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Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S. & Taha, Z., Effective Virtual Teams for New Product Development. Scientific Research and Essay, (ISI indexed-Q3) (ISI-Cited Publication)

Ebrahim, N. A.; Ahmed, S.; Taha, Z. (2010), SMEs; Virtual research and development (R&D) teams and new product development: A literature review", International Journal of the Physical Sciences, Volume: 5 Issue: 7 Pages: 916-930. (ISI-Cited Publication) Ebrahim, N. A.; Ahmed, S.; Taha, Z. (2010), "Virtual R&D teams and SMEs growth: A comparative study between Iranian and Malaysian SMEs" African Journal of Business Management, Volume: 4 Issue: 11 Pages: 2368- 2379. (ISI-Cited Publication) Ebrahim, N. A.; Ahmed, S.; Taha, Z. (2010), "Critical factors for new product developments in SMEs virtual team", African Journal of Business Management, Volume: 4 Issue: 11 Pages: 2247-2257. (ISI-Cited Publication)

Raval, M. R. R., Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S. & Taha, Z. 2010, Work Together When Apart Challenges and What is Needed for Effective Virtual Teams, Journal of Information, Knowledge and Research in Business Management and Administration, 1, 1-3. (Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS Cited Publication)

Ale Ebrahim, N., Ahmed, S. & Taha, Z., Virtual Teams in R&D, Advantages and Pitfalls: An Empirical Study, Advanced Science Letters (ISI-indexed). (ISI-Cited Publication)

Citation Frequency and Ethical Issue | Show Abstract Hide Abstract | Download | Electronic Physician, 6(2), 814-815. Accepted Paper Series Ale Ebrahim, Nader University of Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering Posted: 2   Abstract: Dear Editor: I read your publication ethics issue on “bogus impact factors” with great interest (1). I would like to initiate a new trend in manipulating the citation counts. There are several ethical approaches to increase the number of citations for a published paper (2). However, it is apparent that some manipulation of the number of citations is occurring (3, 4). Self - citations, “those in which the authors cite their own works” account for a significant portion of all citations (5). With the advent of information technology, it is easy to identify unusual trends for citations in a paper or a journal. A web application to calculate the single publication h - index based on (6) is available online (7, 8). A tool developed by Francisco Couto (9) can measure authors’ citation impact by excluding the self - citations. Self - citation is ethical when it is a necessity. Nevertheless, there is a threshold for self - citations. Thomson Reuters’ resource, known as the Web of Science (WoS) and currently lists journal impact factors, considers self - citation to be acceptable up to a rate of 20%; anything over that is considered suspect (10). In some journals, even 5% is considered to be a high rate of self - citations. The ‘Journal Citation Report’ is a reliable source for checking the acceptable level of self - citation in any field of study. The Public Policy Group of the London School of Economics (LSE) published a handbook for “Maximizing the Impacts of Your Research” and described self - citation rates across different groups of disciplines, indicating that they vary up to 40% (11). Unfortunately, there is no significant penalty for the most frequent self - citers, and the effect of self - citation remains positive even for very high rates of self - citation (5). However, WoS has dropped some journals from its database because of untrue trends in the citations (4). The same policy also should be applied for the most frequent self - citers. The ethics of publications should be adhered to by those who wish to conduct research and publish their findings. Improve citation, Research impact, Publication ethics

SMEs and Virtual R&D Teams: A Motive Channel for Relationship between SMEs International Conference for Technical Postgraduates, December 2009 Nader Ale Ebrahim University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering Date Posted: December 20, 2010 Accepted Paper Series 3 downloads

The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEs The 11th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, December 2010 Nader Ale Ebrahim , Shamsuddin Ahmed , Salwa Hanim Abdul Rashid and Zahari Taha University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering , University of Malaya (UM) , University of Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture and University Malaysia Pahang - Department of Manufacturing Engineering Date Posted: December 19, 2010 Accepted Paper Series 7 downloads Virtual R&D Teams: A Potential Growth of Education-Industry Collaboration 2nd International Congress on Engineering Education (ICEED) 2010 Nader Ale Ebrahim , Shamsuddin Ahmed , Salwa Hanim Abdul Rashid and Zahari Taha University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering , University of Malaya (UM) , University of Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture and University Malaysia Pahang - Department of Manufacturing Engineering Date Posted: December 19, 2010 Accepted Paper Series 6 downloads Virtual Teams: A New Opportunity to Develop a Business International Conference on Entrepreneurship Across Boundaries, 2010 Nader Ale Ebrahim , Shamsuddin Ahmed , Salwa Hanim Abdul Rashid and Zahari Taha University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering , University of Malaya (UM) , University of Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture and University Malaysia Pahang - Department of Manufacturing Engineering Date Posted: December 19, 2010 Accepted Paper Series 16 downloads

Virtual Collaborative R&D Teams in Malaysia Manufacturing SMEs 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Technologies, 2011 Nader Ale Ebrahim , Shamsuddin Ahmed , Salwa Hanim Abdul Rashid , Zahari Taha and Md. Abdul Wazed University of Malaya - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, Faculty of Engineering , University of Malaya (UM) , University of Malaya (UM) - Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture , University Malaysia Pahang - Department of Manufacturing Engineering and University of Malaya (UM) Date Posted: March 1, 2011 Accepted Paper Series 15 downloads