Publications

Journal Publications

2025

[J8] N. Nazar, S. Sikka, C. Treude
Summarising Design Patterns using Code Features
Empirical Software Engineering Journal
Status: Accepted for Publication (2025)

2023

[J7] N. Nazar, N. Chen, C. Y. Chong
CodeLabeller: A web-based code annotation tool for Java Design Patterns and Summaries
International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering
🏆 SCI/E Indexed | Scopus Q3 | Core B | IF: 1.007 (2023)

2022

[J6] N. Nazar, A. Aleti, Y. Zheng
Feature-based Software Design Pattern Detection
Journal of Systems and Software, Vol. 185
🏆 SCI/E Indexed | Scopus Q1 | Core A | IF: 3.514 (2023)

2017

[J5] H. Jiang, N. Nazar, J. Zhang, T. Zhang, Z. Ren
PRST: A pagerank-based summarization technique for summarizing bug reports with duplicates
International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 06, pp. 869-896
🏆 SCI/E Indexed | Scopus Q3 | Core B | IF: 1.007 (2023)

[J4] H. Jiang, J. Zhang, H. Ma, N. Nazar, Z. Ren
Mining authorship characteristics in bug repositories
Science China Information Sciences, Vol. 60: 012107
🏆 SCI/E Indexed | Scopus Q1 | Core B | IF: 7.275 (2024)

2016

[J3] N. Nazar, Y. Hu, H. Jiang
Summarizing software artifacts: A literature review
Journal of Computer Science and Technology, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 883-909
🏆 SCI/E Indexed | Scopus Q2 | Core B | IF: 1.871 (2023)

[J2] N. Nazar, H. Jiang, G. Gao, T. Zhang, X. Li, Z. Ren
Source code fragment summarization with small-scale crowdsourcing based features
Frontiers of Computer Science, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 504-517
🏆 SCI/E Indexed | Scopus Q2 | IF: 2.669 (2023)

[J1] N. Nazar, T. M. J. Rakotomahefa
Analysis of a Small Company for Software Product Line Adoption–An Industrial Case Study
International Journal of Computer Theory and Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 313-322
📊 EI Indexed | Scopus Q4

Research Impact

• 8 Journal Publications in top-tier venues (SCI/E indexed)
• Published in Q1, Q2, and Q3 Scopus journals
• Research areas: Software Engineering, Mining Software Repositories, Design Patterns, Code Summarization
• International collaborations with researchers from China, Australia, and Malaysia