journal was indexed in the database of SCI/SCIE in 2007. According to the JCR 2022 report (Clarivate Analytics), the Journal of Grey System is Q4 category journal. The journal is subscription-based; thus, only its subscribers can access its content from EBSCO or Web of Science databases. Also, the journal has an Article Processing Charges (APC) of around $400. Each paper is of not more than 15 pages. The journal is one of the favorite outlets of the Chinese grey systems scholars, which can be confirmed by the number of publications from the Chinese authors on its pages. The peer-review process is double-blind, and the manuscript is usually sent to at least two reviewers.
According to its website, The Journal of Grey System promotes the development of the basic theory and practical application of grey systems. It wishes to build a professional forum for top scientists and practitioners from different countries to share their works on grey systems and publish new grey models and techniques along with their applications. The journal is a platform of the highest quality for scientists and practitioners to discuss and publish newly discovered issues on a wide range of topics related to grey systems. It publishes anything if it is somehow related to grey system theory. It provides an ideal opportunity to present, criticize, and discuss different grey models and techniques. Some areas of interest (but not limited to) are listed below:
- Grey mathematics,
- Grey sequence generators,
- Grey programming models,
- Grey input and output models,
- Grey control,
- Grey game theory,
- Grey relational analysis model,
- Grey forecasting models,
- Grey multiple criteria decision analysis,
- Grey machine learning.
The journal welcomes the research on the modeling and practical application of the Grey System Theory. In addition, it publishes hybrid methods that combine grey system theory with other methodologies to deal with uncertain information more successfully. In short, the journal encourages and follows the development of empirical techniques and their applications to real-world grey systems.
To submit papers to the journal, feel free to visit its website.
