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Festus Victor Bekun

Festus Victor Bekun

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2025
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Economics and Finance
Turkey
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Rising Stars 68 93 93 4 4 260 15786
Economics and Finance 77 328 294 1 1 284 19688

Festus Victor Bekun publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Festus Victor Bekun between 2017 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Festus Victor Bekun published across 9 years, from 2017 to 2025, averaging 33.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 68 publications in 2021. 49 of the 302 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2017 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 68. Peak 68 publications in 2021. 2017: 7 publications 2018: 7 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 54 publications 2021: 68 publications 2022: 49 publications 2023: 46 publications 2024: 29 publications 2025: 20 publications
2017 2025

302 publications in total across all disciplines

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Festus Victor Bekun: publications per year, 2017 to 2025
Year Publications
2017 7
2018 7
2019 22
2020 54
2021 68
2022 49
2023 46
2024 29
2025 20
Total 302
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Festus Victor Bekun publications per year - data summary

  • Festus Victor Bekun, a Economics and Finance scholar from Gelişim Üniversitesi, has 302 publications recorded across 9 years, from 2017 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2017 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 68 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2017 and 2018, with 7 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 33.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 33.6 per year counting only the 9 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 212 publications, 70% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2017-2019: 36 publications (12.0 per year); 2020-2022: 171 publications (57.0 per year); 2023-2025: 95 publications (31.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Festus Victor Bekun 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 Festus Victor Bekun sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 42–46 to 521+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 111. Most scientists, 111, have 137–141 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 282–286 publications, is where this scientist sits. 42–46 publications: 1 scientist 47–51 publications: 12 scientists 52–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–61 publications: 23 scientists 62–66 publications: 32 scientists 67–71 publications: 36 scientists 72–76 publications: 56 scientists 77–81 publications: 57 scientists 82–86 publications: 70 scientists 87–91 publications: 86 scientists 92–96 publications: 72 scientists 97–101 publications: 106 scientists 102–106 publications: 97 scientists 107–111 publications: 96 scientists 112–116 publications: 101 scientists 117–121 publications: 103 scientists 122–126 publications: 102 scientists 127–131 publications: 108 scientists 132–136 publications: 107 scientists 137–141 publications: 111 scientists 142–146 publications: 94 scientists 147–151 publications: 96 scientists 152–156 publications: 100 scientists 157–161 publications: 74 scientists 162–166 publications: 68 scientists 167–171 publications: 91 scientists 172–176 publications: 76 scientists 177–181 publications: 75 scientists 182–186 publications: 61 scientists 187–191 publications: 66 scientists 192–196 publications: 68 scientists 197–201 publications: 71 scientists 202–206 publications: 60 scientists 207–211 publications: 56 scientists 212–216 publications: 44 scientists 217–221 publications: 51 scientists 222–226 publications: 65 scientists 227–231 publications: 48 scientists 232–236 publications: 59 scientists 237–241 publications: 37 scientists 242–246 publications: 37 scientists 247–251 publications: 41 scientists 252–256 publications: 43 scientists 257–261 publications: 33 scientists 262–266 publications: 34 scientists 267–271 publications: 39 scientists 272–276 publications: 25 scientists 277–281 publications: 29 scientists 282–286 publications: 29 scientists 287–291 publications: 26 scientists 292–296 publications: 31 scientists 297–301 publications: 31 scientists 302–306 publications: 24 scientists 307–311 publications: 28 scientists 312–316 publications: 24 scientists 317–321 publications: 13 scientists 322–326 publications: 14 scientists 327–331 publications: 25 scientists 332–336 publications: 18 scientists 337–341 publications: 16 scientists 342–346 publications: 18 scientists 347–351 publications: 15 scientists 352–356 publications: 17 scientists 357–361 publications: 19 scientists 362–366 publications: 16 scientists 367–371 publications: 17 scientists 372–376 publications: 7 scientists 377–381 publications: 18 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 19 scientists 392–396 publications: 9 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 13 scientists 407–411 publications: 13 scientists 412–416 publications: 5 scientists 417–421 publications: 10 scientists 422–426 publications: 6 scientists 427–431 publications: 12 scientists 432–436 publications: 9 scientists 437–441 publications: 9 scientists 442–446 publications: 10 scientists 447–451 publications: 12 scientists 452–456 publications: 8 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 4 scientists 472–476 publications: 5 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 7 scientists 487–491 publications: 8 scientists 492–496 publications: 5 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 4 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 7 scientists 517–520 publications: 7 scientists 521+ publications: 99 scientists
42–46 publications 521+

