Rabia Akram

3.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
26 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Rabia Akram is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Rabia Akram has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 10 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Rabia Akram's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (18 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (8 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (8 papers). Rabia Akram is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (18 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (8 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (8 papers). Rabia Akram collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and France. Rabia Akram's co-authors include Fuzhong Chen, Muhammad Tariq Majeed, Fahad Khalid, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Umar, Zhiwei Ye, Ersin Çağlar, Kai‐Hua Wang, Ping Jiang and Muntasir Murshed and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Energy and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Rabia Akram

26 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Heterogeneous effects of energy efficiency and renewable ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2021 2022 100 200 300 400
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. Heterogeneous effects of energy efficiency and renewable energy on carbon emissions: Evidence from developing countries
    2019 423 citations Rabia Akram, Fuzhong Chen et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
  2. Modelling the dynamic linkages between eco-innovation, urbanization, economic growth and ecological footprints for G7 countries: Does financial globalization matter?
    2021 387 citations Mahmood Ahmad, Ping Jiang et al. Sustainable Cities and Society profile →
  3. Globalization and CO2 emissions in the presence of EKC: A global panel data analysis
    2022 208 citations Sohail Farooq, İlhan Öztürk et al. Gondwana Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rabia Akram China 18 1.9k 1.0k 661 532 296 26 2.4k
Najid Ahmad China 20 1.9k 1.0× 999 1.0× 500 0.8× 490 0.9× 310 1.0× 67 2.4k
Muhammad Salman China 22 2.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.1× 825 1.2× 355 0.7× 432 1.5× 38 2.9k
Muhammad Nasir Malik Pakistan 14 1.7k 0.9× 817 0.8× 595 0.9× 369 0.7× 167 0.6× 32 2.1k
Zhangqi Zhong China 20 2.2k 1.1× 834 0.8× 822 1.2× 422 0.8× 398 1.3× 43 2.6k
Md Shabbir Alam Bahrain 25 1.7k 0.9× 878 0.8× 485 0.7× 392 0.7× 164 0.6× 68 2.3k
Shoukat Iqbal Khattak China 26 2.4k 1.3× 1.5k 1.4× 870 1.3× 460 0.9× 285 1.0× 61 2.8k
Gul Jabeen China 27 1.6k 0.8× 818 0.8× 544 0.8× 489 0.9× 253 0.9× 50 2.3k
Yunpeng Sun China 25 2.1k 1.1× 868 0.8× 443 0.7× 401 0.8× 366 1.2× 67 2.6k
Ahsan Anwar Pakistan 27 2.4k 1.3× 1.4k 1.3× 574 0.9× 531 1.0× 279 0.9× 54 2.8k
Danish Iqbal Godil Pakistan 22 1.9k 1.0× 996 1.0× 584 0.9× 422 0.8× 391 1.3× 40 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rabia Akram

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rabia Akram

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Akram, Rabia, Xiaojing Shi, Fahad Khalid, & Mohit Srivastava. (2025). Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption and Green Investment: Driving Corporate Environmental Responsibility. Business Strategy and the Environment. 34(7). 9188–9202. 3 indexed citations
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Khalid, Fahad, et al.. (2024). Digital finance and corporate environmental violations. Finance research letters. 66. 105674–105674. 5 indexed citations
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Akram, Rabia, et al.. (2024). Nexus between green technology innovation and climate policy uncertainty: Unleashing the role of artificial intelligence in an emerging economy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 209. 123820–123820. 19 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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Akram, Rabia, Kefu Yi, Muhammad Irfan, & Xiaofang Li. (2023). Alleviating role of energy innovation on resource curse: a case of OECD countries. Carbon Management. 14(1). 2 indexed citations
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Khalid, Fahad, et al.. (2023). Linking corporate social responsibility and energy poverty: An environmental sustainability paradigm. Energy & Environment. 35(7). 3554–3574. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Wen, Rabia Akram, Muhammad Irfan, et al.. (2022). The asymmetric nexus between air pollution and COVID-19: Evidence from a non-linear panel autoregressive distributed lag model. Environmental Research. 209. 112848–112848. 47 indexed citations
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Huang, Yanyan, et al.. (2022). The Impacts of FDI Inflows on Carbon Emissions: Economic Development and Regulatory Quality as Moderators. Frontiers in Energy Research. 9. 72 indexed citations
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Akram, Rabia, et al.. (2022). Investigating the existence of asymmetric environmental Kuznets curve and pollution haven hypothesis in China: Fresh evidence from QARDL and quantile Granger causality. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(33). 50454–50470. 23 indexed citations
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Akram, Rabia, et al.. (2022). Economic performance and natural resources: Evaluating the role of economic risk. Resources Policy. 78. 102840–102840. 28 indexed citations
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Farooq, Sohail, İlhan Öztürk, Muhammad Tariq Majeed, & Rabia Akram. (2022). Globalization and CO2 emissions in the presence of EKC: A global panel data analysis. Gondwana Research. 106. 367–378. 208 indexed citations breakdown →
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Akram, Rabia, et al.. (2021). The impact of corporate social responsibility on the sustainable financial performance of Italian firms: mediating role of firm reputation. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja. 35(1). 4740–4758. 45 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Mahmood, Ping Jiang, Muntasir Murshed, et al.. (2021). Modelling the dynamic linkages between eco-innovation, urbanization, economic growth and ecological footprints for G7 countries: Does financial globalization matter?. Sustainable Cities and Society. 70. 102881–102881. 387 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shen, Yijuan, et al.. (2020). Firm market value relevance of carbon reduction targets, external carbon assurance and carbon communication. Carbon Management. 11(6). 549–563. 19 indexed citations
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Akram, Rabia, Muhammad Tariq Majeed, Zeeshan Fareed, Fahad Khalid, & Chengang Ye. (2020). Asymmetric effects of energy efficiency and renewable energy on carbon emissions of BRICS economies: evidence from nonlinear panel autoregressive distributed lag model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(15). 18254–18268. 130 indexed citations
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Wang, Kai‐Hua, Muhammad Umar, Rabia Akram, & Ersin Çağlar. (2020). Is technological innovation making world "Greener"? An evidence from changing growth story of China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 165. 120516–120516. 286 indexed citations
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Akram, Rabia, Fuzhong Chen, Fahad Khalid, Zhiwei Ye, & Muhammad Tariq Majeed. (2019). Heterogeneous effects of energy efficiency and renewable energy on carbon emissions: Evidence from developing countries. Journal of Cleaner Production. 247. 119122–119122. 423 indexed citations breakdown →

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