2026 Afees A. Salisu: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	42	2081	1880	2	2	253	6962

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Nigeria Leader Award

Overview

Afees A. Salisu is affiliated with the University of Ibadan in Nigeria and specializes in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research output encompasses various subfields including Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Finance, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The scientist's main research topics cover Market Dynamics and Volatility, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, and the impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Other areas include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, as well as Global Energy and Sustainability Research.

Recent publications by Afees A. Salisu include:

"Predicting stock returns in the presence of COVID-19 pandemic: The role of health news" (2020, International Review of Financial Analysis)
"Revisiting oil-stock nexus during COVID-19 pandemic: Some preliminary results" (2020, International Review of Economics & Finance)
"Constructing a Global Fear Index for the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2020, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade)
"The COVID-19 global fear index and the predictability of commodity price returns" (2020, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance)
"Hedging oil price risk with gold during COVID-19 pandemic" (2020, Resources Policy)

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, who include:

Rangan Gupta
Xuan Vinh Vo
Ahamuefula E. Ogbonna
Kazeem O. Isah
Dinci J. Penzin

Publication venues with multiple works from this scientist highlight a breadth of scholarship across economics and finance journals and platforms. Notable venues include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Resources Policy
Journal of Forecasting
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
Finance Research Letters

Best Publications

Revisiting the oil price and stock market nexus: A nonlinear Panel ARDL approach

Afees A. Salisu;Kazeem O. Isah

343
Citations
Predicting stock returns in the presence of COVID-19 pandemic: The role of health news

Afees A. Salisu;Afees A. Salisu;Xuan Vinh Vo

339
Citations
Revisiting oil-stock nexus during COVID-19 pandemic: Some preliminary results

Afees A. Salisu;Godday U. Ebuh;Nuruddeen Usman

289
Citations
Constructing a Global Fear Index for the COVID-19 Pandemic

Afees A. Salisu;Lateef O. Akanni

278
Citations
Modeling oil price–US stock nexus: A VARMA–BEKK–AGARCH approach

Afees A. Salisu;Tirimisiyu F. Oloko

248
Citations
Modelling oil price-inflation nexus: The role of asymmetries

Afees A. Salisu;Kazeem O. Isah;Oluwatomisin J. Oyewole;Lateef O. Akanni

216
Citations
Modelling oil price volatility with structural breaks

Afees A. Salisu;Ismail O. Fasanya

201
Citations
The COVID-19 global fear index and the predictability of commodity price returns

Afees A. Salisu;Lateef Akanni;Ibrahim Raheem

196
Citations
Hedging oil price risk with gold during COVID-19 pandemic

Afees A. Salisu;Xuan Vinh Vo;Adedoyin Lawal

182
Citations
Uncertainty Due to Infectious Diseases and Energy Market Volatility

Afees Salisu;Idris Adediran

161
Citations
Pandemics and the Asia-Pacific Islamic Stocks

Afees A. Salisu;Abdulsalam Abidemi Sikiru

158
Citations
Modeling returns and volatility transmission between oil price and US-Nigeria exchange rate

Afees A. Salisu;Hakeem Mobolaji

154
Citations
Geopolitical risk and stock market volatility in emerging markets: A GARCH – MIDAS approach

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136
Citations
Assessing the safe haven property of the gold market during COVID-19 pandemic

Afees A. Salisu;Afees A. Salisu;Ibrahim D. Raheem;Ibrahim D. Raheem;Xuan Vinh Vo

134
Citations
Historical geopolitical risk and the behaviour of stock returns in advanced economies

Afees A. Salisu;Afees A. Salisu;Lukman Lasisi;Jean Paul Tchankam

125
Citations
Improving the predictability of the oil–US stock nexus: The role of macroeconomic variables

Afees A. Salisu;Raymond Swaray;Tirimisiyu F. Oloko

120
Citations
Oil shocks and stock market volatility of the BRICS : a GARCH-MIDAS approach

Afees A. Salisu;Rangan Gupta

94
Citations
The inflation hedging properties of gold, stocks and real estate: A comparative analysis

Afees A. Salisu;Ibrahim D. Raheem;Umar B. Ndako

80
Citations
The return volatility of cryptocurrencies during the COVID-19 pandemic: Assessing the news effect

Afees A. Salisu;Ahamuefula E. Ogbonna

77
Citations
Pandemics and the emerging stock markets

Afees A. Salisu;Afees A. Salisu;Abdulsalam Abidemi Sikiru;Xuan Vinh Vo

75
Citations
Improving the predictability of stock returns with Bitcoin prices

Afees A. Salisu;Kazeem Isah;Lateef O. Akanni

67
Citations
A sectoral analysis of asymmetric nexus between oil price and stock returns

Afees A. Salisu;Ibrahim D. Raheem;Umar B. Ndako

66
Citations
Modelling oil price-inflation nexus: The role of asymmetries and structural breaks

Sam Olofin;Afees A. Salisu

3
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Rangan Gupta University of Pretoria

Elie Bouri Lebanese American University

Xuan Vinh Vo University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City

Qiang Ji Chinese Academy of Sciences

Juncal Cunado University of Navarra

Riza Demirer Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Christian Pierdzioch Helmut Schmidt University

Mark E. Wohar University of Nebraska at Omaha

Brian M. Lucey Trinity College Dublin

David Gabauer Lincoln University

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