Michael Appiah

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 942 citations indexed

About

Michael Appiah is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Appiah has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 942 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 16 papers in Information Systems and 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Michael Appiah's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (24 papers), Economic Growth and Development (16 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (11 papers). Michael Appiah is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (24 papers), Economic Growth and Development (16 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (11 papers). Michael Appiah collaborates with scholars based in China, Ghana and United Arab Emirates. Michael Appiah's co-authors include Muhammad Abubakr Naeem, Sitara Karim, Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Mingxing Li, Brian M. Lucey, Stephen Taiwo Onifade, Festus Víctor Bekun, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Mingxing Li and Mingxing Li and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable Energy and Energy Economics.

In The Last Decade

Michael Appiah

33 papers receiving 905 citations

Hit Papers

Greening the globe: Uncovering the impact of environmenta... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 40 80 120
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. Greening the globe: Uncovering the impact of environmental policy, renewable energy, and innovation on ecological footprint
    2023 133 citations Michael Appiah, Mingxing Li et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Appiah China 17 761 337 163 152 127 34 942
Muhammad Khan Pakistan 14 910 1.2× 397 1.2× 178 1.1× 179 1.2× 99 0.8× 30 1.0k
Olatunji A. Shobande United Kingdom 16 696 0.9× 304 0.9× 100 0.6× 148 1.0× 73 0.6× 70 905
Hummera Saleem Pakistan 16 688 0.9× 338 1.0× 144 0.9× 125 0.8× 65 0.5× 26 916
Mehdi Seraj Cyprus 18 845 1.1× 418 1.2× 120 0.7× 234 1.5× 70 0.6× 74 1.1k
Hasan Güngör Cyprus 20 1.0k 1.3× 525 1.6× 218 1.3× 193 1.3× 94 0.7× 36 1.2k
Muhammad Shahid Hassan Pakistan 19 725 1.0× 367 1.1× 184 1.1× 211 1.4× 59 0.5× 64 1.0k
Phan Thế Công Vietnam 18 799 1.0× 403 1.2× 157 1.0× 163 1.1× 64 0.5× 52 1.0k
Assad Ullah China 19 622 0.8× 239 0.7× 137 0.8× 111 0.7× 56 0.4× 51 853
Khurshid Khudoykulov Uzbekistan 16 625 0.8× 305 0.9× 127 0.8× 134 0.9× 52 0.4× 47 870
Muhammad Atif Khan China 13 579 0.8× 243 0.7× 109 0.7× 113 0.7× 91 0.7× 32 804

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Appiah

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Appiah

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Appiah. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael Appiah 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 Michael Appiah. Michael Appiah is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Li, Mingxing, Michael Appiah, Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, & Andrew Adewale Alola. (2025). Financialization and environmental policy as drivers of environmental technology in OECD economies. Environmental and Ecological Statistics. 32(2). 557–578. 2 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, et al.. (2024). Transforming banking: Examining the role of AI technology innovation in boosting banks financial performance. International Review of Financial Analysis. 96. 103700–103700. 29 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, Stephen Taiwo Onifade, & Bright Akwasi Gyamfi. (2024). Pathways to Sustainability in Sub-Sahara Africa: Are Institutional Quality Levels Subservient in Achieving Green GDP Growth?. Journal of the Knowledge Economy. 16(1). 2366–2390. 4 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, et al.. (2024). Governance, institutions, and climate change resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa: assessing the threshold effects. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 11 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, Stephen Taiwo Onifade, & Bright Akwasi Gyamfi. (2024). Analysing governance‐led infrastructural development nexus in sub‐Saharan Africa: Does the moderating role of institutional quality matter?. Growth and Change. 55(1). 7 indexed citations
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Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr, et al.. (2023). Transitioning to clean energy: Assessing the impact of renewable energy, bio-capacity and access to clean fuel on carbon emissions in OECD economies. Energy Economics. 127. 107091–107091. 78 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, et al.. (2023). The Linkage Between Fiscal Policy and Financial Development: Exploring the Moderating Role of Institutional Quality in Emerging Economies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(3). 670–695. 2 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, Mingxing Li, Muhammad Abubakr Naeem, & Sitara Karim. (2023). Greening the globe: Uncovering the impact of environmental policy, renewable energy, and innovation on ecological footprint. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 192. 122561–122561. 133 indexed citations breakdown →
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Appiah, Michael, et al.. (2023). Does financialization enhance renewable energy development in Sub-Saharan African countries?. Energy Economics. 125. 106898–106898. 42 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Ojonugwa Usman, & Festus Víctor Bekun. (2023). MODELING THE ASYMMETRIC EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND OIL PRICES ON ECONOMIC GROWTH. The Singapore Economic Review. 1–30. 3 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, et al.. (2022). Research on the Advance Role of Institutional Quality on Achieving Environmental Efficiency in Sub Sahara Africa. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10. 20 indexed citations
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Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr, Michael Appiah, Sitara Karim, & Larisa Yarovaya. (2022). What abates environmental efficiency in African economies? Exploring the influence of infrastructure, industrialization, and innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 186. 122172–122172. 61 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, et al.. (2021). Modeling the linkages among CO2 emission, energy consumption, and industrialization in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(29). 38506–38521. 58 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, et al.. (2020). Examining the factors that influence firm performance in Ghana: a GMM and OLS approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 309–323. 16 indexed citations
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Appiah, Michael, et al.. (2019). Foreign investment and growth: A case of selected African economies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 7–18. 8 indexed citations

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