Asma Arif

782 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 615 citations indexed

About

Asma Arif is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Asma Arif has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 615 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 6 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Asma Arif's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (9 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (6 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers). Asma Arif is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (9 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (6 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 papers). Asma Arif collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Australia. Asma Arif's co-authors include Nafeesa Mughal, Vipin Jain, Malik Shahzad Shabbir, Rinat Zhanbayev, Supat Chupradit, Carlos Samuel Ramos‐Meza, Huajiao Li, Hieu Minh Vu, Prabjot Kaur and Gniewko Niedbała and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Asma Arif

19 papers receiving 598 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 role of technological innovation in environmental pollution, energy consumption and sustainable economic growth: Evidence from South Asian economies

2021 238 citations Nafeesa Mughal, Asma Arif et al. Energy Strategy Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Asma Arif Pakistan	11	464	218	138	105	82	20	615
Misbah Nosheen Pakistan	14	441 1.0×	202 0.9×	130 0.9×	113 1.1×	51 0.6×	43	552
Shahid Ali Pakistan	9	776 1.7×	299 1.4×	161 1.2×	111 1.1×	115 1.4×	23	893
Yang Shu China	11	617 1.3×	324 1.5×	187 1.4×	132 1.3×	144 1.8×	19	803
Yijuan Shen China	5	628 1.4×	323 1.5×	179 1.3×	66 0.6×	126 1.5×	9	717
Florian Marcel Nuţă Romania	17	530 1.1×	245 1.1×	152 1.1×	47 0.4×	84 1.0×	41	786
Huangxin Chen China	12	421 0.9×	181 0.8×	115 0.8×	43 0.4×	108 1.3×	22	577
Nicole A. Mathys Switzerland	16	652 1.4×	205 0.9×	239 1.7×	115 1.1×	55 0.7×	37	821
Nafeesa Mughal China	11	763 1.6×	396 1.8×	154 1.1×	164 1.6×	184 2.2×	21	916
Lin-Na Hao China	10	709 1.5×	366 1.7×	180 1.3×	60 0.6×	92 1.1×	18	830
Abid Rashid Gill Pakistan	13	638 1.4×	333 1.5×	244 1.8×	48 0.5×	112 1.4×	33	814

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20 of 20 papers shown

Usman, Ahmed, et al.. (2025). ICT-driven urbanization and energy security risk: Empirical evidence from Group 7 and Emerging 7 economies. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 112. 107809–107809. 2 indexed citations

Zhong, Shiyang, et al.. (2025). Smart governance and smart urbanization: Digital solutions to alleviate energy poverty in major energy consuming economies. Energy Strategy Reviews. 58. 101659–101659. 6 indexed citations

Arif, Asma & Umaima Arif. (2023). Institutional Approach to the Budget Deficit: An Empirical Analysis. SAGE Open. 13(2). 1 indexed citations

Ma, Richard, et al.. (2022). Revealing the effectiveness of technological innovation shocks on CO2 emissions in BRICS: emerging challenges and implications. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(31). 47373–47381. 16 indexed citations

Arif, Asma, et al.. (2022). Natural resources commodity prices volatility and economic performance: Evaluating the role of green finance. Resources Policy. 76. 102557–102557. 31 indexed citations

Mughal, Nafeesa, et al.. (2021). Natural resources rents and economic performance: Post-COVID-19 era for G7 countries. Resources Policy. 75. 102441–102441. 97 indexed citations

Mughal, Nafeesa, et al.. (2021). Dynamic effects of fiscal and monetary policy instruments on environmental pollution in ASEAN. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(46). 65116–65126. 50 indexed citations

Mughal, Nafeesa, Asma Arif, Vipin Jain, et al.. (2021). The role of technological innovation in environmental pollution, energy consumption and sustainable economic growth: Evidence from South Asian economies. Energy Strategy Reviews. 39. 100745–100745. 238 indexed citations breakdown →

Arif, Umaima, Asma Arif, & Farzana Naheed Khan. (2021). Environmental impacts of FDI: evidence from heterogeneous panel methods. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(16). 23639–23649. 22 indexed citations

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Ma, Ning, Huajiao Li, Jinwei Zhang, et al.. (2021). The short-term price effects and transmission mechanism of CO2 cost pass-through in China: A partial transmission model. Resources Policy. 70. 101972–101972. 10 indexed citations

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Arif, Asma, et al.. (2020). The influence factors of the national roles in the FDI network: A combined methods of complex networks and Panel Data Analysis. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 563. 125311–125311. 12 indexed citations

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Han, Xiaodan, Huajiao Li, Qian Liu, Fuzhen Liu, & Asma Arif. (2019). Analysis of influential factors on air quality from global and local perspectives in China. Environmental Pollution. 248. 965–979. 50 indexed citations

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Ma, Ning, Huajiao Li, Yuhai Wang, et al.. (2019). The short-term roles of sectors during a carbon tax on Chinese economy based on complex network: An in-process analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 251. 119560–119560. 13 indexed citations

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Shi, Jianglan, et al.. (2019). Tracing carbon emissions embodied in 2012 Chinese supply chains. Journal of Cleaner Production. 226. 28–36. 46 indexed citations

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Arif, Asma, et al.. (2018). The role of governance and political institutions for budget deficit for low and high income countries : a panel data analysis. EUROPEAN RESEARCH STUDIES JOURNAL. 357–366. 1 indexed citations

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Arif, Asma, et al.. (2018). Economic, Political and Institutional Determinants of Budget Deficits Volatility: A Panel Data Analysis. International Journal of Economics and Business Administration. VI(Issue 3). 98–114. 5 indexed citations

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Faridi, Muhammad Zahir, et al.. (2016). Globalization and Saving Behavior of Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis. 1 indexed citations

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Arif, Asma. (2012). BUDGETARY TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN MILITARY AND EDUCATION/HEALTH EXPENDITURES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS. international journal of research in computer application & management. 1 indexed citations

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Arif, Asma & Hasnat Ahmad. (2012). IMPACT OF TRADE OPENNESS ON OUTPUT GROWTH: CO INTEGRATION AND ERROR CORRECTION MODEL APPROACH. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 379–385. 11 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Hasnat, et al.. (2012). Do Economic, Institutional, or Political Variables Explain Economic Growth. International Journal of Business and Management. 7(24). 2 indexed citations

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