Dr. Selim Ahmed

Head of the Department

  • Master of Management - – International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia
  • Ph.D. in Business Administration (Major in Quality Management), International Islamic University Malaysia
Short Biography:

Dr. Selim Ahmed is an Associate Professor and Head of Business School, World University of Bangladesh. Previously he worked at the International University of Agadir (Universiapolis), Morocco as an Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration and Master of Management degree from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). His PhD title was “Lean Six Sigma and Its Effect on Quality Performance in Malaysian Hospitals”

Dr. Ahmed has published several books, chapters, and many articles in the top peer-reviewed journals. He is the Consulting Editor for Hospital Topics (Taylor & Francis)Guest Editor for Transnational Corporations Review (Taylor & Francis), Associate Editor for Iranian Journal of Management Studies (publish by University of Tehran) and Article Editor for Sage Open (Sage Publishing). He is the editorial advisory board member for International Journal of Business and Systems Research, IIUM Journal of Case Studies in ManagementIndian Journal of Finance and BankingInternational Journal of Accounting & Finance ReviewQOR NewsletterInternational Journal of Operations Management, American International Journal of Supply Chain Management and others

Dr. Ahmed has reviewed 215 manuscripts for 63 peer-reviewed journals (Scopus & Web of Science). According to the Publons 2020 rankings, Dr. Ahmed was the Top Global Reviewer in the area of Behavioral Sciences (Rank 2), Organizational Behavior (Rank 2), Healthcare Management (rank 3) Business & Economics (Rank 5), Quality Management (Rank 6) and Business Management (Rank 8). In 2018, he received the “Top Peer Reviewer Award” from Publons. In 2015, he received the “Best Paper” award from 12th Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) Conference, Kuantan, Malaysia. 

Dr. Ahmed is the “Chief of Marketing Plan & Moderator” of 4th Global Conference on Creating Value, 2021 Organized by University of South Florida, USA. He was the “Secretary” for 12th International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (ISAHP, 2013), Malaysia. He was invited by many higher educational institutes to conduct training, workshop, and lecture on research methodology, data analysis, and other topics in Malaysia, Morocco, Canada, Kuwait and Bangladesh. His research area includes Quality Management, Service Management, Healthcare Management, Organizational Behavior, Human Resource Management &, etc. 

Journal Section
SL Collaboration & Membership Name Type Membership Year Membership Expire Year
1 Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health Reviewer 2020
2 BMC Public Health Reviewer 2019
3 BMC Health Service Research Reviewer 2019
4 International Journal of Lean Six Sigma Reviewer 2018
5 Business Process Management Journal Reviewer 2020
6 TQM Journal Reviewer 2020
7 Internet Research Reviewer 2017
8 PLOS ONE Reviewer 2019
9 Environmental Quality Management Reviewer 2021
10 Performance Improvement Quarterly Reviewer 2021
11 International Journal of Health Planning and Management Reviewer 2020
12 Health Policy and Technology Reviewer 2020
13 Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management Reviewer 2020
14 Computers in Human Behavior Reviewer 2016
15 Journal of Cleaner Production Reviewer 2017
16 Journal of Non-Profit and Public Sector Marketing Reviewer 2019
17 International Journal of Healthcare Management Reviewer 2019
18 Production and Planning Control Reviewer 2019
19 Total Quality Management and Business Excellence Reviewer 2017
20 International Journal of Operations Management Editorial Advisory Board Member 2020
21 International Journal of Entrepreneurship & Development Studies Editorial Board Member 2018
22 QOR Newsletter, Canada Editorial Advisory Board Member 2020
23 International Journal of Accounting & Finance Review Editorial Board Member 2020
24 Indian Journal of Finance and Banking Editorial Board Member 2020
25 Operations Management (Cambridge Scholars Publishing) Editorial Advisory Board Member 2018
26 IIUM Journal of Case Studies in Management Editorial Advisory Board Member 2018
27 International Journal of Business and Systems Research Editorial Board Member 2018
28 American International Journal of Supply Chain Management Associate Editor 2021
29 Jurnal Sistem dan Manajemen Industri Associate Editor 2018
30 SAGE Open Article Editor 2020
31 Transnational Corporations Review (Taylor & Francis) Guest Editor 2020 October 2021
32 Hospital Topics (Taylor & Francis) Consulting Editor 2020
SL Award Title Award Type Year Country
1 Bronze Medal IIUM Research, Invention Exhibition 2013 Malaysia
2 Excellent Researcher Award (Nominated) 2nd International Academic and Research Excellence Awards 2020 India
3 Best Paper Award 12th Annual World Congress, Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA) 2015 Malaysia
4 Top Peer Reviewer Award Publons 2018 UK
SL Certificate Title Institution Year Country
1 How to respond to reviewers' comments Researcher Academy (Elsevier) 2020 Netherlands
2 How your research can make an impact on society Researcher Academy (Elsevier) 2020 Netherlands
3 Excellence in Business Education – The ACBSP Accreditation ASBM University 2020 India
4 Accreditation and Rankings QS –I.GAUGE 2020 India
5 Converting from face-to-face delivery to online delivery ACBSP 2020 USA
6 How to Prepare & Support Learners & Instructors Innovative Educators 2020 USA
7 Moodle 3.5 Basics – 4 Weeks Moodle 2018 Australia
8 Course Learning Outcome Revision and Mapping ACBSP 2020 USA