Ashar Awan

2.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
52 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

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Ashar Awan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Ashar Awan has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 29 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 16 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Ashar Awan's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (40 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (28 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (16 papers). Ashar Awan is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (40 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (28 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (16 papers). Ashar Awan collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Türkiye and China. Ashar Awan's co-authors include Atif Jahanger, Soumen Rej, Arunava Bandyopadhyay, Mohammad Razib Hossain, Joshua Chukwuma Onwe, Faik Bilgili, Kashif Raza Abbasi, Mohammed Alnour, Md. Emran Hossain and Kangjuan Lv and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Ashar Awan

48 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The impact of renewable energy, internet use and foreign direct investment on carbon dioxide emissions: A method of moments quantile analysis

2022 222 citations Ashar Awan, Kashif Raza Abbasi et al. Renewable Energy profile →
Combined nonlinear effects of urbanization and economic growth on CO2 emissions in Malaysia. An application of QARDL and KRLS

2022 121 citations Ashar Awan et al. profile →
Articulating CO2 emissions limiting roles of nuclear energy and ICT under the EKC hypothesis: An application of non-parametric MMQR approach

2023 109 citations Atif Jahanger, Mohammad Razib Hossain et al. Geoscience Frontiers profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ashar Awan	1.7k	979	545	484	119	52	2.1k
Kris Ivanovski	1.9k 1.1×	990 1.0×	481 0.9×	393 0.8×	97 0.8×	43	2.1k
Sadia Bano	1.6k 0.9×	918 0.9×	526 1.0×	384 0.8×	130 1.1×	26	1.8k
Zia Ur Rahman	1.7k 1.0×	960 1.0×	548 1.0×	346 0.7×	123 1.0×	35	1.9k
Hoang Phong Le	1.8k 1.0×	986 1.0×	561 1.0×	478 1.0×	127 1.1×	28	2.1k
Nigar Taşpınar	2.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	679 1.2×	583 1.2×	141 1.2×	25	2.2k
Matheus Koengkan	1.6k 0.9×	985 1.0×	475 0.9×	494 1.0×	84 0.7×	85	2.0k
Murat Çetin	1.6k 1.0×	811 0.8×	515 0.9×	322 0.7×	129 1.1×	88	2.1k
Usman Mehmood	1.9k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	701 1.3×	523 1.1×	160 1.3×	112	2.7k
Fuyu Zhang	1.7k 1.0×	873 0.9×	698 1.3×	318 0.7×	135 1.1×	19	2.1k
Paiman Ahmad	1.6k 1.0×	947 1.0×	489 0.9×	390 0.8×	186 1.6×	30	2.0k

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Awan, Ashar, et al.. (2025). Do energy intensity, resource abundance and inequality drive energy poverty? Evidence from developing countries. Geoscience Frontiers. 16(3). 102014–102014. 2 indexed citations

Kuşkaya, Sevda, Erhan Muğaloğlu, Ashar Awan, et al.. (2025). Spatial spillover effects of gender inequality on the path to energy transition and environmental sustainability in Asia. Utilities Policy. 95. 101935–101935. 3 indexed citations

Jahanger, Atif, et al.. (2025). Unlocking Sustainable Prosperity: A Systems Approach to Green Practices, Energy Security, and Digital Transformation. Sustainable Development. 34(1). 1089–1111.

Awan, Ashar, et al.. (2025). Assessing energy efficiency in the built environment: A quantile regression analysis of CO2 emissions from buildings and manufacturing sector. Energy and Buildings. 338. 115733–115733. 9 indexed citations

Awan, Ashar, et al.. (2024). Nuclear energy, human capital, and urbanization tackling environmental concerns in India: evidence from QARDL and quantile co-integration. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(11). 26563–26586. 4 indexed citations

Rej, Soumen, Arunava Bandyopadhyay, Ashar Awan, & Kashif Raza Abbasi. (2024). Analyzing the role of nuclear energy in the nexus of economic growth and environmental pollution in Belgium? evidence from wavelet coherence method. Environment Development and Sustainability. 28(3). 6071–6102. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Shubo, Atif Jahanger, & Ashar Awan. (2024). Temperature variation and urban electricity consumption in China: Implications for demand management and planning. Utilities Policy. 90. 101782–101782. 7 indexed citations

Awan, Ashar, et al.. (2023). Is the environmental Kuznets curve valid for transport sector in Pakistan? New evidence for non-renewable energy and urbanization using the QARDL approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(34). 46194–46206. 11 indexed citations

Jahanger, Atif, Mohammad Razib Hossain, Joshua Chukwuma Onwe, et al.. (2023). Analyzing the N-shaped EKC among top nuclear energy generating nations: A novel dynamic common correlated effects approach. Gondwana Research. 116. 73–88. 105 indexed citations

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Bilgili, Faik, et al.. (2023). Disaggregating the impact of natural resource rents on environmental sustainability in the MENA region: A quantile regression analysis. Resources Policy. 85. 103825–103825. 45 indexed citations

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Awan, Ashar, Mustafa Koçoğlu, Arunava Bandyopadhyay, Soumen Rej, & Mehmet Altuntaş. (2023). A Quantile-Based Analysis of the Nexus Between Hydropower Generation, Trade and Urbanization for China Utilizing the EKC Hypothesis. Environmental Modeling & Assessment. 28(5). 843–857. 11 indexed citations

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Jahanger, Atif, Stephen Obinozie Ogwu, Joshua Chukwuma Onwe, & Ashar Awan. (2023). The prominence of technological innovation and renewable energy for the ecological sustainability in top SDGs nations: Insights from the load capacity factor. Gondwana Research. 129. 381–397. 54 indexed citations

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Jahanger, Atif, Ashar Awan, Ahsan Anwar, & Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo. (2023). Greening the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) economies: Assessing the impact of electricity consumption, natural resources, and renewable energy on environmental footprint. Natural Resources Forum. 47(3). 484–503. 56 indexed citations

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Koçoğlu, Mustafa, et al.. (2023). Examining the nonlinear impact of human capital on environmental degradation in N-11 countries: an application of the PSTR approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(29). 74265–74279. 15 indexed citations

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Zeng, Weihong, et al.. (2023). Understanding multidimensional poverty in pakistan: implications for regional and demographic-specific policies. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 16 indexed citations

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Hossain, Md. Emran, Md. Sayemul Islam, Arunava Bandyopadhyay, et al.. (2022). Mexico at the crossroads of natural resource dependence and COP26 pledge: Does technological innovation help?. Resources Policy. 77. 102710–102710. 117 indexed citations

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Awan, Ashar, Kashif Raza Abbasi, Soumen Rej, Arunava Bandyopadhyay, & Kangjuan Lv. (2022). The impact of renewable energy, internet use and foreign direct investment on carbon dioxide emissions: A method of moments quantile analysis. Renewable Energy. 189. 454–466. 222 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abbasi, Kashif Raza, et al.. (2022). Investigating the inverted N-shape EKC in the presence of renewable and nuclear energy in a global sample. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 25(4). 1179–1194. 41 indexed citations

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Bilgili, Faik, et al.. (2021). The roles of economic growth and health expenditure on CO2 emissions in selected Asian countries: a quantile regression model approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(33). 44949–44972. 100 indexed citations

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Awan, Ashar, et al.. (2015). Achieving Job Satisfaction Through Spirituality: A Case Study of Muslim Employees. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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