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Afees A. Salisu

Afees A. Salisu

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Economics and Finance
Nigeria
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
42
Citations
6962
World Ranking
2081
National Ranking
2

Afees A. Salisu publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Afees A. Salisu sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 253 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Afees A. Salisu D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Afees A. Salisu sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 42 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

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

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

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

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

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

  • Constructing a Global Fear Index for the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Afees A. Salisu;Lateef O. Akanni

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

    Afees A. Salisu;Tirimisiyu F. Oloko

  • Modelling oil price-inflation nexus: The role of asymmetries

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

  • Modelling oil price volatility with structural breaks

    Afees A. Salisu;Ismail O. Fasanya

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

    Afees A. Salisu;Lateef Akanni;Ibrahim Raheem

  • Hedging oil price risk with gold during COVID-19 pandemic

    Afees A. Salisu;Xuan Vinh Vo;Adedoyin Lawal

  • Uncertainty Due to Infectious Diseases and Energy Market Volatility

    Afees Salisu;Idris Adediran

  • Pandemics and the Asia-Pacific Islamic Stocks

    Afees A. Salisu;Abdulsalam Abidemi Sikiru

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

    Afees A. Salisu;Hakeem Mobolaji

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

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  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

    Afees A. Salisu;Rangan Gupta

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

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

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

    Afees A. Salisu;Ahamuefula E. Ogbonna

  • Pandemics and the emerging stock markets

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

  • Improving the predictability of stock returns with Bitcoin prices

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

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

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

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

    Sam Olofin;Afees A. Salisu

Frequent Co-Authors

Rangan Gupta
Rangan Gupta University of Pretoria
Elie Bouri
Elie Bouri Lebanese American University
Xuan Vinh Vo
Xuan Vinh Vo University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
Qiang Ji
Qiang Ji Chinese Academy of Sciences
Juncal Cunado
Juncal Cunado University of Navarra
Riza Demirer
Riza Demirer Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Christian Pierdzioch
Christian Pierdzioch Helmut Schmidt University
Mark E. Wohar
Mark E. Wohar University of Nebraska at Omaha
Brian M. Lucey
Brian M. Lucey Trinity College Dublin
David Gabauer
David Gabauer Lincoln University

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