This scientist: 284 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Economics and Finance scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
42–46 1
47–51 12
52–56 7
57–61 23
62–66 32
67–71 36
72–76 56
77–81 57
82–86 70
87–91 86
92–96 72
97–101 106
102–106 97
107–111 96
112–116 101
117–121 103
122–126 102
127–131 108
132–136 107
137–141 111
142–146 94
147–151 96
152–156 100
157–161 74
162–166 68
167–171 91
172–176 76
177–181 75
182–186 61
187–191 66
192–196 68
197–201 71
202–206 60
207–211 56
212–216 44
217–221 51
222–226 65
227–231 48
232–236 59
237–241 37
242–246 37
247–251 41
252–256 43
257–261 33
262–266 34
267–271 39
272–276 25
277–281 29
282–286 29 284
287–291 26
292–296 31
297–301 31
302–306 24
307–311 28
312–316 24
317–321 13
322–326 14
327–331 25
332–336 18
337–341 16
342–346 18
347–351 15
352–356 17
357–361 19
362–366 16
367–371 17
372–376 7
377–381 18
382–386 13
387–391 19
392–396 9
397–401 10
402–406 13
407–411 13
412–416 5
417–421 10
422–426 6
427–431 12
432–436 9
437–441 9
442–446 10
447–451 12
452–456 8
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 4
472–476 5
477–481 6
482–486 7
487–491 8
492–496 5
497–501 4
502–506 4
507–511 5
512–516 7
517–520 7
521+ 99
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Festus Victor Bekun publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,760 Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 42–46 to 521+ publications.
  • Festus Victor Bekun, a Economics and Finance scholar from Gelişim Üniversitesi, records 284 publications - the 81st percentile of the discipline.
  • 81% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Festus Victor Bekun, and about 19% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 167–171 publications range, and Festus Victor Bekun ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 137–141 publications, holding 111 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 48% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 162–166 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 521 publications or more, 99 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Festus Victor Bekun 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 Festus Victor Bekun sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 72 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 101+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 178. Most scientists, 178, have 33 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 77 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Economics and Finance scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,760 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 126
31 147
32 157
33 178
34 171
35 141
36 132
37 129
38 130
39 120
40 117
41 113
42 114
43 97
44 115
45 86
46 78
47 83
48 62
49 74
50 50
51 66
52 69
53 55
54 67
55 61
56 62
57 45
58 34
59 47
60 46
61 36
62 37
63 56
64 50
65 32
66 28
67 30
68 24
69 25
70 22
71 21
72 26
73 24
74 23
75 12
76 14
77 15 77
78 15
79 17
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81 11
82 10
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84 11
85 5
86 9
87 13
88 9
89 7
90 6
91 4
92 8
93 10
94 11
95 6
96 4
97 4
98 6
99 6
100 8
101+ 100
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Festus Victor Bekun D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,760 Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 72 ranges running from 30 to 101+ D-Index.
  • Festus Victor Bekun, a Economics and Finance scholar from Gelişim Üniversitesi, records 77 D-Index - the 92nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 92% of ranked Economics and Finance scientists score the same or lower than Festus Victor Bekun, and about 8% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Festus Victor Bekun ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 33 D-Index, holding 178 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 47 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Festus Victor Bekun is affiliated with Gelişim Üniversitesi in Turkey and has an extensive publication record in the intersecting fields of economics, environmental science, and energy studies. Their research primarily focuses on the dynamic relationships among energy consumption, environmental quality, economic growth, and sustainability.

The main fields of study for Bekun include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Environmental Science
  • Energy

Within these areas, subfields explored are:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Pollution
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Their research topics cover:

  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility

Bekun's research has been published across several frequent venues, including:

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Journal of Public Affairs
  • Environment Development and Sustainability
  • Resources Policy
  • Heliyon

Frequent co-authors in Bekun's body of work are:

  • Bright Akwasi Gyamfi
  • Festus Fatai Adedoyin
  • Andrew Adewale Alola
  • İlhan Öztürk
  • Stephen Taiwo Onifade

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by Bekun include:

  • "Mitigating Emissions in India: Accounting for the Role of Real Income, Renewable Energy Consumption and Investment in Energy," 2022, International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy
  • "Modeling the dynamic linkage between financial development, energy innovation, and environmental quality: Does globalization matter?", 2020, Business Strategy and the Environment
  • "Assessing the environmental sustainability corridor: Linking natural resources, renewable energy, human capital, and ecological footprint in BRICS," 2020, Resources Policy
  • "Energy consumption, economic policy uncertainty and carbon emissions; causality evidence from resource rich economies," 2020, Economic Analysis and Policy
  • "Natural resource, globalization, urbanization, human capital, and environmental degradation in Latin American and Caribbean countries," 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Bekun's research focuses heavily on themes such as environmental sustainability, energy consumption, economic policy impacts on carbon emissions, and the interactions between financial development, innovation, and environmental quality. Their work also addresses regional analyses including BRICS countries, India, and Latin American and Caribbean nations, often integrating socioeconomic factors such as human capital and globalization into environmental impact assessments.

