Muhammad Anwar

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Anwar is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Anwar has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Strategy and Management, 24 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Anwar's work include Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (23 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (15 papers) and Family Business Performance and Succession (12 papers). Muhammad Anwar is often cited by papers focused on Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (23 papers), Environmental Sustainability in Business (15 papers) and Family Business Performance and Succession (12 papers). Muhammad Anwar collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Germany. Muhammad Anwar's co-authors include Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah, Fahad Asmi, Thomas Clauß, Songling Yang, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Sher Zaman Khan, Muhammad Sualeh Khattak, Shuangjie Li, Najib Khan and Rongting Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Anwar

81 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION AND SMEs PERFORMANCE — DOES COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE MEDIATE?

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Anwar China	32	1.0k	681	623	568	479	88	2.8k
Vincenzo Corvello Italy	23	950 0.9×	715 1.0×	396 0.6×	395 0.7×	240 0.5×	77	2.7k
Matthias Breier Finland	10	858 0.8×	742 1.1×	584 0.9×	420 0.7×	295 0.6×	10	3.0k
Vahid Jafari‐Sadeghi United Kingdom	29	1.1k 1.0×	728 1.1×	451 0.7×	318 0.6×	182 0.4×	82	2.3k
Raj V. Mahto United States	28	1.0k 1.0×	908 1.3×	534 0.9×	708 1.2×	558 1.2×	73	3.1k
Massimiliano Matteo Pellegrini Italy	27	910 0.9×	840 1.2×	378 0.6×	374 0.7×	328 0.7×	85	2.9k
Marina Apaydın Lebanon	9	1.3k 1.2×	519 0.8×	370 0.6×	376 0.7×	278 0.6×	18	2.4k
Minna Saunila Finland	28	1.7k 1.7×	634 0.9×	680 1.1×	896 1.6×	163 0.3×	94	3.4k
Alberto Di Minin Italy	31	1.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	867 1.4×	332 0.6×	442 0.9×	115	3.2k
John P. Ulhøi Denmark	24	1.3k 1.3×	1.3k 1.8×	337 0.5×	596 1.0×	360 0.8×	86	2.9k
Abhi Bhattacharya United States	9	1.1k 1.1×	509 0.7×	681 1.1×	575 1.0×	234 0.5×	20	2.9k

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Khattak, Muhammad Sualeh, et al.. (2026). Linking intellectual capital and firms' internationalization through a meta-analysis. Journal of Intellectual Capital. 1–26.

Wu, Qiang, et al.. (2025). Artificial Intelligence and Environmental, Social, and Governance: A Hybrid Bibliometric Approach. Business Strategy and the Environment.

Anwar, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Challenges Faced by Nursing Leadership and Nursing Leaders in the Public Sector Swat: A Qualitative Study. 1(1). 1–5.

Anwar, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). The Effect of Work-Life Balance Programs on Burnout Levels and Professional Performance Among Nurses a Mixed-Method Study at Saidu Teaching Hospital Swat, Pakistan. 1(1). 1–5.

Perveen, Shagufta, Amna Shoaib, Muhammad Rafiq, Naureen Akhtar, & Muhammad Anwar. (2024). Morphological and molecular identification of Alternaria dumosa causing post-harvest black spot disease in persimmon (Diospyros Kaki l.) in Pakistan. 8(4). 749–758. 2 indexed citations

Anwar, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Antecedents of big data analytics adoption and its impact on decision quality and environmental performance of SMEs in recycling sector. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 205. 123468–123468. 14 indexed citations

Khattak, Muhammad Sualeh, et al.. (2024). Probing the impact of intellectual capital on SME efficiency: the role of business model innovation. Journal of Intellectual Capital. 25(2/3). 613–639. 4 indexed citations

Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar, Muhammad Anwar, Muhammad Jawad Hassan, et al.. (2024). Overexpression of Auxin/Indole-3-Acetic Acid Gene TrIAA27 Enhances Biomass, Drought, and Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plants. 13(19). 2684–2684. 6 indexed citations

Tandon, Anushree, et al.. (2023). Drivers of green apparel consumption: Digging a little deeper into green apparel buying intentions. Business Strategy and the Environment. 32(6). 3997–4012. 46 indexed citations

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Anwar, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Entrepreneurship in family firms: an updated bibliometric overview. Review of Managerial Science. 18(2). 539–575. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qingyu & Muhammad Anwar. (2023). Leveraging gamification technology to motivate environmentally responsible behavior: An empirical examination of Ant Forest. Decision Sciences. 56(1). 25–49. 20 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar, Muhammad Anwar, Asif Ali, et al.. (2022). A Heat Shock Transcription Factor TrHSFB2a of White Clover Negatively Regulates Drought, Heat and Salt Stress Tolerance in Transgenic Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21). 12769–12769. 20 indexed citations

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Anwar, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Genome-Wide Study of Hsp90 Gene Family in Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) and Their Imperative Roles in Response to Cold Stress. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 908511–908511. 9 indexed citations

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Siddiquei, Ahmad Nabeel, et al.. (2021). What Explains Natives and Sojourners Preventive Health Behavior in a Pandemic: Role of Media and Scientific Self-Efficacy. Frontiers in Psychology. 12. 664399–664399. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Guowei, et al.. (2020). Intellectual capital and the efficiency of SMEs in the transition economy China; Do financial resources strengthen the routes?. PLoS ONE. 15(7). e0235462–e0235462. 42 indexed citations

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Ye, Qing, et al.. (2020). China’s green future and household solid waste: Challenges and prospects. Waste Management. 105. 328–338. 48 indexed citations

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Anwar, Muhammad, Sher Zaman Khan, & Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah. (2019). A Study of the Relationship Between Innovation and Performance Among NPOs in Pakistan. Journal of Social Service Research. 46(1). 26–40. 26 indexed citations

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Anwar, Muhammad, et al.. (2019). Climate change communication as political agenda and voters’ behavior. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 26(29). 29946–29961. 7 indexed citations

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Anwar, Muhammad. (2018). Menjadi Guru Profesional. 136 indexed citations

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Anwar, Muhammad & Ameer Ali. (1987). Overseas doctors : experience and expectations : a research study. 8 indexed citations

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