Research Output

  • 18 peer-reviewed journal publications (2024–2025)
  • Indexed in Q1/Q2 journals such as IEEE Access, Scientific Reports, ICT Express, PLOS ONE, and Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • Average Impact Factor: 4.2
  • 4 Book chapters and conference contributions (in progress or submitted)
  • 6 High-impact collaborations with researchers from international institutions


Publications (2024–2025 Sample)

      Year 2025
1.    Muhammad Owais Raza, Naeem Ahmed Mahoto, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Ali Alqazzaz, Adel Rajab, and Asadullah Shaikh. Drought Detection in Satellite Imagery: A Layered Ensemble Machine Learning Approach. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems 18, 161 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44196-025-00903-7x. Impact Factor: 3.0, 2025. [PDF]
2.    Anam Memon, Ali Asghar Manjotho, Qasim Ali Arain, Adel Sulaiman, Nasrullah Pirzada, Mana Saleh Al Reshand, Mohammad Alsulami, Asadullah Shaikhd. Lightweight CNN-Based Head Pose Estimation Using Heatmaps and Anthropometric Facial Measures. ICT Express, Volume xx, Issue xx, Pages xxxx-xxx, ISSN 2405-9595. Impact Factor: 4.2, 2024. [PDF]
3.    Abdul Rehman, Kamran Ahmad Awan, Mehmood Ul Hassan, Asadullah Shaikh, Ali Alqazzaz, and Korhan Cengiz. CLAF-IoT: Context-Aware LLMs-Enhanced Authentication Framework for Internet of Things.IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 12, no. 14, pp. 28639-28646, 15 July15, 2025, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3567634. Impact Factor: 8.7, 2025. [PDF]
4.    Mana Saleh Al Reshan; Muhammad Owais Raza; Naeem Ahmed Mahoto; Adel Rajab; Asadullah Shaikh; M. A. Elmagzoub. Towards Drought Modeling in South Asia: Machine Learning Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities. IEEE Access,  vol. 13, pp. 87654-87671, 2025. doi: 110.1109/ACCESS.2025.3567257. Impact Factor: 3.4, 2025. [PDF]
5.    Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Samina Amin, Muhammad Ali Zeb, Adel Sulaiman, Asadullah Shaikh, Hani Alshahrani, and Khairan Rajab. Advanced Breast Cancer Prediction Using Deep Neural Networks Integrated with Ensemble Models. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 105399, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312520 . Impact Factor: 3.7, 2025. [PDF]
6.    Ali Alqazzaz, Zunaira Anwar, Mahmood ul Hassan, Shahnawaz Qureshi, Mohammad Alsulami, Ali Zia, Sultan Alyami, Syed Muhammad Zeeshan Iqbal, Sajid Anwar, Asadullah Shaikh. Genre-Aware User Profiling using Duration Count Matrices: A Novel Approach to Enhancing Content Recommendation Systems. PLOS ONE 20(4): e0312520. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312520. Impact Factor: 3.7, 2025. [PDF]
7.    Nasreen Anjum, Hani Alshahrani, Asadullah Shaikh, Mahreen-ul-Hassan, Mehreen Kiran, and Shah Raz. Cyber-Biosecurity Challenges in Next-Generation Sequencing: A Comprehensive Analysis of Emerging Threat Vectors. IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 52006 - 52035, 2025. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3552069. Impact Factor: 3.4, 2025. [PDF]
8.    Muhammad Umar Rashid, Shahnawaz Qureshi, Abdullah Abid, Saad Said Alqahtany, Ali Alqazzaz, Mahmood ul Hassan, Mana Saleh Al Reshan and Asadullah Shaikh. Hybrid Android Malware Detection and Classification Using Deep Neural Networks. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems 18, 52 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44196-025-00783-x. Impact Factor: 2.5, 2025. [PDF]
9.    Asadullah Shaikh, Wahidur Rahman, Kaniz Roksana, Tarequl Islam, Mohammad Motiur Rahman, Hani Alshahrani, Adel Sulaiman, and Mana Saleh Al Reshan. An improved Deep CNN-based Freshwater Fish Classification with Cascaded Bio-inspired Networks. Automatika, 66(2), 249–280. https://doi.org/10.1080/00051144.2025.2457803. Impact Factor: 1.7, 2025.[PDF]
10.    Asadullah Shaikh, Darakhshan Syed, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Samar M. Alqhtani. Intelligent sensors for smart healthcare. Advanced Sensors for Smart Healthcare, Elsevier, 2025, Pages 347-361, ISBN 9780443247903, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-24790-3.00022-3. [PDF]
11.    Fayaz Hassan, Zafi Sherhan Syed, Aftab Ahmed Memon, Saad Said Alqahtany, Nadeem Ahmed, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Yousef Asiri, Asadullah Shaikh. A Hybrid Approach for Intrusion Detection in Vehicular Networks using Feature Selection and Dimensionality Reduction with Optimized Deep Learning. PLOS ONE 20(2): e0312752. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0312752. Impact Factor: 3.7, 2025. [PDF]
12.    Asadullah Shaikh, Samina Amin, Muhammad Ali Zeb, Adel Sulaiman, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Hani Alshahrani. Enhanced Brain Tumor Detection and Segmentation using Densely Connected Convolutional Networks with Stacking Ensemble Learning. Computers in Biology and Medicine, Volume 186 (2025) 109703, pp. 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2025.109703. Impact Factor: 7.0, 2025. [PDF]

