Usman Mehmood

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Usman Mehmood is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Usman Mehmood has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 53 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 35 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Usman Mehmood's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (73 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (49 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (27 papers). Usman Mehmood is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (73 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (49 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (27 papers). Usman Mehmood collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and United States. Usman Mehmood's co-authors include Salman Tariq, Zia ul Haq, Ephraim Bonah Agyekum, Jiapeng Dai, Yunpeng Sun, Mohamad Abou Houran, Abdelmohsen A. Nassani, Arshian Sharif, Sunil Tiwari and Solomon Eghosa Uhunamure and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Usman Mehmood

107 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

  1. Empowering sustainability through energy efficiency, green innovations, and the sharing economy: Insights from G7 economies
    2025 68 citations Jiapeng Dai, Usman Mehmood 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
Usman Mehmood Pakistan 29 1.9k 1.1k 701 523 288 112 2.7k
Valerie J. Karplus United States 31 1.8k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 1.0k 1.5× 276 0.5× 235 0.8× 100 3.3k
Gunnar S. Eskeland Norway 23 1.4k 0.7× 685 0.6× 897 1.3× 256 0.5× 136 0.5× 67 2.9k
Junpeng Zhu China 15 1.7k 0.9× 755 0.7× 683 1.0× 321 0.6× 173 0.6× 25 2.2k
Rui Wu China 30 1.2k 0.6× 527 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 176 0.3× 211 0.7× 65 2.5k
Sharifah Mastura Syed Abdullah Malaysia 12 1.1k 0.6× 774 0.7× 532 0.8× 283 0.5× 149 0.5× 36 1.6k
Jan Christoph Steckel Germany 35 2.0k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 872 1.2× 461 0.9× 432 1.5× 82 3.3k
Jing Cao China 20 1.1k 0.6× 487 0.4× 499 0.7× 144 0.3× 92 0.3× 65 1.8k
Libo Wu China 20 1.1k 0.6× 615 0.5× 560 0.8× 121 0.2× 115 0.4× 44 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Usman Mehmood

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Fields of papers citing papers by Usman Mehmood

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Usman Mehmood. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Usman Mehmood. The network helps show where Usman Mehmood may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Usman Mehmood

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

All Works

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Mehmood, Usman, et al.. (2026). Economic resilience in ASEAN under global shocks: The roles of demography, investment, digital economy, and talent. Technology in Society. 85. 103228–103228.
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Zhang, Bing, Yujing Wang, Mingyang Liu, & Usman Mehmood. (2025). How environmental patents, education, and energy transition impact greenhouse gases: evidence from E7 countries. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Dai, Jiapeng, Usman Mehmood, & Abdelmohsen A. Nassani. (2025). Empowering sustainability through energy efficiency, green innovations, and the sharing economy: Insights from G7 economies. Energy. 318. 134768–134768. 68 indexed citations breakdown →
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Habib, Yasir, et al.. (2025). Decarbonizing Japan: The role of nuclear energy and environmental taxation in mitigating CO2 emissions. Environmental Challenges. 18. 101097–101097. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Yunpeng, et al.. (2024). Technological advancement and inclusive finance: Dual influences on environmental quality in OECD countries. Finance research letters. 72. 106496–106496. 1 indexed citations
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Tariq, Salman, Zia ul Haq, Muntasir Murshed, et al.. (2024). Classification of aerosols using particle linear depolarization ratio (PLDR) over seven urban locations of Asia. Chemosphere. 350. 141119–141119. 5 indexed citations
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Tariq, Salman, et al.. (2023). Assessment of variability in PM2.5 and its impact on human health in a West African country. Chemosphere. 344. 140357–140357. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Pengtao, Jianguang Zhang, & Usman Mehmood. (2023). How Do Green Investments, Foreign Direct Investment, and Renewable Energy Impact CO2 Emissions? Measuring the Role of Education in E-7 Nations. Sustainability. 15(19). 14052–14052. 23 indexed citations
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Dai, Jiapeng, et al.. (2023). How do natural resources and economic growth impact load capacity factor in selected Next-11 countries? Assessing the role of digitalization and government stability. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(36). 85670–85684. 40 indexed citations
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Tariq, Salman, et al.. (2023). Remote sensing of nighttime air quality over the megacity of Lahore, Pakistan. Urban Climate. 49. 101498–101498. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Yunpeng, et al.. (2023). Assessment of long-term trends in chlorophyll-a and sea surface temperature in the Arabian Sea and their association with aerosols using remote sensing. Ocean & Coastal Management. 242. 106716–106716. 5 indexed citations
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Tariq, Salman, et al.. (2023). Remote sensing of air pollution due to forest fires and dust storm over Balochistan (Pakistan). Atmospheric Pollution Research. 14(2). 101674–101674. 9 indexed citations
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Haq, Zia ul, et al.. (2023). Role of meteorological parameters with the spread of Covid-19 in Pakistan: application of autoregressive distributed lag approach. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 21(1). 555–576.
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Mehmood, Usman, Ephraim Bonah Agyekum, Salah Kamel, Hossein Shahinzadeh, & Ata Jahangir Moshayedi. (2022). Exploring the Roles of Renewable Energy, Education Spending, and CO2 Emissions towards Health Spending in South Asian Countries. Sustainability. 14(6). 3549–3549. 26 indexed citations
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Mehmood, Usman, Salman Tariq, Zia ul Haq, et al.. (2022). Financial Institutional and Market Deepening, and Environmental Quality Nexus: A Case Study in G-11 Economies Using CS-ARDL. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(19). 11984–11984. 7 indexed citations
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Agyekum, Ephraim Bonah, Usman Mehmood, Salah Kamel, et al.. (2022). Technical Performance Prediction and Employment Potential of Solar PV Systems in Cold Countries. Sustainability. 14(6). 3546–3546. 12 indexed citations

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