SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Fang, C., Ullah, N*., Batumalay, M., Al-Rahmi, W. M., & Alblehai, F. (2025). Blockchain technology and its impact on sustainable supply chain management in SMEs. PeerJ Computer Science, 11, e2466. (SCIE, Q2, IF=3.5).

2. Ullah, N*., Al-Rahmi, W. M., Alblehai, F., Fernando, Y., Alharbi, Z. H., Zhanbayev, R., ... & Habes, M. (2024). Blockchain-powered grids: Paving the way for a sustainable and efficient future. Heliyon, 10(10). (SCIE, Q1, IF=3.4). 

3. Ullah, N.*, 2023, October. Understanding the Blockchain adoption in the energy trading system for COVID-19 and beyond. In Second International Conference on Sustainable Technology and Management (ICSTM 2023) (Vol. 12804, pp. 396-403). SPIE.

4. Ullah, N*., Al-Rahmi, W.M., Alfarraj, O., Alalwan, N., Alzahrani, A.I., Ramayah, T. and Kumar, V., 2022. Hybridizing Cost Saving with Trust for Blockchain technology adoption by Financial Institutions. Telematics and Informatics Reports, p.100008. (SJR, Q2, IF = 0.34).

5. Hossain, M. A., & Ullah, N*. (2022). A Primer on Bitcoin. Edited by Sergey Y. Yurish, 32, Spain

 6. Ullah, N*., Mugahed Al-Rahmi, W., Alzahrani, A.I., Alfarraj, O. and Alblehai, F.M., 2021. Blockchain technology adoption in smart learning environments. Sustainability, 13(4), p.1801. (SSCI, Q3, IF=3.3).

 7. Ullah, N*., Mugahed Al-rahmi, W. and Alkhalifah, A., 2021. Predictors for distributed ledger technology adoption: Integrating three traditional adoption theories for manufacturing and service operations. Production & Manufacturing Research, 9(1), pp.178-205. (ESCI, Q3, IF=1.9).

8. Ullah, N*., Al-Dhlan, K.A. and Al-Rahmi, W.M., 2021, March. KYC Optimization by Blockchain Based Hyperledger Fabric Network. In 2021 4th International Conference on Advanced Electronic Materials, Computers and Software Engineering (AEMCSE) (pp. 1294-1299). IEEE.

 

9. Ullah, N*., 2021, December. Blockchain Technology in Smart Agriculture Environment: A PLS-SEM. In 2021 International Conference on Electronic Information Technology and Smart Agriculture (ICEITSA) (pp. 514-519). IEEE.

10. Ullah, N*., Alnumay, W.S., Al-Rahmi, W.M., Alzahrani, A.I. and Al-Samarraie, H., 2020. Modeling cost saving and  innovativeness  for  blockchain  technology  adoption  by  energy management. Energies, 13(18), p.4783 (SCIE, Q3, IF=3).

 11. Ullah, N*., 2020, September. Integrating TAM/TRI/TPB frameworks and expanding their characteristic constructs for DLT adoption  by Service  and  Manufacturing Industries-Pakistan Context. In 2020 International Conference on Technology and Entrepreneurship (ICTE) (pp. 1-5). IEEE, Italy.

 12. Ali, S., Ullah, M. and Ullah, N., 2016. Determinants of Corporate Cash Holdings:'A Case of Textile Sector in Pakistan'. Available at SSRN 2728200


WORKING PAPERS

a. Ullah N., Lodygensky O., Valiquette E., Revolutionizing Smart Industries: The Disruptive Power of Blockchain- Enabled Technology 


CONFERENCE/EXPO ATTENDED

a. PROPAK China & FoodPack China (June 2025) -Shanghai

b. 4th China-CEEC Expo & International Consumer Goods Fair, Ningbo (May 2025)

c. 5th China International Import Expo (November 2022) – Shanghai as Professional Visitor  


POTENTIAL REVIEWER

More than 75 Reviews for Several Reputed Journals, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0230-0635 

i. Applied sciences

ii. Behaviour & information technology

iii. Blockchain

iv. Blockchain: Research and Applications

v. BMC Health Services Research

vi. Cogent business & management

vii. Cogent education

viii. Connection science

ix. Cluster Computing

x. Digital business

xi. Discover Analytics

xii. Discover Education

xiii. Econometrics

xiv. Electronics

xv. Energies

xvi. Environment, development and sustainability

xvii. IEEE access

xviii. Information development

xix. Information discovery and delivery

xx. Journal of enterprise information management

xxi. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

xxii. Journal of Big Data

xxiii. Management decision

xxiv. Sensors

xxv. Sustainability

xxvi. Systems

xxvii. Technovation

xxviii. Telematics and Informatics Reports


HONOR & AWARDS

a. NSF Participation grant to attend IEEE Percom 2021 e-Conference for Kassel, Germany

b. International Program Committee (IPC) Member for the inaugural Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Congress (B2C' 2022), 16-18 November 2022, Barcelona, Spain.

c. Professional Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), [2025]–Present

d. Reviewing Editor, Springer Nature, July 2025-Present


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