This Special Issue is dedicated to current issues in Decision-making and Negotiation in Innovation & Research in Information Science. Despite all the research around Decision-making and Negotiation the main theoretical and practical importance of this issue is the focus on studies oriented to innovation & research (I&R) in information science. The purpose is to analyse the decision-making processes for practical problem-solving and to understand the ways information systems can be a trigger in the process. To achieve this objective several articles will present models, tools and frameworks to help improving the decision-making and negotiation processes, and the research findings support the conclusion that information systems can help to achieve better decisions and facilitate the negotiation processes.

本特刊专门针对信息科学创新与研究中的决策与谈判中的当前问题。尽管围绕决策制定和谈判进行了许多研究，但此问题的主要理论和实践重要性仍是针对面向信息科学中的创新与研究（I＆R）的研究。目的是分析决策过程以解决实际问题，并了解信息系统可以在过程中触发的方式。为了实现这一目标，几篇文章将介绍有助于改进决策和谈判过程的模型，工具和框架，研究结果支持以下结论：信息系统可以帮助实现更好的决策并促进谈判过程。