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2026

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D-Index
54
Citations
13779
World Ranking
1124
National Ranking
2

Hooi Hooi Lean 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 Hooi Hooi Lean sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 224 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Hooi Hooi Lean 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 Hooi Hooi Lean sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 54 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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 Malaysia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Malaysia Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Malaysia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Malaysia Leader Award

Overview

Hooi Hooi Lean is affiliated with Universiti Sains Malaysia in Malaysia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a significant focus on Energy. Subfields of study include Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Pollution, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Sociology and Political Science.

The researcher's work centers around several main topics, including Energy, Environment, Economic Growth; Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies; Energy and Environment Impacts; Market Dynamics and Volatility; Environmental Impact and Sustainability; Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research; and Natural Resources and Economic Development.

Among recent papers, the following stand out:

  • Do Economic Policy Uncertainty and Geopolitical Risk Lead to Environmental Degradation? Evidence from Emerging Economies, 2021, Sustainability
  • Population density and energy consumption: A study in Indonesian provinces, 2022, Heliyon
  • Are the Responses of Sectoral Energy Imports Asymmetric to Exchange Rate Volatilities in Pakistan? Evidence From Recent Foreign Exchange Regime, 2021, Frontiers in Energy Research
  • Digitalization and Energy Sustainability in ASEAN, 2022, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • The roles of financial development and urbanization in degrading environment in Africa: Unravelling non-linear and moderating impacts, 2022, Energy Reports

Hooi Hooi Lean has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including Dzul Hadzwan Husaini, Kizito Uyi Ehigiamusoe, Abdul Saqib, Nam Foo, and Sakkarin Nonthapot.

The researcher's papers often appear in prominent venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Resources Policy, Sustainability, Frontiers in Energy Research, and Sustainable Development.

In addition to journal articles, Hooi Hooi Lean has contributed to book publications. One notable work is a chapter in the book Revitalising ASEAN Economies in a Post-COVID-19 World, published by World Scientific in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Does financial development increase energy consumption? The role of industrialization and urbanization in Tunisia

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Hooi Hooi Lean

  • CO2 emissions, electricity consumption and output in ASEAN

    Hooi Hooi Lean;Russell Smyth

  • The evolution of the natural resource curse thesis: A critical literature survey

    Ramez Abubakr Badeeb;Hooi Hooi Lean;Jeremy Clark

  • The influence of economic growth, urbanization, trade openness, financial development, and renewable energy on pollution in Europe

    Usama Al-Mulali;Ilhan Ozturk;Hooi Hooi Lean

  • Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis in Pakistan: Cointegration and Granger causality

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Hooi Hooi Lean;Muhammad Shahbaz Shabbir

  • Intellectual capital performance of financial institutions in Malaysia

    Irene Wei Kiong Ting;Hooi Hooi Lean

  • CO2 emissions, energy consumption and economic growth in the ASEAN-5 countries: a cross-sectional dependence approach

    Qaiser Munir;Hooi Hooi Lean;Russell Smyth

  • The dynamics of electricity consumption and economic growth: A revisit study of their causality in Pakistan

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Hooi Hooi Lean

  • Do Islamic stock indexes outperform conventional stock indexes? A stochastic dominance approach

    Osamah Al-Khazali;Hooi Hooi Lean;Anis Samet

  • Multivariate Granger causality between electricity generation, exports, prices and GDP in Malaysia

    Hooi Hooi Lean;Russell Smyth

  • On the dynamics of aggregate output, electricity consumption and exports in Malaysia: Evidence from multivariate Granger causality tests

    Hooi Hooi Lean;Russell Smyth

  • Natural gas consumption and economic growth in Pakistan

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Hooi Hooi Lean;Abdul Farooq

  • Effects of energy consumption, economic growth, and financial development on carbon emissions: evidence from heterogeneous income groups.

    Kizito Uyi Ehigiamusoe;Hooi Hooi Lean

  • International momentum strategies: a stochastic dominance approach

    Wai Mun Fong;Wing Keung Wong;Hooi Hooi Lean

  • Is the tourism-led growth hypothesis stable for Malaysia? A note

    Hooi Hooi Lean;Chor Foon Tang

  • Logistics and economic development: Experience from China

    Hooi Hooi Lean;Wei Huang;Junjie Hong

  • The moderating role of energy consumption in the carbon emissions-income nexus in middle-income countries

    Kizito Uyi Ehigiamusoe;Hooi Hooi Lean;Russell Smyth

  • Are too many natural resources to blame for the shape of the Environmental Kuznets Curve in resource-based economies?

    Ramez Abubakr Badeeb;Hooi Hooi Lean;Muhammad Shahbaz;Muhammad Shahbaz

  • Market Efficiency of Oil Spot and Futures: A Mean-Variance and Stochastic Dominance Approach

    Hooi Hooi Lean;Michael McAleer;Wing-Keung Wong

  • Stochastic dominance analysis of Asian hedge funds

    Wing Keung Wong;Wing Keung Wong;Kok Fai Phoon;Hooi Hooi Lean

  • Revisiting Calendar Anomalies in Asian Stock Markets Using a Stochastic Dominance Approach

    Hooi Hooi Lean;Hooi Hooi Lean;Russell Leigh Smyth;Wing-Keung Wong

  • Does Financial Development Increase Energy Consumption? Role of Industrialization and Urbanization in Tunisia

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Hooi Hooi Lean

  • Natural Gas Consumption and Economic Growth in Pakistan

    Shahbaz Muhammad;Hooi Hooi Lean;Farooq Abdul

Frequent Co-Authors

Russell Smyth
Russell Smyth Monash University
Wing-Keung Wong
Wing-Keung Wong Asian University
Michael McAleer
Michael McAleer Erasmus University Rotterdam
Muhammad Shahbaz
Muhammad Shahbaz Beijing Institute of Technology
Chor Foon Tang
Chor Foon Tang Universiti Sains Malaysia
Sakiru Adebola Solarin
Sakiru Adebola Solarin Multimedia University
Ruhul Salim
Ruhul Salim Curtin University
Gazi Salah Uddin
Gazi Salah Uddin Linköping University
Sankar Bhattacharya
Sankar Bhattacharya Monash University

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