2022

• Lnenicka, M., Nikiforova, A., Luterek, M., Azeroual, O., Ukpabi, D., Valtenbergs, V., Machova, R. (2022) Transparency of open data ecosystems in smart cities: definition and assessment of the maturity of transparency in 22 smart cities, Sustainable Cities and Society, 103906, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.103906, Q1, Impact Factor: 7.587, SNIP: 2.347, CiteScore: 10.7
• Lněnička, M., Nikiforova, A., Saxena, S. and Singh, P. (2022), Investigation into the adoption of open government data among students: the behavioural intention-based comparative analysis of three countries, Aslib Journal of Information Management, Vol. 74 No. 3, pp. 549-567. https://doi.org/10.1108/AJIM-08-2021-0249, Q1 (Library and Information Sciences), Impact Factor: 2.343, SNIP: 1.132, CiteScore: 3.3
• Nikiforova A. (2022) Gen Z open data hackathon – civic innovation with digital natives: to hack or not to hack, In Proceedings of Ongoing Research, Practitioners, Workshops, Posters, and Projects of the International Conference EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2022, pp. 251-253, September 5-8, Linkoping, Sweden
• Saxena, S., Shao, D., Nikiforova, A. and Thapliyal, R. (2022), Invoking blockchain technology in e-government services: a cybernetic perspective, Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, Vol. 24 No. 3, pp. 246-258. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPRG-10-2021-0128, Q2 (Information Systems and Management), SNIP: 0.705, CiteScore: 2.8
• Azeroual, O., Jha, M., Nikiforova, A., Sha, K., Alsmirat, M., & Jha, S. (2022). A Record Linkage-Based Data Deduplication Framework with DataCleaner Extension. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 6(4), 27, https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6040027, SNIP: 1.63, CiteScore: 3.7 (Q2 – Computer Science Applications)
• Lnenicka M., Luterek M., Nikiforova A. (2022) Benchmarking open data efforts through indices and rankings: Assessing development and contexts of use, Telematics and Informatics, 2021, 101745, ISSN 0736-5853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2021.101745, Q1, Impact factor: 6.182, SNIP: 2.912, CiteScore: 13.2
• Azeroual, O., Schöpfel, J., Ivanović, D., & Nikiforova, A. (2022). Combining Data Lake and Data Wrangling for Ensuring Data Quality in CRIS. CRIS2022: 15th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems, May 2022, Dubrovnik, Croatia (pre-print)
• Salminen J., Mustak M., Rizun N., Revina A., Nikiforova A., Almerekhi H., Jung S., Jansen B.J. (2022) Integrating AI into Customer Service: Improving the Actionability of Customer Feedback Analysis Using Machine Learning, in Proceedings of the 4th international conference on AIRSI2022 Technologies 4.0 in Tourism, Services & Marketing (AIRSI – Artificial Intelligence, Immersive Technologies, Social Networks and Internet of Things) (web-based), July 2022 (extended abstract)
• Azeroual, O., Nikiforova, A. Apache Spark and MLlib-Based Intrusion Detection System or How the Big Data Technologies Can Secure the Data. Information 2022, 13, 58. https://doi.org/10.3390/info13020058, SNIP: 1.012, CiteScore: 3.0 (Q2 – Information Systems)
• Nikiforova A., Tiwari S., Rovite V., Kante N., Klovins J. (2022) Evaluation and Visualization of Healthcare Semantic Models, Semantic Models in IoT and eHealth Applications, Ed. S. Tiwari, F. Ortiz Rodriguez, M.A. Jabbar, ISBN: 9780323917735, Academic Press 2022
• Chang V., Xiao L., Nikiforova A., Xu Q., Liu B. (2022) The Study of PGP Web of Trust Based on Social Network Analysis, International Journal of Business Information Systems, 10.1504/IJBIS.2020.10037242, SNIP: 0.551, CiteScore: 1.7 (Q2 – Information Systems and Management, Management Information Systems) (in press)
• Chang V., Marshall R., Xu Q., Nikiforova N. (2022) E-Commerce Assistant Application incorporating Machine Learning Image Classification, International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 10.1504/IJBSR.2022.10036200, Impact Factor: 1.3, SNIP: 0.467, CiteScore: 1.3 (in press)
• Nikiforova A., Data security as a top priority in the digital world: preserve data value by being proactive and thinking security first, In Research and Innovation Forum 2022, edited by Anna Visvizi, Orlando Troisi, Mara Grimaldi, 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG (Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland) (accepted, in print)
• Nikiforova, A. (2022). Open data hackathon as a tool for increased engagement of Generation Z: to hack or not to hack? arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.10974, 2022 Electronic Governance with Emerging Technologies Conference, Springer (accepted, in print).
• Nikiforova, A., Flores, M. A., & Lytras, M. D. (2022). The role of open data in the transformation to Society 5.0: a resource or a tool for SDG-compliant Smart Living? arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.11784, In Smart Cities and the Next Generation: Empowering Communities, Limitless Innovation, Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023 (accepted, in print)
• Ishengoma, F.R., Shao, D., Alexopoulos, C., Saxena, S. and Nikiforova, A. (2022), “Integration of artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) in the public sector: drivers, barriers and future research agenda“, Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPRG-06-2022-0067
• Govoruhina A., Nikiforova A. (2022) Digital health shopping assistant with React Native: a simple technological solution to a complex health problem, In The International Conference on Intelligent Data Science Technologies and Applications (IDSTA2022), September 5-7, 2022, San Antonio, Texas, USA (forthcoming), arXiv:2208.04761
• Kumar N., Jilani A. K., Kumar P., Nikiforova A. (2022). Improved YOLOv3-tiny Object Detector with Dilated CNN for Drone-Captured Images, In The International Conference on Intelligent Data Science Technologies and Applications (IDSTA2022), September 5-7, 2022, San Antonio, Texas, USA (forthcoming)
• Azeroual O., Schöpfel J., Pölönen J., Nikiforova N. (2022). Putting FAIR principles in the context of research information: FAIRness for CRIS and CRIS for FAIRness (forthcoming)
• Nikiforova A., Daskevics A., Otmane A., “NoSQL security: can my data-driven decision-making be affected from outside?,” in: Visvizi, A., Troisi, O., Grimaldi, M. (eds) (2023) Big Data and Decision-Making: Applications and Uses in the Public and Private Sector, Bingley, UK: Emerald Publishing, ISBN: 978-1803825526

