Minhaj Ali

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Minhaj Ali is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Minhaj Ali has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Minhaj Ali's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (30 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (20 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (9 papers). Minhaj Ali is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (30 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (20 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (9 papers). Minhaj Ali collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Türkiye. Minhaj Ali's co-authors include Bo Yang, Atif Jahanger, Derviş Kırıkkaleli, Shujahat Haider Hashmi, Muhammad Qayyum, Mohsin Shabir, Mehmet Altuntaş, Mir Muhammad Nizamani, Shijie Li and Abid Rashid Gill and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Minhaj Ali

33 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Remittance inflows affect the ecological footprint in BICS countries: do technological innovation and financial development matter?

2021 209 citations Bo Yang, Atif Jahanger et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minhaj Ali China	19	1.2k	622	314	255	105	35	1.3k
Lân Khánh Chu Vietnam	18	1.5k 1.3×	660 1.1×	336 1.1×	232 0.9×	97 0.9×	43	1.8k
Elma Šatrović Türkiye	21	1.0k 0.9×	459 0.7×	334 1.1×	217 0.9×	116 1.1×	56	1.2k
Ilham Haouas United Arab Emirates	18	1.1k 0.9×	535 0.9×	317 1.0×	253 1.0×	97 0.9×	52	1.3k
Anissa Chaibi France	8	1.0k 0.9×	645 1.0×	287 0.9×	230 0.9×	84 0.8×	15	1.1k
Muhammad Zakaria Pakistan	18	1.7k 1.4×	804 1.3×	407 1.3×	322 1.3×	84 0.8×	56	1.9k
Sajid Ali Pakistan	17	1.3k 1.2×	530 0.9×	393 1.3×	189 0.7×	76 0.7×	37	1.6k
Ada Chigozie Akadiri Cyprus	17	1.3k 1.2×	736 1.2×	365 1.2×	279 1.1×	107 1.0×	20	1.6k
Muhammad Imran Khan China	11	1.1k 1.0×	740 1.2×	342 1.1×	336 1.3×	57 0.5×	16	1.4k
Tahseen Ajaz Pakistan	12	917 0.8×	417 0.7×	266 0.8×	167 0.7×	164 1.6×	17	1.1k
Hrushikesh Mallick India	19	1.2k 1.0×	656 1.1×	194 0.6×	371 1.5×	55 0.5×	60	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minhaj Ali

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Habib, Yasir, et al.. (2025). Green finance and environmental decentralization drive OECD low carbon transitions. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 28140–28140. 2 indexed citations

Habib, Yasir, et al.. (2025). Decarbonizing Japan: The role of nuclear energy and environmental taxation in mitigating CO2 emissions. Environmental Challenges. 18. 101097–101097. 5 indexed citations

Ali, Minhaj & Kishwar Ali. (2024). Analyzing the non‐linear association between natural resources, remittances, and ecological footprint: An analysis of Bangladesh's environmental decline. Natural Resources Forum. 49(4). 3298–3318.

Ali, Hatem, Abid Rashid Gill, & Minhaj Ali. (2024). Transformative Routes to Sustainable Development: The Nexus Between Fiscal Decentralization and Sustainable Environment in Developing Countries. The Journal of Environment & Development. 34(2). 291–317. 2 indexed citations

Ali, Minhaj, Shujahat Haider Hashmi, Yasir Habib, & Derviş Kırıkkaleli. (2023). The asymmetric impact of public–private partnership investment in energy on CO₂ emissions in Pakistan. Energy & Environment. 35(4). 2131–2150. 7 indexed citations

Arif, Muhammad, Abid Rashid Gill, & Minhaj Ali. (2023). Analyzing the non-linear association between urbanization and ecological footprint: an empirical analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(50). 109063–109076. 20 indexed citations

Gill, Abid Rashid, et al.. (2023). Information and communication technology, institutional quality, and environmental sustainability in ASEAN countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 18 indexed citations

Ali, Minhaj, Derviş Kırıkkaleli, & Mehmet Altuntaş. (2023). The nexus between CO2 intensity of GDP and environmental degradation in South European countries. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(5). 11089–11100. 14 indexed citations

Ali, Minhaj, Derviş Kırıkkaleli, Ridhima Sharma, & Mehmet Altuntaş. (2022). The nexus between remittances, natural resources, technological innovation, economic growth, and environmental sustainability in Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(50). 75822–75840. 53 indexed citations

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Qayyum, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Relationship between economic liberalization and intellectual property protection with regional innovation in China. A case study of Chinese provinces. PLoS ONE. 17(1). e0259170–e0259170. 12 indexed citations

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Kırıkkaleli, Derviş, Minhaj Ali, & Mehmet Altuntaş. (2022). Environmental sustainability and public–private partnerships investment in energy in Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(37). 56068–56078. 29 indexed citations

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Kırıkkaleli, Derviş, et al.. (2022). The linear and nonlinear effects of energy productivity on environmental degradation in Cyprus. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(4). 9886–9897. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Bo, Minhaj Ali, Shujahat Haider Hashmi, & Atif Jahanger. (2022). Do Income Inequality and Institutional Quality affect CO2 Emissions in Developing Economies?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(28). 42720–42741. 93 indexed citations

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Ali, Minhaj, et al.. (2022). Does fiscal decentralization curb the ecological footprint in pakistan?. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10. 9 indexed citations

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Shabir, Mohsin, Minhaj Ali, Shujahat Haider Hashmi, & Satar Bakhsh. (2021). Heterogeneous effects of economic policy uncertainty and foreign direct investment on environmental quality: cross-country evidence. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(2). 2737–2752. 93 indexed citations

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Yang, Bo, Atif Jahanger, & Minhaj Ali. (2021). Remittance inflows affect the ecological footprint in BICS countries: do technological innovation and financial development matter?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(18). 23482–23500. 209 indexed citations breakdown →

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Qayyum, Muhammad, et al.. (2021). Nexus between Financial Development, Renewable Energy Consumption, Technological Innovations and CO2 Emissions: The Case of India. Energies. 14(15). 4505–4505. 112 indexed citations

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Li, Chunling, et al.. (2021). The Impact of Public-Private Partnership Investment in Energy and Technological Innovation on Ecological Footprint: The Case of Pakistan. Sustainability. 13(18). 10085–10085. 80 indexed citations

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Ali, Minhaj, et al.. (2020). Does financial inclusion enhance economic growth? Empirical evidence from the IsDB member countries. International Journal of Finance & Economics. 26(4). 5235–5258. 52 indexed citations

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Yang, Bo, Minhaj Ali, Shujahat Haider Hashmi, & Mohsin Shabir. (2020). Income Inequality and CO2 Emissions in Developing Countries: The Moderating Role of Financial Instability. Sustainability. 12(17). 6810–6810. 63 indexed citations

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