Rafael Alvarado

9.5k total citations · 9 hit papers
146 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Rafael Alvarado is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Alvarado has authored 146 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 54 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 32 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rafael Alvarado's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (100 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (54 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (31 papers). Rafael Alvarado is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (100 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (54 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (31 papers). Rafael Alvarado collaborates with scholars based in Ecuador, China and Türkiye. Rafael Alvarado's co-authors include Cem Işık, Kashif Raza Abbasi, Abdulrasheed Zakari, Vishal Dagar, Muhammad Irfan, Brayan Tillaguango, Irfan Khan, Munir Ahmad, Abdul Rehman and Avik Sinha and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Alvarado

145 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Analyze the environmental sustainability factors ... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2022 2021 2019 2021 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Analyze the environmental sustainability factors of China: The role of fossil fuel energy and renewable energy
    2022 569 citations Kashif Raza Abbasi, Rafael Alvarado et al. profile →
  2. Energy efficiency and sustainable development goals (SDGs)
    2021 424 citations Abdulrasheed Zakari, Rafael Alvarado et al. profile →
  3. Interplay between technological innovation and environmental quality: Formulating the SDG policies for next 11 economies
    2019 348 citations Avik Sinha, Rafael Alvarado et al. profile →
  4. Ecological footprint, economic complexity and natural resources rents in Latin America: Empirical evidence using quantile regressions
    2021 284 citations Rafael Alvarado, Brayan Tillaguango et al. profile →
  5. The increases and decreases of the environment Kuznets curve (EKC) for 8 OECD countries
    2021 167 citations Cem Işık, Serdar Ongan et al. Environmental Science and Pollution Research profile →
  6. Environmental concerns in the United States: Can renewable energy, fossil fuel energy, and natural resources depletion help?
    2023 140 citations Kashif Raza Abbasi, Khadim Hussain et al. Gondwana Research profile →
  7. Variations in technical efficiency of farmers with distinct land size across agro-climatic zones: Evidence from India
    2021 136 citations Vishal Dagar, Muhammad Kamran Khan et al. profile →
  8. Assessing the nexus between human capital, green energy, and load capacity factor: Policymaking for achieving sustainable development goals
    2023 123 citations Jiapeng Dai, Zahoor Ahmed et al. Gondwana Research profile →
  9. Renewable energy, climate policy uncertainty, industrial production, domestic exports/re-exports, and CO2 emissions in the USA: A SVAR approach
    2023 120 citations Cem Işık, Serdar Ongan 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
Rafael Alvarado Ecuador 49 5.0k 2.5k 1.5k 1.1k 529 146 7.1k
Haider Mahmood Saudi Arabia 42 5.7k 1.2× 3.3k 1.3× 1.9k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 599 1.1× 191 7.9k
Muhammad Tariq Majeed Pakistan 45 4.9k 1.0× 2.6k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 445 0.8× 191 6.1k
Umer Shahzad China 47 6.7k 1.4× 3.1k 1.3× 1.8k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 716 1.4× 115 8.4k
Atif Jahanger China 46 5.4k 1.1× 2.7k 1.1× 1.7k 1.2× 1.2k 1.0× 537 1.0× 90 6.3k
Irfan Khan China 47 6.0k 1.2× 3.5k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 1.9k 1.7× 481 0.9× 87 7.9k
Xunpeng Shi Australia 48 4.8k 1.0× 2.3k 0.9× 1.9k 1.2× 979 0.9× 599 1.1× 215 7.4k
Anis Omri Tunisia 41 6.4k 1.3× 3.8k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 1.7k 1.5× 650 1.2× 90 8.1k
Muhammad Wasif Zafar China 37 5.9k 1.2× 3.2k 1.3× 2.0k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 506 1.0× 69 7.0k
Chuanwang Sun China 47 5.4k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 2.3k 1.5× 697 0.6× 809 1.5× 166 7.8k
Muhammad Khalid Anser China 50 3.6k 0.7× 1.7k 0.7× 988 0.7× 853 0.8× 650 1.2× 168 6.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tillaguango, Brayan, et al.. (2025). Impact of agricultural employment, gross domestic product, informal economy, institutional quality on forest cover in Ecuador. Forest Policy and Economics. 174. 103479–103479. 1 indexed citations
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Hossain, Mohammad Razib, Brayan Tillaguango, Rafael Alvarado, et al.. (2024). Geo-political risks, uncertainty, financial development, renewable energy, and carbon intensity: Empirical evidence from countries at high geo-political risks. Applied Energy. 376. 124321–124321. 12 indexed citations
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Abbasi, Kashif Raza, Qingyu Zhang, Badr Saad Alotaibi, Mohammed Awad Abuhussain, & Rafael Alvarado. (2024). Toward sustainable development goals 7 and 13: A comprehensive policy framework to combat climate change. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 105. 107415–107415. 48 indexed citations
