Publications

1. Ako M. A. (2021). Performance Enhancements of MANETs Routing Protocol Based on Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm, Ph.D. Thesis, Cyprus.

2. Ako M. A. (2012). Dynamic Clusters in Integrated Wireless Mesh Network, Master Thesis,UK.

3. Ullah, I., Khan, M. A., Kumar, N., Ako, M. A., AlSanad, A. A., & Noor, F. (2022). A Conditional Privacy-Preserving Heterogeneous Signcryption Scheme for Internet of Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. (Impact Factor: 6.239, Q1).

4. Javed, S., Khan, M. A., Ako, M. A., Alsirhani, A., Alomari, A., Noor, F., & Ullah, I. (2022). An Efficient Authentication Scheme Using Blockchain as a Certificate Authority for the Internet of Drones. Drones, 6(10), 264. (Impact Factor: 5.532, Q1).

5. Ullah, I., Khan, Ako, M., A., A. M., Noor, F., Innab, N., & Chen, C. M. (2023). Enabling Secure Communication in Wireless Body Area Networks with Heterogeneous Authentication Scheme. Sensors, 23(3), 1121. (Impact Factor: 3.847, Q1).

6. Khan, M. A., Ullah, I., Ako, M. A., Mohsan, S. A. H., & Noor, F. (2023). An Efficient and Conditional Privacy-Preserving Heterogeneous Signcryption Scheme for the Internet of Drones. Sensors, 23(3), 1063. (Impact Factor: 3.847, Q1).

7. Ullah, I., Khan, M. A., Ako, M. A., Mohsan, S. A. H., Noor, F., Algarni, F., & Innab, N. (2022). A Conditional Privacy Preserving Generalized Ring Signcryption Scheme for Micro Aerial Vehicles. Micromachines, 13(11), 1926. (Impact Factor: 3.523, Q2).

8. Shah, T. A., Algarni, F., Ullah, I., Ako, M. A., Noor, F., & Asghar Khan, M. (2022). Cost-Efficient Privacy-Preserving Authentication and Key Management Scheme for Internet of Vehicle Ecosystem. Complexity, 2022. (Impact Factor 2.833, Q2).

9. Ako, M. A., Ullah, I., Khan, M. A., Alsharif, M. H., Mostafa, S. M., & Wu, J. M. T. (2022). An Efficient Multidocument Blind Signcryption Scheme for Smart Grid-Enabled Industrial Internet of Things. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2022. (Impact Factor 2.336, Q2).

10. Samiullah, M., Aslam, W., Khan, M. A., Alshahrani, H. M., Mahgoub, H., Ako, M. A., & Chen, C. M. (2022). Rating of Modern Color Image Cryptography: A Next-Generation Computing Perspective. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 2022. (Impact Factor 2.336, Q2).

11. Insaf U., Amna I. , Waqar A. ,Roza H. H., Ako M. A., Fazal N. , Ghulam A. M. , Sunnia I., Muhammad S. A. (2022). Crop Yield Maximization Using an IoT-Based Smart Decision. Journal of Sensors. (Impact Factor 2.137, Q2).

12. Ako M. A, Emre O., Husnu B. (2022) “Enhanced_AODV Routing Protocol to Improve Route Stability of MANETs”, The International Arab Journal of Information Technology. (Impact Factor 1.2 , Q3).

13. Ako, M. A. (2022). A Novel Routing Protocol for VANETs Based on Link Stability and Available Bandwidth. Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks. ( Impact Factor: 0.9, Q3).

14. Insaf, U., Muhammad, R. N., Mansoor, K., Ako, M. A., Fazal, & N., Muhammad, I., Muhammad, A. (2022). A Malware Detection Scheme via Smart Memory Forensics for Windows Devices. Mobile Information Systems, 2022. ( Impact Factor: 1.863, Q2).

15. Ako, M. A., Emre O., Husnu B., “Energy Efficient MANET Routing Protocol based on Ant Colony Optimization”, Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, Vol 47, August 2020, USA. (Impact Factor 1.013, Q4).

