Research & Publications

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Peer-reviewed work indexed in Scopus and Web of Science — spanning machine learning, cybersecurity, healthcare informatics, project management, and the adoption of technology in transition economies. Every entry links to the source.

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Refereed journal articles indexed in Scopus and/or Web of Science, listed most recent first.

2026
Verifying SDG / ESG compliance in manufacturing-industry projects by surveying sponsors
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. Information, 17(4), Article 311.
Scopus · Q2DOI
2025
Exploring project-manager commitment using machine learning on fuzzy big data
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 17(2), 135–152. Inderscience.
ScopusDOI
2025
Evaluating project-management courses in higher education with problem-based learning game theory
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 13(2), 244–259.
ISI WoS ESCIDOI
2024
Evaluating the anti-corruption factor in environmental, social, and governance indices by sampling large financial asset-management firms
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. Sustainability, 16(23), 10240.
ScopusDOI
2024
Integrating industry-crowdsourced projects in university capstone courses: a comparative study using parametric statistics and sentiment analysis
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. Industry and Higher Education (Sage), 38(6), 574–582. Impact Factor 1.7.
Scopus · ESCIDOI
2024
Profitability, effectiveness, operational efficiency, and market growth of SMEs in Albania after piloting data analytics
Vajjhala, N. R., & Strang, K. D. International Journal of Services and Standards, 14(1), 51–64.
ScopusLink
2023
Comparative analysis of bit-parallel string pattern-matching algorithms for biological sequences
Muhammad, M. Y., Fonkam, M., Thandekkattu, S. G., Rakshit, S., & Vajjhala, N. R. Operational Research in Engineering Sciences: Theory and Applications, 6(1), 322–331.
ScopusLink
2023
Mining project-failure indicators from big data using machine-learning mixed methods
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 14(1), 1–24.
Scopus · ESCIDOI
2022
Testing risk-management decision-making competency of project managers in a crisis
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. The Journal of Modern Project Management, 10(1), 52–71.
ScopusLink
2022
How bias impacted the project-manager decision to not terminate a failing project
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 13(1).
Scopus · ESCIDOI
2022
Impact of information-communication-technology strategies on learning effectiveness
Vajjhala, N. R., & Strang, K. D. International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design, 12(2).
Scopus · ESCILink
2021
Thematic analysis of agricultural government policy and operational problems
Strang, K. D., Che, F., & Vajjhala, N. R. Agricultural Research (Springer), 10(3).
Scopus · WoS ESCIDOI
2020
Voice of farmers in the agriculture crisis in North-East Nigeria: focus-group insights from extension workers
Che, F., Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. International Journal of Development Issues, 19(1), 43–61. Emerald.
Outstanding Paper · 2021 Emerald Literati AwardsScopusDOI
2020
Predictors of e-service consumption in a highly productive Brazil–Russia–India–China–South Africa region sample
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications, 12(1), 39–56.
Scopus · DBLPFind it
2019
Urgently strategic insights to resolve the Nigerian food-security crisis
Strang, K. D., Che, F., & Vajjhala, N. R. Outlook on Agriculture, 29(1), 77–85. Sage.
Scopus · SCIEDOI
2019
Examining e-adoption of agricultural systems by farmers in central Nigeria
Strang, K. D., Vajjhala, N. R., & Bitrus, S. N. International Journal of E-Adoption, 11(2), 31–40.
WoS ESCI · ACM DLLink
2019
Factors impacting farm-management decision-making software adoption
Strang, K. D., Bitrus, S. N., & Vajjhala, N. R. International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics, 5(1), 1–14.
ScopusDOI
2018
A study of application of Web 3.0 technologies in Indian small and medium enterprises
Potluri, R. M., & Vajjhala, N. R. The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics, and Business, 5(2), 73–79.
Scopus · SCIEDOI
2017
Student resistance to a mandatory learning-management system in online supply-chain courses
Strang, K. D., & Vajjhala, N. R. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, 29(3), 49–67.
Scopus · SSCI · SCIEFind it
2017
Measuring organizational fit through socio-cultural-behaviour big data
Vajjhala, N. R., & Strang, K. D. Journal of New Mathematics & Natural Computation, 13(2), 145–158.
Scopus · ESCIDOI
2015
Influence of cultural factors on knowledge sharing in medium-sized enterprises within transition economies
Vajjhala, N. R., & Baghurst, T. International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, 5(3/4), 304–321. Inderscience.
Scopus · ERA · ABDCFind it
2014
Collaboration strategies for a transition economy: measuring culture in Albania
Vajjhala, N. R., & Strang, K. D. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 21(1), 78–103. Emerald. Impact Factor 0.882.
SSCI · ABDC · ERADOI

Recognition

Awards & honours

2021
Outstanding Paper, Emerald Literati Awards
“Voice of Farmers in the Agriculture Crisis in North-East Nigeria,” International Journal of Development Issues.
2023
Best Researcher Award
University of New York Tirana, Albania (academic year 2022–2023).
2023
Best Paper Award — Data-Driven Sustainability
4th ICRIEMSD, OP Jindal University, India.
2023
Best Paper Award — ML & DL in Healthcare Management
3rd ICMLBDA, NIT Arunachal Pradesh, India.
2012
Best Professor of the Year
University of New York Tirana, Albania (2011–2012).