Selected publications

Kunst, K., Ringberg, T., & Vatrapu, R. (2021). Beyond Popularity: A User Perspective on Observable Behaviours in a Digital Platform. Information Systems Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/isj.12365.

Dimitriadou, A., Djafarova, N., Turetken, O., Verkuyl, M., Ferworn, A. (2021) “Challenges in Serious Game Design and Development: Educators’ Experiences” in Simulation and Gaming (2019 SJR = 0.45)

Al-Natour, S., Turetken, O. (2020) “A Comparative Assessment of Sentiment Analysis and Star Ratings for Consumer Reviews” in International Journal of Information Management Vol. (54), p. 102132 (2019 Journal impact factor = 8.210, SJR = 2.88, rated A* in ABDC journal quality list)

Kinra, A., Hald, K. S., Mukkamala, R. R., & Vatrapu, R. (2020). An Unstructured Big Data Approach for Country Logistics Performance Assessment in Global Supply Chains. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 40(4), 439-458. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-07-2019-0544.

*Demir, M., Turetken, O., Mashatan, A. (2020) “An Enterprise Transformation Guide for the Inevitable Blockchain Disruption” in Computer Vol. (53)6, pp. 34-43. (2019 Journal impact factor = 4.419, SJR = 0.79)

H. Davoudi, *Z. Rashidi, M. Zihayat, A. An, Gordon Edall. (2020). Paywall Policy Learning in Digital News Media. IEEE Transaction on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE) (Ranked #1 journal in Data mining and Analysis, IF: 5.88, Web of Science: Q1, SJR: Q1)

*X. Yang, R. McEwen, *L. R.Ong, M. Zihayat. (2020). A Big Data Analytics Framework for Detecting User-level Depression from Social Networks. International Journal of Information Management (IF: 8.21, Web of Science: Q1, SJR: Q1, ABDC Ranking: A*)

*A.Khan, L. Golab, M. Kargar, J. Szlichta, M. Zihayat. (2020). Compact group discovery in attributed graphs and social networks. Information Processing & Management (IF: 4.78, Web of Science: Q1, SJR: Q1, ABDC Ranking: B)

M. Kargar, L. Golab, D. Srivastava, J. Szlichta, M. Zihayat. (2020). Effective Keyword Search over Weighted Graphs. IEEE Transaction on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)(Ranked #1 journal in Data mining and Analysis, IF: 5.88, Web of Science: Q1, SJR: Q1)

*M. R. Alagheband, A. Mashatan, M. Zihayat. (2020). Time-based Gap Analysis of Cybersecurity Trends in Academic and Digital Media. ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS) (SJR: Q1, IF: 1.5)

*S. Bryson, H. Davoudi, L. Golab, M.Kargar, Y. Lytvyn, P. Mierzejewski, J. Szlichta, M. Zihayat. (2020). Robust Keyword Search in Large Attributed Graphs. Information Retrieval Journal (IF: 2.89, Acceptance rate ~10%)

Mashatan, A., Turetken, O. (2020) “Preparing for the Information Security Threat from Quantum Computers” in Management Information Systems Quarterly Executive Vol. (19)2, pp. 157-164. (2019 Journal impact factor = 4.088, SJR = 2.32, rated A in ABDC journal quality list)

User Community Detection via Embedding of Social Network Structure and Temporal Content, H. Fani, E. Jiang, E. Bagheri, F. Al-Obeidat, W. Du, and M. Kargar, Information Processing & Management Journal (IP&M), 57(2): 102056, 2020.

Effective and Complete Discovery of Bidirectional Order Dependencies via Set-based Axioms, J. Szlichta, P. Godfrey, L. Golab, M. Kargar and D. Srivastava, The VLDB Journal (VLDBJ): 27(4): 573--591, 2018.

Yin, H. H. S., Langenheldt, K., Harlev, M., Mukkamala, R. R., & Vatrapu, R. (2019). Regulating Cryptocurrencies: A Supervised Machine Learning Approach to De-Anonymizing the Bitcoin Blockchain. Journal of Management Information Systems, 36(1), 37-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/07421222.2018.1550550.

*Tomasi, S., Schuff, D., Turetken, O. (2018) “Understanding Novelty: How Task Structure and Tool Familiarity Moderate Performance” in Behavior and Information Technology Vol. (37)4, pp. 406-418. (2019 SJR = 0.64, rated A in ABDC journal quality list)

Zheng, X., Sun, S., Mukkamala, R. R., Vatrapu, R., & Ordieres-Meré, J. (2019). Accelerating Health Data Sharing: A Solution Based on the Internet of Things and Distributed Ledger Technologies. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(6), [e13583]. https://doi.org/10.2196/13583, external link

Jensen, T., Vatrapu, R., & Bjorn-Andersen, N. (2018). Avocados Crossing Borders: The Problem of Runaway Objects and the Solution of a Shipping Information Pipeline for Improving International Trade. Information Systems Journal.

Kunst, K., & Vatrapu, R. (2018). Understanding electronic word of behavior: conceptualization of the observable digital traces of consumers’ behaviors. Electronic Markets. doi:10.1007/s12525-018-0301-x

M. Zihayat, A.Ayanso, *X. Zhao, H. Davoudi and A. An. (2019). A Utility-based News Recommendation System. Decision Support Systems. (IF: 4.72, Web of Science: Q1, SJR: Q1, ABDC Ranking: A*)