Rakhshanda Kousar

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Rakhshanda Kousar is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Rakhshanda Kousar has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 9 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Rakhshanda Kousar's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (13 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (9 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (9 papers). Rakhshanda Kousar is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (13 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (9 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (9 papers). Rakhshanda Kousar collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Spain. Rakhshanda Kousar's co-authors include Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Sohail Amjad Makhdum, Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen, Awudu Abdulai, Ridwan Lanre Ibrahim, Kazeem Bello Ajide, Abdul Majeed Nadeem, Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente, Atif Jahanger and Sofia Anwar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable Energy and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Rakhshanda Kousar

30 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Does financial inclusion, renewable and non-renewable energy utilization accelerate ecological footprints and economic growth? Fresh evidence from 15 highest emitting countries

2020 400 citations Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Sohail Amjad Makhdum et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rakhshanda Kousar Pakistan	14	1.2k	629	380	365	103	35	1.5k
Elliot Boateng Australia	15	1.3k 1.1×	648 1.0×	325 0.9×	342 0.9×	80 0.8×	29	1.6k
Muhammad Sohail Amjad Makhdum Pakistan	17	1.8k 1.5×	962 1.5×	598 1.6×	534 1.5×	170 1.7×	38	2.2k
Mohd Arshad Ansari India	16	1.0k 0.9×	524 0.8×	467 1.2×	226 0.6×	74 0.7×	34	1.2k
Brayan Tillaguango Ecuador	15	926 0.8×	408 0.6×	292 0.8×	186 0.5×	65 0.6×	26	1.2k
Ernest Baba Ali Russia	18	620 0.5×	293 0.5×	171 0.5×	161 0.4×	77 0.7×	38	1.0k
Hamdiyah Alhassan Ghana	19	592 0.5×	312 0.5×	113 0.3×	237 0.6×	69 0.7×	43	1.0k
David Edgerton Sweden	13	1.8k 1.5×	699 1.1×	299 0.8×	265 0.7×	146 1.4×	23	2.0k
Devi Prasad Dash India	15	810 0.7×	357 0.6×	220 0.6×	133 0.4×	31 0.3×	47	1.1k
Godwin Olasehinde‐Williams Türkiye	23	1.3k 1.1×	563 0.9×	229 0.6×	184 0.5×	57 0.6×	85	1.7k
Houjian Li China	22	796 0.7×	245 0.4×	185 0.5×	151 0.4×	59 0.6×	82	1.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Usman, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). How digitalization, renewable energy, and natural resources shape environmental excellence? Evidence from China using a Quantile-on-Quantile framework. Geoscience Frontiers. 16(4). 102055–102055. 5 indexed citations

Ni, Zhong, Muhammad Usman, Rakhshanda Kousar, Muhammad Irfan, & Mohammad Haseeb. (2025). Optimizing the potential of green growth: the symmetric and asymmetric convergence of digitalization, natural Resources, and environmental resilience. Post-Communist Economies. 38(1). 1–29.

Lahr, Michael L., et al.. (2025). Barriers to Female Labor Participation in Mixed Farming Systems: Evidence and Policy Insights from Rural Pakistan. View. 3(3). 151–167.

Ali, Asghar, et al.. (2024). Investigating the Pattern and Determinants of Crop Diversification: Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Diversified Farming in Punjab, Pakistan. 6(2). 174–180.

Uddin, Ijaz, Atta Ullah, Najia Saqib, Rakhshanda Kousar, & Muhammad Usman. (2023). Heterogeneous role of energy utilization, financial development, and economic development in ecological footprint: How far away are developing economies from developed ones. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(20). 58378–58398. 48 indexed citations

Jahanger, Atif, Muhammad Usman, Rakhshanda Kousar, & Daniel Balsalobre‐Lorente. (2023). Implications for optimal abatement path through the deployment of natural resources, human development, and energy consumption in the era of digitalization. Resources Policy. 86. 104165–104165. 14 indexed citations

Makhdum, Muhammad Sohail Amjad, Muhammad Usman, Rakhshanda Kousar, et al.. (2022). How Do Institutional Quality, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy, and Financial Development Reduce Ecological Footprint without Hindering Economic Growth Trajectory? Evidence from China. Sustainability. 14(21). 13910–13910. 86 indexed citations

Iqbal, Muhammad Amjed, et al.. (2022). Assessing Impact of Billion Tree Tsunami Project on Environment and Livelihood Strategies: A Case Study from District Faisalabad. 4(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Ibrahim, Ridwan Lanre, Kazeem Bello Ajide, Muhammad Usman, & Rakhshanda Kousar. (2022). Heterogeneous effects of renewable energy and structural change on environmental pollution in Africa: Do natural resources and environmental technologies reduce pressure on the environment?. Renewable Energy. 200. 244–256. 115 indexed citations

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Usman, Muhammad, Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen, Rakhshanda Kousar, & Muhammad Sohail Amjad Makhdum. (2021). Modeling financial development, tourism, energy consumption, and environmental quality: Is there any discrepancy between developing and developed countries?. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(41). 58480–58501. 66 indexed citations

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Ashfaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2020). EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH IMPROVED BREEDING IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 30(6). 4 indexed citations

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Ashfaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2020). Farmers' perception and awareness regarding constraints and strategies to control livestock diseases.. The Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 57(2). 573–583. 3 indexed citations

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Kousar, Rakhshanda, et al.. (2020). Empirical Investigation of Impact of Land Fragmentation on Crop Productivity in Punjab, Pakistan. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture. 35(1). 3 indexed citations

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Usman, Muhammad, Rakhshanda Kousar, Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen, & Muhammad Sohail Amjad Makhdum. (2020). An empirical nexus between economic growth, energy utilization, trade policy, and ecological footprint: a continent-wise comparison in upper-middle-income countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(31). 38995–39018. 129 indexed citations

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Kousar, Rakhshanda, et al.. (2019). A Time Series Analysis of Energy Consumption, Energy Prices and Economic Growth in Pakistan. European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences. 8(4). 687–707. 4 indexed citations

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Anwar, Tauseef, Noshin Ilyas, Rahmatullah Qureshi, et al.. (2019). ALLELOPATHIC POTENTIAL OF PINUS ROXBURGHII NEEDLES AGAINST SELECTED WEEDS OF WHEAT CROP. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 17(2). 1717–1739. 7 indexed citations

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Kousar, Rakhshanda, et al.. (2016). The Impact of Migration on Rural Poverty: The Case Study of District Faisalabad, Pakistan. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations

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Kousar, Rakhshanda, et al.. (2016). MITIGATING MIGRATION THROUGH BRIDGING PRODUCTION GAP IN LIVESTOCK SECTOR. 4(2). 106–110. 2 indexed citations

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Ashraf, Imran, et al.. (2015). An Impact Assessment of Tunnel Technology Transfer Project in Punjab, Pakistan. 4 indexed citations

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Ashfaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2010). Gender inequality: a social evil.. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 20(1). 60–61.

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