Best Publications

  • Toward a sustainable environment: Nexus between CO2 emissions, resource rent, renewable and nonrenewable energy in 16-EU countries

    Festus Victor Bekun;Andrew Adewale Alola;Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie

  • Dynamic impact of trade policy, economic growth, fertility rate, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on ecological footprint in Europe.

    Andrew Adewale Alola;Festus Victor Bekun;Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie

  • Modelling coal rent, economic growth and CO2 emissions: Does regulatory quality matter in BRICS economies?

    Festus Fatai Adedoyin;Moses Iga Gumede;Festus Victor Bekun;Mfonobong Udom Etokakpan

  • Another look at the relationship between energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and economic growth in South Africa.

    Festus Victor Bekun;Fırat Emir;Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie

  • Modeling the dynamic linkage between financial development, energy innovation, and environmental quality: Does globalization matter?

    Muhammad Awais Baloch;Ilhan Ozturk;Ilhan Ozturk;Ilhan Ozturk;Festus Victor Bekun;Danish Khan

  • Symmetric and asymmetric impact of economic growth, capital formation, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on environment in OECD countries

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  • Determinants of CO2 emissions in the BRICS economies: The role of partnerships investment in energy and economic complexity

    Unknown

  • Role of Green Technology, Environmental Taxes, and Green Energy Towards Sustainable Environment: Insights from Sovereign Nordic Countries by CS-ARDL Approach

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  • The criticality of growth, urbanization, electricity and fossil fuel consumption to environment sustainability in Africa.

    Simplice A. Asongu;Mary Oluwatoyin Agboola;Andrew Adewale Alola;Festus Victor Bekun

  • Natural resource, globalization, urbanization, human capital, and environmental degradation in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

    Solomon P. Nathaniel;Nnandi Nwulu;Festus Victor Bekun

  • Beyond the environmental Kuznets Curve in E7 economies: Accounting for the combined impacts of institutional quality and renewables

    Festus Victor Bekun;Bright Akwasi Gyamfi;Stephen Taiwo Onifade;Mary Oluwatoyin Agboola

  • An assessment of environmental sustainability corridor: The role of economic expansion and research and development in EU countries

    Festus Fatai Adedoyin;Andrew Adewale Alola;Festus Victor Bekun

  • The Implications of Renewable and Non-renewable Energy Generating in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Economic Policy Uncertainties

    Festus Fatai Adedoyin;Ilhan Ozturk;Ilhan Ozturk;Ilhan Ozturk;Mary Oluwatoyin Agboola;Phillips O. Agboola

  • Energy intensity, carbon emissions, renewable energy, and economic growth nexus: New insights from Romania

    Fırat Emir;Festus Victor Bekun

  • Do agricultural activities induce carbon emissions? The BRICS experience

    Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente;Oana M. Driha;Festus Victor Bekun;Olawumi Abeni Osundina;Olawumi Abeni Osundina

  • The anthropogenic consequences of energy consumption in E7 economies: Juxtaposing roles of renewable, coal, nuclear, oil and gas energy: Evidence from panel quantile method

    Bright Akwasi Gyamfi;Festus Fatai Adedoyin;Murad A. Bein;Festus Victor Bekun

  • Pathway to environmental sustainability: Nexus between economic growth, energy consumption, CO2 emission, oil rent and total natural resources rent in Saudi Arabia

    Mary Oluwatoyin Agboola;Festus Victor Bekun;Udi Joshua

  • Environmental consequences of economic complexities in the EU amidst a booming tourism industry: Accounting for the role of brexit and other crisis events

    Festus Fatai Adedoyin;Phillips O. Agboola;Ilhan Ozturk;Ilhan Ozturk;Ilhan Ozturk;Festus Victor Bekun

  • Growth impact of transition from non-renewable to renewable energy in the EU: The role of research and development expenditure

    Festus Fatai Adedoyin;Festus Victor Bekun;Andrew Adewale Alola

  • Accounting for the combined impacts of natural resources rent, income level, and energy consumption on environmental quality of G7 economies: a panel quantile regression approach.

    Bright Akwasi Gyamfi;Stephen Taiwo Onifade;Chinazaekpere Nwani;Festus Victor Bekun

  • The Contribution of Agricultural Sector on Economic Growth of Nigeria

    Kamil Sertoglu;Sevin Ugural;Festus Victor Bekun

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Adewale Alola
Andrew Adewale Alola Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Ilhan Ozturk
Ilhan Ozturk Nişantaşı University
Simplice A. Asongu
Simplice A. Asongu African Governance and Development Institute
Solomon Prince Nathaniel
Solomon Prince Nathaniel Pan-Atlantic University
Mehmet Balcilar
Mehmet Balcilar University of New Haven
Seyi Saint Akadiri
Seyi Saint Akadiri Central Bank of Nigeria
Dervis Kirikkaleli
Dervis Kirikkaleli Lebanese American University
Cosimo Magazzino
Cosimo Magazzino LUM University
Avik Sinha
Avik Sinha Management Development Institute

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