13.    Asma Nadeem, Malik Muhammad Saad Missen, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Muhammad Ali Memon, Yousef Asiri, Muhammad Ali Nizamani, Mohammad Alsulami, and Asadullah Shaikh. Resolving Ambiguity in Natural Language for Enhancement of Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis of Hotel Reviews. PeerJ Computer Science 11:e2635 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.2635. Impact Factor: 3.8, 2025. [PDF]
14.    Saad Said Alqahtany, Asadullah Shaikh and Ali Alqazzaz . Enhanced Grey Wolf Optimization (EGWO) and Random Forest based Mechanism for Intrusion Detection in IoT Networks. Scientific Reports  15, 1916 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81147-x. Impact Factor, 3.8, 2025. [PDF]

Year 2024

15.    Anam Memon, Qasim Arain, Nasrullah Pirzada, Akram Shaikh, Adel Sulaiman, Mana Saleh Al Reshang, Hani Alshahrani, Asadullah Shaikh. Prior-Free 3D Human Pose Estimation in a video using Limb-Vectors. ICT Express, Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages 1266-1272, ISSN 2405-9595, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2024.09.015. Impact Factor: 4.1, 2024. [PDF]
16.    Adel Sulaiman, Vatsala Anand, Sheifali Gupta, Adel Rajab, Hani Alshahrani, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Asadullah Shaikh, and Mohammed Hamdi. Attention based UNet Model for Breast Cancer Segmentation using BUSI Dataset. Scientific Reports 14, 22422 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72712-5. Impact Factor, 3.8, 2024. [PDF]
17.    Sohrab Khan, Sheharyar Khan, Adel Sulaiman, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Hani Alshahrani, and Asadullah Shaikh. Deep neural network and trust management approach to secure smart transportation data in sustainable smart cities. ICT Express, Volume 10, Issue 5, Pages 1059-1065, ISSN 2405-9595, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icte.2024.08.006. Impact Factor: 4.1, 2024. [PDF]
18.    Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Samina Amin, Muhammad Ali Zeb, Adel Sulaiman, Hani Alshahrani, Asadullah Shaikh and M. A. Elmagzoub. An Innovative Ensemble Deep Learning Clinical Decision Support System for Diabetes Prediction. IEEE Early Access. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3436641. Impact Factor: 3.9, 2024. [PDF]
19.    Hani Alshahrani, Mohd Anjum, Sana Shahab, Mana Saleh Al Reshan, Adel Sulaiman and Asadullah Shaikh. Analyzing anonymous activities using Interrupt-aware Anonymous User-System Detection Method (IAU-S-DM) in IoT. Scientific Reports 14, 18075 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67956-0. Impact Factor, 3.8, 2024. [PDF]