Journals Publications:

1.  A. Ahmad, K, Li, C. Feng, S.M. Asim, A. Yousif, S. Ge, "An Empirical Study of Investigating Mobile Application Development Challenges”, Vol. 6, Issue: 1,  pp. 17711-17728,  IEEE Access, 2018,  (SCI Journal, IF=4.098).

2.  A. Ahmad, C. Feng, S. Ge, A. Yousif, "A survey on  mining Stack Overflow: Question and Answering (Q&A) Community”, Vol. 52 Issue: 2, pp.190-247, Data Technologies and Applications, Emerald, 2018, (SCI Journal, IF=1.170).

3.  A. Yousif, Z. Niu, J.K. Tarus, A. Ahmad, "A survey on sentiment analysis of scientific citations”, pp. 1-34, Artificial Intelligence Review, Springer, 2017, (SCI Journal, IF=5.74).

4.  A. Ahmad,  C. Feng, K. Li,  S.M. Asim,  T. Sun,  "Towards empirically investigating non-functional requirements of  iOS developers on  Stack Overflow”,  Vol. 7, Issue:  1,  pp. 61145-61169,  IEEE Access, 2019, (SCI Journal, IF=4.098).

5.  F. Chong, M. Khan, A. Khan,  A. Ahmad, “News recommendation systems-  Accomplishments, Challenges & Future directions”,  vol.8, pp. 16702-16725,  IEEE Access, 2020  (SCI Journal, IF=4.098).

6.  A. Khan, H. Zhang, J. Shang, N. Boudjellal,  A. Ahmad, A. Ali, “Predicting Politician’s Supporters’ Network on Twitter Using Social Network Analysis and Semantic Analysis”, Accepted in Scientific Programming, 2020, (SCI Journal, IF=1.289).

7.  R. Khan,  A. Ahmad,  et al.  “QuPiD Attack: Machine Learning-Based Privacy Quantification Mechanism for PIR Protocols in Health-related web search”, Accepted in Scientific Programming, 2020, (SCI Journal, IF=1.289).

8.  C. Feng, M. Adnan, A. Ahmad,  A. Ullah, H.U. Khan, “Towards energy efficient framework for IoT big data health-care solutions”  Scientific Programming, 2020,  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/7063681 (SCI Journal, IF=1.289).

9.  N. Boudjellal, H. Zhang, A. Khan,  A. Ahmad  “Biomedical  Relation Extraction Using Distant Supervision”  Scientific Programming, 2020,  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/8893749  (SCI Journal, IF=1.289).

10.  M. Khan, A. Khan,  A. Ahmad,  S. Khan, “A Content-based Technique for Linking Dual Language News Articles in an Archive”, Accepted in Journal of Information Science, Sage Publishers, 2020, (SCI Journal, IF=2.41).

11.  A. Ahmad, C. Feng, M. Khan, et al., “A Systematic Literature Review on Using Machine Learning Algorithms for Software Requirements Identification on Stack Overflow”, Accepted in Security and Communication Networks, 2020 (SCI Journal, IF=1.376).

12.  B. Khan, R. Naseem,  M. Binsawad, M. Khan, A. Ahmad, “Software Cost Estimation using Flower Pollination Algorithm”, Accepted in Journal of Internet Technology, March 2020,  (SCI Journal, IF=0.71).

13.  Razman, Z. Iqbal,  M. Khan,  A. Ahmad, R. Naseem,  “Fetal Heart Rate Classification and Comparative Analysis of Classifiers Used for CTG”,  vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 31-42,  International Journal of Grid and Distributed Computing (IJGDC), 2019, (ESCI Journal).

14.  A. Ahmad, K. Li, C. Feng, T. Sun, " An Empirical Study on How iOS developers Report Quality Aspects on Stack Overflow”, vol. 8, no. 5, pp.501-506, International Journal of Machine Learning and Computing (IJMLC), 2018, (SCOPUS/EI Journal).

15.  H. Khan, A. Ahmad, M.A.  Alnuem, "Knowledge Management: A Solution to Requirements Understanding in Global Software Engineering", Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology 4(14): 2087-2099, 2012, (EI Journal).

16.  Hussain, K., Zhu, W., Salleh, M., Ali, H.,  Talpur, N., Naseem, R.,  A.  Ahmad, Khan, M., Ullah, A., “A Review on Data Preprocessing Methods for Class Imbalance Problem” Accepted at International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 2019 (EI Journal).

Conferences Publications:

1.  A. Ahmad, C. Feng, M. Tao, S. Ge , A. Yousif, "Challenges of Mobile Applications Development: Initial Results” IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science (ICSSES), Beijing, China, Nov. 2017 (EI Conference).

2.  M.A. Alnuem,  A. Ahmad, H. Khan " Requirements Understanding: a challenge in Global Software Development Industrial Surveys in Saudi Arabia" The IEEE Signature Conference on Computers, Software, and Applications, Turkey, COMPSAC 2012, (EI Conference).

3.  H. Khan,  A. Ahmad, et al, "Requirements Understanding in  Global Software Engineering: Industrial Surveys” Published at International Conference on Computer and Software Modelling, Singapore, Sept. 2011, (EI Conference).

4.  Hussain, K., Zhu, W., Salleh, M., Ali, H., Talpur, N., Naseem, R., A. Ahmad, Ullah, A., “Enhanced Bat Algorithm for Solving Non-Convex Economic Dispatch Problem”  Accepted at  The 4^th International Conference on Soft Computing and Data Mining   (SCDM),  22-23 January, 2020, Melaka, Malaysia  (ISI /Scopus Indexed Conference).

5.  Bian, X., Feng, C.,  A.  Ahmad, “Targeted Sentiment Classification with Knowledge Powered Attention Network“, Accepted at 31^st International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), 4-6 November, 2019, Portland, USA (EI Conference).

6.  R. Naseem, G. Ullah, A. Ahmad, et al., "Planquarium: A context aware rule based indoor kitchen garden" Accepted at ICCASA 2019  -  8th EAI International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, My Tho, Vietnam, November 28-29, 2019 (WoS/Scopus Indexed).

7.  A. Ahmad, Feng, C., et al. “An Empirical evaluation of machine learning algorithms for requirements identification on Stack Overflow” Accepted at 10^th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering and Service Science (ICSESS 2019) (EI Conference).

8.  Ayaz, U.,  A. Ahmad,  “LCX-MAC/BEB  (Local Coordination X-MAC) for Wireless Sensor  Networks”, Accepted at 1^st International Conference on Software Engineering and Computing Disciplines (ICSECD 2019), University of Swabi, 12-14 November, 2019.

9.  M. Adnan,  A. Ahmad, Ayaz. U., Luqman. K.,  “E-Learning Prototype designing with quality attributes”, Accepted at 1^st International Conference on Software Engineering and Computing Disciplines (ICSECD 2019), University of Swabi, 12-14 November, 2019.