2021

• Nikiforova, A., Bicevskis, J., Bicevska, Z., & Oditis, I. (2020). Data Quality Model-based Testing of Information Systems: the Use-case of E-scooters. In 2020 7th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2020), (Scopus)
• Nikiforova, A. (2020, October). Timeliness of Open Data in Open Government Data Portals Through Pandemic-related Data: a long data way from the publisher to the user. In 2020 Fourth International Conference on Multimedia Computing, Networking and Applications (MCNA) (pp. 131-138). IEEE. (Scopus)
• Nikiforova, A., Bicevskis, J., Karnitis, G. (2020). Towards a Concurrence Analysis in Business Processes. In 2020 7th International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS 2020), (Scopus)
• Bicevskis, J., Bicevska, Z., Nikiforova, A., & Oditis, I. (2020, September). Data Quality Model-based Testing of Information Systems. In 2020 15th Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS) (pp. 595-602). IEEE. (Scopus)
• Nikiforova, A. (2020). Comparative analysis of national open data portals or whether your portal is ready to bring benefits from open data. In IADIS International Conference on ICT, Society and Human Beings (pp. 21-23), (Scopus)
• Nikiforova, A. (2020). Assessment of the usability of Latvia’s open data portal or how close are we to gaining benefits from open data. In IADIS 14th International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction (pp. 51-28). (Scopus)
• Nikiforova, A. (2020). Definition and Evaluation of Data Quality: User-Oriented Data Object-Driven Approach to Data Quality Assessment. Baltic Journal of Modern Computing, 8(3), 391-432; (Scopus, Web of Science) Q4, SNIP: 0.524
• Nikiforova, A., & Bicevskis, J. (2020). Towards a Business Process Model-based Testing of Information Systems Functionality. In ICEIS (2) (pp. 322-329), (Scopus, Web of Science)
• Nikiforova, A., Bicevskis, J., Bicevska, Z., & Oditis, I. (2020). User-Oriented Approach to Data Quality Evaluation. J. UCS, 26(1), 107-126; (Scopus, Web of Science) Q2, Impact factor: 0.91; SNIP: 0.67, CiteScore: 2.0

2019

• Bicevskis, J., Nikiforova, A., Bicevska, Z., Oditis, I., & Karnitis, G. (2019, October). A Step Towards a Data Quality Theory. In 2019 Sixth International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS) (pp. 303-308). IEEE. (Scopus, Web of Science)
• Bicevskis, J., Bicevska, Z., Nikiforova, A., & Oditis, I. (2019, September). Towards Data Quality Runtime Verification. In 2019 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS) (pp. 639-643). (Scopus, Web of Science)
• Nikiforova, A. (2019). Analysis of Open Health Data Quality Using Data Object-Driven Approach to Data Quality Evaluation: Insights from a Latvian Context. In IADIS International Conference e-Health (pp. 119-126). (Scopus)
• Nikiforova, A., & Bicevskis, J. (2019). An Extended Data Object-driven Approach to Data Quality Evaluation: Contextual Data Quality Analysis. In ICEIS (1) (pp. 274-281). (Scopus, Web of Science)

2018

• Bicevskis, J., Bicevska, Z., Nikiforova, A., & Oditis, I. (2018, October). An Approach to Data Quality Evaluation. In 2018 Fifth International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS) (pp. 196-201). IEEE. (Scopus, Web of Science)
• Bicevskis, J., Bicevska, Z., Nikiforova, A., & Oditis, I. (2018). Data quality evaluation: a comparative analysis of company registers’ open data in four European countries. In FedCSIS (Communication Papers) (pp. 197-204).
• Nikiforova, A., & Bicevska, Z. (2018). Application of LEAN Principles to Improve Business Processes: a Case Study in Latvian IT Company. Baltic Journal of Modern Computing, 6(3), 247-270. (Web of Science)
• Nikiforova, A. (2018). Open Data Quality Evaluation: A Comparative Analysis of Open Data in Latvia. Baltic Journal of Modern Computing, 6(4), 363-386. (Web of Science)
• Nikiforova, A. (2018). Open Data Quality, CEUR; (Scopus) CiteScore: 0.8, SNIP: 0.345