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Khan, Muhammad Kamran, et al.. (2024). Impact of carbon emissions, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on inbound cross-border mergers and acquisition’s investment inflow. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(6). 14123–14142. 18 indexed citations
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Jabeen, Gul, Dong Wang, Cem Işık, Rafael Alvarado, & Serdar Ongan. (2023). Role of energy utilization intensity, technical development, economic openness, and foreign tourism in environmental sustainability. Gondwana Research. 127. 100–115. 46 indexed citations
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Rehman, Abdul, Hengyun Ma, İlhan Öztürk, et al.. (2023). The enigma of environmental sustainability and carbonization: Assessing the connection between coal and oil rents, natural resources, and environmental quality. Gondwana Research. 128. 1–13. 16 indexed citations
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Ramzan, Muhammad, Kashif Raza Abbasi, Asma Salman, et al.. (2023). Towards the dream of go green: An empirical importance of green innovation and financial depth for environmental neutrality in world's top 10 greenest economies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 189. 122370–122370. 101 indexed citations
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Carpio, Carlos E., et al.. (2023). Labels, taxes, and food reformulation: A tale of sugar in carbonated soft drinks in Ecuador. The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. 27(2). 201–216. 1 indexed citations
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Işık, Cem, Serdar Ongan, Dilek Özdemir, et al.. (2023). Renewable energy, climate policy uncertainty, industrial production, domestic exports/re-exports, and CO2 emissions in the USA: A SVAR approach. Gondwana Research. 127. 156–164. 120 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dai, Jiapeng, Zahoor Ahmed, Avik Sinha, Uğur Korkut Pata, & Rafael Alvarado. (2023). Sustainable green electricity, technological innovation, and ecological footprint: Does democratic accountability moderate the nexus?. Utilities Policy. 82. 101541–101541. 73 indexed citations
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Liu, Ning, Kashif Raza Abbasi, Khadim Hussain, Rafael Alvarado, & Muhammad Ramzan. (2023). Analyzing the role of green innovation and public-private partnerships in achieving sustainable development goals: a novel policy framework. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 38 indexed citations
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Işık, Cem, Mihaela Simionescu, Serdar Ongan, et al.. (2023). Renewable energy, economic freedom and economic policy uncertainty: New evidence from a dynamic panel threshold analysis for the G-7 and BRIC countries. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 37(9). 3367–3382. 92 indexed citations
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Dai, Jiapeng, Rafael Alvarado, Sajid Ali, Zahoor Ahmed, & Muhammad Saeed Meo. (2023). Transport infrastructure, economic growth, and transport CO2 emissions nexus: Does green energy consumption in the transport sector matter?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(14). 40094–40106. 84 indexed citations
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Tawiah, Vincent, Abdulrasheed Zakari, & Rafael Alvarado. (2023). Effect of corruption on green growth. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(4). 10429–10459. 47 indexed citations
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Alam, Md Shabbir, Iqbal Thonse Hawaldar, Muntasir Murshed, et al.. (2022). Roles of green intellectual capital facets on environmental sustainability in Oman. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja. 36(3). 12 indexed citations
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Sohail, Hafiz M., et al.. (2021). An analysis of the asymmetric effects of natural gas consumption on economic growth in Pakistan: A non-linear autoregressive distributed lag approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(4). 5687–5702. 14 indexed citations
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Méndez, Priscila, et al.. (2019). Nexo causal entre la urbanización y la producción regional: evidencia para Ecuador usando VI en econometría espacial. EERS. Estudios económicos regionales y sectoriales. 19(1). 63–76. 1 indexed citations
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Muffatto, Moreno, et al.. (2018). Informal Institutions and Informal Entrepreneurial Activity: New Panel Data Evidence From Latin American Countries. Academy of Entrepreneurship journal. 24(4). 6 indexed citations
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Alvarado, Rafael. (2011). Measuring the competitiveness of the provinces of Ecuador. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 5 indexed citations

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