Muhammad Irfan

20.2k total citations · 19 hit papers
242 papers, 14.3k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Irfan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Pollution and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Irfan has authored 242 papers receiving a total of 14.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 66 papers in Pollution and 65 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Irfan's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (117 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (64 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (62 papers). Muhammad Irfan is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (117 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (64 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (62 papers). Muhammad Irfan collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Türkiye. Muhammad Irfan's co-authors include Munir Ahmad, Asif Razzaq, Yu Hao, Haitao Wu, Xiaodong Yang, Abdul Rehman, Rafael Alvarado, Arshian Sharif, Jin Hu and Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Irfan

226 papers receiving 14.0k 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.

  1. Influence mechanism between green finance and green innovation: Exploring regional policy intervention effects in China
    2022 587 citations Muhammad Irfan, Asif Razzaq et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →
  2. Analyze the environmental sustainability factors of China: The role of fossil fuel energy and renewable energy
    2022 569 citations Muhammad Irfan et al. profile →
  3. Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China?
    2022 549 citations Haitao Wu, Muhammad Irfan et al. profile →
  4. Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China
    2021 453 citations Haitao Wu, Muhammad Irfan et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
  5. Spatial spillovers and threshold effects of internet development and entrepreneurship on green innovation efficiency in China
    2021 281 citations Asif Razzaq, Muhammad Irfan et al. profile →
  6. An assessment of consumers’ willingness to utilize solar energy in China: End-users’ perspective
    2021 225 citations Muhammad Irfan, Yu Hao et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  7. Natural resources and financial development: Role of business regulations in testing the resource-curse hypothesis in ASEAN countries
    2022 220 citations Muhammad Irfan, Asif Razzaq et al. Resources Policy profile →
  8. Analysis of the mechanism of the impact of internet development on green economic growth: evidence from 269 prefecture cities in China
    2021 179 citations Muhammad Irfan, Siyu Ren et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
  9. Prioritizing and overcoming biomass energy barriers: Application of AHP and G-TOPSIS approaches
    2022 174 citations Muhammad Irfan, Yu Hao et al. Technological Forecasting and Social Change profile →
  10. How does digital infrastructure construction affect low-carbon development? A multidimensional interpretation of evidence from China
    2023 172 citations Jin Hu, Muhammad Irfan et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  11. The increases and decreases of the environment Kuznets curve (EKC) for 8 OECD countries
    2021 167 citations Muhammad Irfan et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
  12. Toward low‐carbon sustainable development: Exploring the impact of digital economy development and industrial restructuring
    2023 156 citations Muhammad Irfan, Jian Ding et al. profile →
  13. Role of renewable energy and fiscal policy on trade adjusted carbon emissions: Evaluating the role of environmental policy stringency
    2023 153 citations Muhammad Irfan, Madad Ali et al. profile →
  14. Unleashing the dynamic impact of tourism industry on energy consumption, economic output, and environmental quality in China: A way forward towards environmental sustainability
    2023 141 citations Muhammad Irfan, Asif Razzaq et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  15. AI in drug discovery and its clinical relevance
    2023 125 citations Rizwan Qureshi, Muhammad Irfan et al. Heliyon profile →
  16. What derives renewable energy transition in G-7 and E-7 countries? The role of financial development and mineral markets
    2023 123 citations Muhammad Irfan, Mubeen Abdur Rehman et al. Energy Economics profile →
  17. Unleashing the impact of ecological civilization pilot policies on green technology innovation: Evidence from a novel SC-DID model
    2023 105 citations Dongbei Bai, Jin Hu et al. Energy Economics profile →
  18. Exploring how economic growth, renewable energy, internet usage, and mineral rents influence CO2 emissions: A panel quantile regression analysis for 27 OECD countries
    2024 96 citations Muhammad Irfan et al. Resources Policy profile →
  19. Unleashing digital empowerment: Pioneering low-carbon development through the broadband China strategy
    2024 56 citations Jian Ding, Yin Liu et al. Energy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Muhammad Irfan China 68 8.6k 4.0k 2.6k 2.4k 2.0k 242 14.3k
Farhad Taghizadeh–Hesary Japan 62 10.5k 1.2× 4.4k 1.1× 2.6k 1.0× 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 328 14.1k
Yu Hao China 79 14.5k 1.7× 5.1k 1.3× 2.2k 0.8× 4.6k 1.9× 2.8k 1.4× 289 19.6k
Haitao Wu China 58 10.1k 1.2× 3.5k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 2.4k 1.0× 2.3k 1.1× 217 14.3k
Arshian Sharif Malaysia 73 13.2k 1.5× 6.2k 1.5× 2.4k 0.9× 3.2k 1.4× 2.1k 1.0× 225 16.8k
Dalia Štreimikienė Lithuania 65 5.8k 0.7× 3.1k 0.8× 2.0k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 1.7k 0.8× 589 17.1k
Shunsuke Managi Japan 58 8.1k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 2.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.9× 570 15.2k
Munir Ahmad China 61 7.3k 0.9× 3.7k 0.9× 2.2k 0.9× 2.5k 1.1× 1.0k 0.5× 166 10.6k
Muhammad Mohsin China 56 6.7k 0.8× 3.4k 0.9× 2.5k 1.0× 1.3k 0.6× 1.0k 0.5× 125 9.7k
Khalid Zaman Pakistan 61 6.8k 0.8× 3.6k 0.9× 1.9k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 789 0.4× 378 11.8k
Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente Spain 65 12.5k 1.5× 6.5k 1.6× 2.7k 1.1× 4.0k 1.7× 1.1k 0.5× 205 14.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muhammad Irfan