16. Ako, M. A. (2023). An Efficient Approach for Minimizing Control Packets and Enhancing Route Stability in Mobile Ad hoc Networks. IEEE Access. (Impact Factor: 3.367, Accepted with minor revision, Q1).

17. Muhammad A.K, Ako M. A., Mohammed H.A. , Bikash R.B, Marwa O., Nadhem N., && Mesfer A. D. (2023).Securing the Internet of Health Things with Certificateless Anonymous Authentication Scheme. Electronics. (Accepted with minor Revision, Impact Factor: 2.397, Q2).

18. Ako, M. A., Bayramoglu, H., Ozen, E. (2023). Energy, Mobility, and Traffic Aware MANET Routing Protocol Based on Ant Colony Optimization. (Impact Factor: 1.5, Under Review, Q3).

19. Muhammad R.M., Ako M. A., Humaira A., Waqar A. , Saba K., Fazal N., Insaf U. (2023). Performance Evaluation of Various Algorithms for Cluster Head Selection in WSNs. Mobile Information Systems. (Impact Factor: 1.863, Under Review, Q3).

20. Ako M. A., Emre Ozen, Husnu Bayramoglu, “Investigating the Impact of Mobility Models on MANET Routing Protocols”, (IJACSA) International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 10, Issue 2. August 2019, United Kingdom. (Scopus).

21. Ako M. A. , "Investigating on Mobile Ad-Hoc Network to Transfer FTP Application", (IJACSA) International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 6, Issue 7. August 2015, United Kingdom. (Scopus).

22. Ako M. A.," Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Algorithm to Encrypt and Decrypt Data" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317615794. Note: This paper has been submitted on 20th of May 2017 to the Department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Cyprus as a requirement of the Ph.D. course (Cryptography & Network Security course)

23. Ako, M. A., & Aziz, R. H. H. (2016). New approaches to encrypt and decrypt data in images using cryptography and steganography algorithms. International Journal of Computer Applications, 143(4), 11-17. (Scopus).

24. Ako, M. A. "Application of Petri Nets in Computer Networks" https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322925244_Application_of_Petri_Nets_in_Computer_Networks. Note: This paper has been submitted on the 2nd of January 2018 to the Department of Applied Mathematics & Computer Science at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Cyprus as one of the requirements of the Ph.D. course ( Petri Net).

25. Ako, M. A. & Roza Hikmat Hama Aziz ,”Evaluating the Use of Quick Response (QR) Code at Sulaimani University Libraries”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 11, Nov. 2014. (Scopus).

26. Ako M. A. & Roza H. H.. “The Impact of Reactive Routing Protocols for Transferring Multimedia Data over MANET”,Journal of Zankoy Sulaimani- Part A, Vol. 16 (4), 2014, Iraq.

27. Ako, M. A., Baban, M., & Hama Aziz, R. (2014). A New Approaches to Improve Server Secuirty by Using Media Access Control Address Verification, 15(2), 83-87.

28. Ako M. A., “Mobile Ad hoc Networks: A Survey of Existing Mobility Models and Routing Protocols”, Article, 2021.

29. Ako, M. A., Miran Hikmat & Roza Hikmat, “New Security Techniques for Encrypting IP Address and Data Transfer over Wide Area Network through Three Levels”, International Journal of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 4, April 2015, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dubai.

30. Roza H. H., Miran, H. & Ako, M. A.,” An Investigation of Using Privilege Level System to Restrict Employers for Using Unpermitted Website” , International Journal of Computer Science and Security, Vol. 9 Issue 2, 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Scopus).

31. Ako, M. A., Miran H. & Roza H. H. ,”A New Approaches to Improve Server Security by Using Media Access Control Address Verification”, International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology, Volume 15 Number 2 – Sep 2014.

32. Abdullah, A. M. (2024). An efficient energy-aware and reliable routing protocol to enhance the performance of wireless body area networks. The Journal of Supercomputing, 1-26. (Impact Factor: 3.3, Q2).

33. Abdullah, A. M. (2024). Energy-efficient aware and predicting bandwidth estimation routing protocol for hybrid communication in wireless body area networks. Cluster Computing, 1-20. (Impact Factor: 4.4 , Q2).