Masood Ahmed

962 total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 627 citations indexed

About

Masood Ahmed is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Marketing and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Masood Ahmed has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 627 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 5 papers in Marketing and 4 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Masood Ahmed's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (11 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (5 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 papers). Masood Ahmed is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (11 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (5 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 papers). Masood Ahmed collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Singapore. Masood Ahmed's co-authors include Muhammad Asif Khan, Hammad Riaz, Abubakr Saeed, József Popp, Eduardo Araral, Judit Oláh, Muhammad Atif Khan, Beata Ślusarczyk, Mirza Muhammad Naseer and Karamat Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Energy.

In The Last Decade

Masood Ahmed

28 papers receiving 588 citations

Hit Papers

Does green finance really... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Does green finance really deliver what is expected? An empirical perspective
    2021 234 citations Muhammad Asif Khan, Hammad Riaz et al. Borsa Istanbul Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Masood Ahmed Pakistan 11 381 136 81 71 66 33 627
Chí Minh Hồ Vietnam 15 399 1.0× 160 1.2× 45 0.6× 31 0.4× 64 1.0× 45 663
Muhammad Azam Pakistan 12 533 1.4× 182 1.3× 78 1.0× 71 1.0× 64 1.0× 31 779
Muhammad Umer Quddoos Pakistan 9 428 1.1× 203 1.5× 71 0.9× 52 0.7× 40 0.6× 35 587
Isaac Ahakwa China 17 369 1.0× 180 1.3× 73 0.9× 91 1.3× 22 0.3× 34 599
Yuhong Li China 7 462 1.2× 115 0.8× 106 1.3× 124 1.7× 22 0.3× 33 667
Kanwal Bilal Pakistan 11 368 1.0× 179 1.3× 74 0.9× 56 0.8× 26 0.4× 20 565
Abdur Rauf Pakistan 14 394 1.0× 140 1.0× 80 1.0× 89 1.3× 38 0.6× 38 681
Laura Mariana Cismaș Romania 16 249 0.7× 80 0.6× 124 1.5× 108 1.5× 28 0.4× 45 562
Mihaela Onofrei Romania 13 347 0.9× 94 0.7× 74 0.9× 20 0.3× 91 1.4× 55 645

Countries citing papers authored by Masood Ahmed

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Fields of papers citing papers by Masood Ahmed

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Masood Ahmed. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Masood Ahmed. The network helps show where Masood Ahmed may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Masood Ahmed

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Masood Ahmed. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Masood Ahmed based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Masood Ahmed. Masood Ahmed is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ren, Jie, Chunyang Lu, Masood Ahmed, et al.. (2025). Effect of MgO and iron ore types on the reduction swelling behavior of novel cold-bonded briquettes. Powder Technology. 464. 121275–121275.
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Ahmed, Masood, Eduardo Araral, & Muhammad Asif Khan. (2025). Barriers to just energy transition: Institutional and infrastructure challenges in developing countries. Sustainable Futures. 10. 101414–101414.
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Ahmed, Masood, Muhammad Atif Khan, Muhammad Asif Khan, Hossam Haddad, & Nidal Mahmoud Al-Ramahi. (2024). State capacity and access to water: Panel data evidence from developing countries. Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development. 8(8). 3282–3282. 1 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Masood, et al.. (2024). Role of workplace bullying and workplace incivility for employee performance: Mediated-moderated mechanism. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0291877–e0291877. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, K., et al.. (2024). Parametric study on hematite pellet direct reduction by hydrogen. Powder Technology. 435. 119434–119434. 11 indexed citations
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Lu, Chunyang, Kai Wang, Han Wei, et al.. (2024). Effects of burden layer porosity on the reduction reaction of a blast furnace Lump zone. Powder Technology. 444. 120015–120015. 2 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Masood, et al.. (2023). Economic policy uncertainty and stock market in G7 Countries: A panel threshold effect perspective. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0288883–e0288883. 8 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Masood, et al.. (2023). Past Trends and Future Directions in Green Human Resource Management and Green Innovation: A Bibliometric Analysis. Sustainability. 16(1). 133–133. 10 indexed citations
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Ji, Tong, et al.. (2021). Marginal Trade-Offs for Improved Agro-Ecological Efficiency Using Data Envelopment Analysis. Agronomy. 11(2). 365–365. 10 indexed citations
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Khan, Muhammad Atif, et al.. (2021). Environmental consequences of financial development in emerging and growth-leading economies: A multidimensional assessment. Borsa Istanbul Review. 22(4). 668–677. 37 indexed citations
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Khan, Muhammad Asif, et al.. (2021). How Governance and Firm Internationalization Affect Accrual Quality. Studies of Applied Economics. 39(3). 1 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Masood. (2021). Alternative Dispute Resolution During the Covid-19 Crisis and Beyond. King s Law Journal. 32(1). 147–156. 1 indexed citations
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Khan, Muhammad Asif, Hammad Riaz, Masood Ahmed, & Abubakr Saeed. (2021). Does green finance really deliver what is expected? An empirical perspective. Borsa Istanbul Review. 22(3). 586–593. 234 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ahmed, Masood, et al.. (2020). Hashish Addiction at Higher Education Institutions: Factors and Remedies. European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences. 9(4). 729–734.
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Ahmed, Masood. (2020). Does state capacity matter for foreign aid effectiveness? Panel data evidence on water from 87 countries. Water International. 45(5). 479–496. 2 indexed citations
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Ahmed, Masood & Eduardo Araral. (2019). Water Governance in India: Evidence on Water Law, Policy, and Administration from Eight Indian States. Water. 11(10). 2071–2071. 33 indexed citations

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