Shamim Akhtar

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 801 citations indexed

About

Shamim Akhtar is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Marketing and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Shamim Akhtar has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 801 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Strategy and Management, 10 papers in Marketing and 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Shamim Akhtar's work include Environmental Sustainability in Business (10 papers), Organizational and Employee Performance (7 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (5 papers). Shamim Akhtar is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Sustainability in Business (10 papers), Organizational and Employee Performance (7 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (5 papers). Shamim Akhtar collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Malaysia. Shamim Akhtar's co-authors include Shuja Iqbal, Prasad Siba Borah, Farooq Anwar, Hongyun Tian, Muhammad Aamir Shafique Khan, Sikandar Ali Qalati, José Moleiro Martins, Shumaila Naz, Liu Yan-ping and Mário Nuno Mata and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Frontiers in Psychology and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Shamim Akhtar

31 papers receiving 755 citations

Hit Papers

Linking social media usage and SME's sustainable performa... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150
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. Linking social media usage and SME's sustainable performance: The role of digital leadership and innovation capabilities
    2022 186 citations Prasad Siba Borah, Shuja Iqbal et al. Technology in Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Shamim Akhtar China 14 244 179 172 115 112 36 801
Shuja Iqbal China 12 226 0.9× 193 1.1× 170 1.0× 113 1.0× 117 1.0× 35 760
Lai Wan Hooi Malaysia 16 273 1.1× 298 1.7× 179 1.0× 78 0.7× 118 1.1× 58 821
Munwar Hussain Pahi Pakistan 15 302 1.2× 203 1.1× 303 1.8× 89 0.8× 115 1.0× 38 846
Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed Saudi Arabia 13 161 0.7× 100 0.6× 162 0.9× 148 1.3× 103 0.9× 78 598
Muafi Muafi Indonesia 17 269 1.1× 234 1.3× 240 1.4× 125 1.1× 206 1.8× 163 1.0k
Faisal Nawaz Pakistan 13 413 1.7× 175 1.0× 176 1.0× 97 0.8× 98 0.9× 24 965
Miles M. Yang Australia 14 263 1.1× 243 1.4× 154 0.9× 117 1.0× 131 1.2× 41 778
Okechukwu Lawrence Emeagwali Cyprus 17 309 1.3× 253 1.4× 171 1.0× 98 0.9× 170 1.5× 27 937
Santiago Gutiérrez-Broncano Spain 17 245 1.0× 300 1.7× 126 0.7× 105 0.9× 106 0.9× 49 752

Countries citing papers authored by Shamim Akhtar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Shamim Akhtar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shamim Akhtar

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

All Works

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Liu, Ming, et al.. (2025). Big data analytics capability and breakthrough innovation: the mediating role of technological opportunism and the moderating effect of proactive market orientation. Journal of Enterprise Information Management. 38(5). 1514–1535. 1 indexed citations
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Akhtar, Shamim, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of Educational Intervention on Risk Factors Leading to Preterm Labor Among Pregnant Women in Public Sector Hospital, Peshawar. Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Research. 4(3). 1–5.
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Borah, Prasad Siba, Shuja Iqbal, & Shamim Akhtar. (2024). Social media usage and SME’s green product innovation: the imperative role of environmental collaboration and digital leadership. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 37(12). 3220–3234. 3 indexed citations
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Borah, Prasad Siba, Shuja Iqbal, & Shamim Akhtar. (2022). Linking social media usage and SME's sustainable performance: The role of digital leadership and innovation capabilities. Technology in Society. 68. 101900–101900. 186 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tian, Hongyun, et al.. (2022). Predictors of entrepreneurial intentions: The role of prior business experience, opportunity recognition, and entrepreneurial education. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 882159–882159. 15 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Shuja, et al.. (2022). Relationship of entrepreneurial orientation and innovation performance of SMEs using PLS-SEM. Middle East J of Management. 9(3). 265–265. 2 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Shuja, et al.. (2021). Linking green innovation performance and green innovative human resource practices in SMEs; a moderation and mediation analysis using PLS-SEM. Current Psychology. 42(13). 11250–11267. 43 indexed citations
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Tian, Hongyun, et al.. (2021). Network embeddedness and innovation performance: a mediation moderation analysis using PLS-SEM. Business Process Management Journal. 27(5). 1590–1609. 31 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Shuja, et al.. (2020). Impacts of Supervisor Support on Turnover Intentions: Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction. Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies. 1–9. 8 indexed citations
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Jiang, Min, Shuja Iqbal, Muhammad Aamir Shafique Khan, et al.. (2020). Impact of supervisory behavior on sustainable employee performance: Mediation of conflict management strategies using PLS-SEM. PLoS ONE. 15(9). e0236650–e0236650. 42 indexed citations
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Akhtar, Shamim, et al.. (2020). Impact of Need for Achievement on Entrepreneurial Intentions; Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy. 10(1). 114–121. 16 indexed citations
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Tian, Hongyun, Shuja Iqbal, Shamim Akhtar, et al.. (2020). The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Employee Retention: Mediation and Moderation Through Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Communication. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 314–314. 95 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Shuja, et al.. (2019). Impacts of Performance-based Pay on Employee Productivity; Mediated by Employee Training. 6(10). 235–241. 5 indexed citations
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Akhtar, Shamim, et al.. (2018). Is E-Learning that important? SMEs Training and Economic Performance. Journal of Public Administration and Governance. 8(4). 278–278.
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Akhtar, Shamim. (2015). A Review of Corrosion Control Methods in Ferrocement. 1(1). 2 indexed citations
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Akhtar, Shamim, et al.. (2012). Social and economic inequalities: Contemporary significance of caste in India. International Conference on Bioinformatics. 2(9). 301–316. 7 indexed citations
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Gilligan, Philip & Shamim Akhtar. (2005). Child sexual abuse among Asian communities: Developing materials to raise awareness in Bradford. Practice. 17(4). 267–284. 17 indexed citations

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