Muhammad Ovais Ahmad

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Ovais Ahmad is a scholar working on Information Systems, Computer Science Applications and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Ovais Ahmad has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Information Systems, 12 papers in Computer Science Applications and 6 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Ovais Ahmad's work include Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (24 papers), Software Engineering Research (16 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (11 papers). Muhammad Ovais Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (24 papers), Software Engineering Research (16 papers) and Open Source Software Innovations (11 papers). Muhammad Ovais Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Finland and Pakistan. Muhammad Ovais Ahmad's co-authors include Iqra Sadaf Khan, Jukka Majava, Markku Oivo, Iftikhar Ahmad, Suhail Yousaf, Jouni Markkula, Muhammad Murtaza Yousaf, Muhammad Hamid, Syed Tanveer Shah and Kieran Conboy and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Ovais Ahmad

45 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Industry 4.0 and sustainable development: A systematic mapping of triple bottom line, Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Models perspectives

2021 302 citations Iqra Sadaf Khan, Muhammad Ovais Ahmad et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
Fake News Detection Using Machine Learning Ensemble Methods

2020 263 citations Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Murtaza Yousaf et al. Complexity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Ovais Ahmad Sweden	13	507	275	230	157	156	52	1.3k
Mohd Hairul Nizam Md Nasir Malaysia	17	340 0.7×	187 0.7×	66 0.3×	142 0.9×	72 0.5×	69	1.0k
P.D.D. Dominic Malaysia	21	435 0.9×	149 0.5×	179 0.8×	237 1.5×	134 0.9×	140	1.4k
John G. Keogh United Kingdom	20	855 1.7×	160 0.6×	559 2.4×	156 1.0×	251 1.6×	36	1.8k
Andrew Whitmore United States	9	316 0.6×	116 0.4×	81 0.4×	167 1.1×	85 0.5×	18	1.2k
Yueting Chai China	14	304 0.6×	63 0.2×	105 0.5×	140 0.9×	79 0.5×	93	910
Jiaqi Yan China	14	1.0k 2.0×	227 0.8×	203 0.9×	273 1.7×	70 0.4×	61	1.6k
Fran Casino Spain	21	2.0k 4.0×	217 0.8×	409 1.8×	515 3.3×	108 0.7×	53	2.7k
Haya R. Hasan United Arab Emirates	21	1.2k 2.3×	85 0.3×	181 0.8×	247 1.6×	205 1.3×	34	1.6k
Dana Indra Sensuse Indonesia	19	600 1.2×	212 0.8×	140 0.6×	336 2.1×	36 0.2×	362	1.8k
Amitava Dutta United States	20	242 0.5×	120 0.4×	186 0.8×	102 0.6×	133 0.9×	81	1.2k

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Gustavsson, Tomas, et al.. (2025). Job satisfaction at risk: Measuring the role of process debt in agile software development. Journal of Systems and Software. 222. 112350–112350.

Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais. (2025). Effective handling of large scale agile secure solution development teams. Journal of Decision System. 34(1). 1 indexed citations

Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais, et al.. (2024). Randomized Explainable Machine Learning Models for Efficient Medical Diagnosis. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 29(9). 6474–6481. 8 indexed citations

Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais. (2024). A Deep Dive into Self-Regulated Learning: Reflective Diaries Role and Implementation Strategies. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 54. 868–888. 3 indexed citations

Khan, Iqra Sadaf, Muhammad Ovais Ahmad, & Jukka Majava. (2023). Industry 4.0 innovations and their implications: An evaluation from sustainable development perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production. 405. 137006–137006. 47 indexed citations

Ahmad, Iftikhar, et al.. (2023). A Generalized Deep Learning Approach to Seismic Activity Prediction. Applied Sciences. 13(3). 1598–1598. 12 indexed citations

Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais, et al.. (2023). Challenges in Large-Scale Agile Software Development Projects. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1030–1037. 3 indexed citations

Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais, et al.. (2023). Identifying and Categorizing Challenges in Large-Scale Agile Software Development Projects: Insights from Two Swedish Companies. ACM SIGAPP Applied Computing Review. 23(2). 23–43. 3 indexed citations

Bawack, Ransome Epie & Muhammad Ovais Ahmad. (2021). Understanding business analytics continuance in agile information system development projects: an expectation-confirmation perspective. Information Technology and People. 34(6). 1551–1569. 13 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Iftikhar, Muhammad Murtaza Yousaf, Suhail Yousaf, & Muhammad Ovais Ahmad. (2020). Fake News Detection Using Machine Learning Ensemble Methods. Complexity. 2020. 1–11. 263 indexed citations breakdown →

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Nazir, Mohsin, Aneeqa Sabah, Shahzadi Tayyaba, et al.. (2020). Dimensionality Reduction for Internet of Things Using the Cuckoo Search Algorithm: Reduced Implications of Mesh Sensor Technologies. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 2020. 1–21. 5 indexed citations

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Yousaf, Suhail, et al.. (2020). Accelerating Revised Simplex Method Using GPU-Based Basis Update. IEEE Access. 8. 52121–52138. 3 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Iftikhar, Muhammad Hamid, Suhail Yousaf, Syed Tanveer Shah, & Muhammad Ovais Ahmad. (2020). Optimizing Pretrained Convolutional Neural Networks for Tomato Leaf Disease Detection. Complexity. 2020. 1–6. 133 indexed citations

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Liu, Zihao, et al.. (2019). ICT SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE FOR CHINESE ELDERLY AT HOME: PERSPECTIVES OF INFORMAL CAREGIVERS AND PROFESSIONALS. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 37. 1 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais & Kari Liukkunen. (2019). SOFTWARE FACTORY PROJECT FOR ENHANCEMENT OF STUDENT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. 297–306. 3 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais, et al.. (2016). An Empirical Study on the Impact of Scrumban on Geographically Distributed Software Development. 567–577. 7 indexed citations

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Taibi, Davide, Valentina Lenarduzzi, Muhammad Ovais Ahmad, et al.. (2015). “Free” Innovation Environments: Lessons learned from the Software Factory Initiatives. Reutlingen University Academic Bibliography (Reutlingen University). 25–30. 7 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais, Jouni Markkula, Markku Oivo, & Pasi Kuvaja. (2014). Usage of Kanban in Software Companies An empirical study on motivation, benefits and challenges. International Conference on Software Engineering Advances. 150–155. 10 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais, Jouni Markkula, & Markku Oivo. (2013). Kanban in software development: A systematic literature review. 9–16. 104 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais, Jouni Markkula, & Markku Oivo. (2013). Factors affecting e‐government adoption in Pakistan: a citizen's perspective. Transforming Government People Process and Policy. 7(2). 225–239. 92 indexed citations

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