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

All Works

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Irfan, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Feather keratin-based hybrid adsorbents: Reproducibility and efficacy in metal removal from synthetic wastewater. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 75. 107891–107891. 1 indexed citations
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Adebayo, Tomiwa Sunday, et al.. (2024). Exploring resource blessing hypothesis within the coffin of technological innovation and economic risk: Evidence from wavelet quantile regression. Energy Economics. 137. 107802–107802. 7 indexed citations
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Ding, Jian, Yin Liu, Jin Hu, et al.. (2024). Unleashing digital empowerment: Pioneering low-carbon development through the broadband China strategy. Energy. 295. 131034–131034. 56 indexed citations breakdown →
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Irfan, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Factors influencing consumers' willingness to adopt renewable energy technologies: A paradigm to alleviate energy poverty. Energy. 309. 133005–133005. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Can, et al.. (2024). Unleashing the dynamic linkages among natural resources, economic complexity, and sustainable economic growth: Evidence from G‐20 countries. Sustainable Development. 32(4). 3736–3752. 21 indexed citations
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Bai, Dongbei, Jin Hu, Muhammad Irfan, & Mingjun Hu. (2023). Unleashing the impact of ecological civilization pilot policies on green technology innovation: Evidence from a novel SC-DID model. Energy Economics. 125. 106813–106813. 105 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xue, Yan, et al.. (2023). Natural resources policy making through finance? The role of green finance on energy resources poverty. Resources Policy. 85. 104023–104023. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Asif Razzaq, Muhammad Irfan, & Adeel Luqman. (2023). Green innovation, environmental governance and green investment in China: Exploring the intrinsic mechanisms under the framework of COP26. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 194. 122708–122708. 57 indexed citations
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Qureshi, Rizwan, Muhammad Irfan, Taimoor Muzaffar Gondal, et al.. (2023). AI in drug discovery and its clinical relevance. Heliyon. 9(7). e17575–e17575. 125 indexed citations breakdown →
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Asif, Mirza Huzaifa, Zhongfu Tan, Muhammad Irfan, Bilal Ahmad, & Madad Ali. (2023). Assessing eco-label knowledge and sustainable consumption behavior in energy sector of Pakistan: an environmental sustainability paradigm. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(14). 41319–41332. 21 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhenyu, et al.. (2023). Assessing and prioritizing biogas barriers to alleviate energy poverty in Pakistan: an integrated AHP and G-TOPSIS model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(41). 94669–94693. 11 indexed citations
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Irfan, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the dynamic impact of energy generation on economic sustainability in Canada: A roadmap towards sustainable development. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 139783–139783. 6 indexed citations
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Rauf, Abdur, Naila Nureen, Muhammad Irfan, & Madad Ali. (2023). The current developments and future prospects of solar photovoltaic industry in an emerging economy of India. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(16). 46270–46281. 32 indexed citations
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Akram, Rabia, et al.. (2023). Neutralizing the surging emissions amidst natural resource dependence, eco-innovation, and green energy in G7 countries: Insights for global environmental sustainability. Journal of Environmental Management. 344. 118560–118560. 114 indexed citations
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Ali, Madad, Muhammad Irfan, İlknur Öztürk, & Abdul Rauf. (2022). Modeling public acceptance of renewable energy deployment: a pathway towards green revolution. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja. 36(3). 43 indexed citations
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Xin, Yongrong, et al.. (2022). Assessing Citizens’ Attitudes and Intentions to Adopt E-Government Services: A Roadmap toward Sustainable Development. Sustainability. 14(22). 15183–15183. 11 indexed citations
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Wu, Haitao, Siyu Ren, Lu Xu, et al.. (2021). The impact of internet development on the health of Chinese residents: Transmission mechanisms and empirical tests. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 81. 101178–101178. 80 indexed citations

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