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2026

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
139
Citations
64715
World Ranking
15
National Ranking
1

Muhammad Shahbaz 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 Muhammad Shahbaz sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 660 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Muhammad Shahbaz 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 Muhammad Shahbaz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 139 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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 China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in China Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in China Leader Award

Overview

Muhammad Shahbaz is affiliated with the Beijing Institute of Technology in China, focusing mainly on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their body of work spans 176 publications with a strong emphasis on subfields including Plant Science, Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Materials Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

The research contributions of Muhammad Shahbaz explore a variety of topics related to plant biology and food sciences. Key topics in their work include:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Seed Germination and Physiology
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Food composition and properties

Recent publications highlight a focus on nanotechnology and plant disease resistance, along with antioxidant and anticancer properties of plant compounds. Selected papers include:

  • "Antifungal activity of green synthesized selenium nanoparticles and their effect on physiological, biochemical, and antioxidant defense system of mango under mango malformation disease," published in 2023 in PLoS ONE
  • "Anticancer, antioxidant, ameliorative and therapeutic properties of kaempferol," 2023, International Journal of Food Properties
  • "Evaluation of Selenium Nanoparticles in Inducing Disease Resistance against Spot Blotch Disease and Promoting Growth in Wheat under Biotic Stress," 2023, Plants
  • "Apigenin as an anticancer agent," 2020, Phytotherapy Research
  • "Potential of Salt Tolerant PGPR in Growth and Yield Augmentation of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Under Saline Conditions," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Muhammad Shahbaz collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Hammad Naeem
  • Muhammad Faisal Maqsood
  • Muzzamal Hussain
  • Usman Zulfiqar
  • Suliman A. Alsagaby

Their research is published predominantly in well-known journals such as Food Science & Nutrition, International Journal of Food Properties, Pakistan Journal of Botany, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Sustainability.

In addition to journal articles, Muhammad Shahbaz has contributed to book publishing with a title under Springer International Publishing: "Membrane Based Methods for Dye Containing Wastewater," released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Economic growth, energy consumption, financial development, international trade and CO2 emissions in Indonesia

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Qazi Muhammad Adnan Hye;Aviral Kumar Tiwari;Nuno Carlos Leitão

  • How economic growth, renewable electricity and natural resources contribute to CO2 emissions?

    Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente;Muhammad Shahbaz;David Roubaud;Sahbi Farhani

  • Environmental Degradation in France: The Effects of FDI, Financial Development, and Energy Innovations

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Muhammad Ali Nasir;David Roubaud

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

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Hooi Hooi Lean

  • The effects of financial development, economic growth, coal consumption and trade openness on CO2 emissions in South Africa

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Aviral Kumar Tiwari;Muhammad Nasir

  • The dynamic links between energy consumption, economic growth, financial development and trade in China: Fresh evidence from multivariate framework analysis

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Saleheen Khan;Mohammad Iqbal Tahir

  • Does financial development reduce CO2 emissions in Malaysian economy? A time series analysis

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Sakiru Adebola Solarin;Haider Mahmood;Mohamed Arouri

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

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Hooi Hooi Lean;Muhammad Shahbaz Shabbir

  • Financial development and energy consumption nexus in Malaysia: A multivariate time series analysis

    Faridul Islam;Muhammad Shahbaz;Ashraf U. Ahmed;Md. Mahmudul Alam

  • Dynamic linkages between globalization, financial development and carbon emissions: Evidence from Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation countries

    Syed Anees Haider Zaidi;Syed Anees Haider Zaidi;Muhammad Wasif Zafar;Muhammad Shahbaz;Fujun Hou

  • How urbanization affects CO2 emissions in Malaysia? The application of STIRPAT model

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Nanthakumar Loganathan;Ahmed Taneem Muzaffar;Ahmed Taneem Muzaffar;Khalid Ahmed

  • A contribution of foreign direct investment, clean energy, trade openness, carbon emissions and economic growth to energy demand in UAE

    Rashid Sbia;Muhammad Shahbaz;Muhammad Shahbaz;Helmi Hamdi

  • Does foreign direct investment impede environmental quality in high-, middle-, and low-income countries?

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Samia Nasreen;Faisal Abbas;Omri Anis

  • Energy consumption, financial development and economic growth in India: New evidence from a nonlinear and asymmetric analysis.

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Thi Hong Van Hoang;Mantu Kumar Mahalik;David Roubaud

  • Estimation of Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2 Emission: Role of Renewable Energy Generation in India

    Avik Sinha;Muhammad Shahbaz

  • Environmental Kuznets curve for CO2 emissions: a literature survey

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Avik Sinha

  • Foreign Direct Investment–CO2 Emissions Nexus in Middle East and North African countries: Importance of Biomass Energy Consumption

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente;Avik Sinha

  • Energy innovation and renewable energy consumption in the correction of air pollution levels

    Agustin Alvarez-Herranz;Daniel Balsalobre-Lorente;Muhammad Shahbaz;José María Cantos

  • Public-private partnerships investment in energy as new determinant of CO2 emissions: The role of technological innovations in China

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Chandrashekar Raghutla;Malin Song;Hashim Zameer

  • The environmental Kuznets curve and the role of coal consumption in India: Cointegration and causality analysis in an open economy

    Aviral Kumar Tiwari;Muhammad Shahbaz;Qazi Muhammad Adnan Hye

  • Economic growth, electricity consumption, urbanization and environmental degradation relationship in United Arab Emirates

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Muhammad Shahbaz;Rashid Sbia;Helmi Hamdi;Ilhan Ozturk

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

    Muhammad Shahbaz;Hooi Hooi Lean

Frequent Co-Authors

Aviral Kumar Tiwari
Aviral Kumar Tiwari Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad
Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad Montpellier Business School
Shawkat Hammoudeh
Shawkat Hammoudeh Drexel University
Muhammad Ashraf
Muhammad Ashraf University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Avik Sinha
Avik Sinha Management Development Institute
Mantu Kumar Mahalik
Mantu Kumar Mahalik Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Suzana Yusup
Suzana Yusup Sunway University
Ilhan Ozturk
Ilhan Ozturk Nişantaşı University
Sakiru Adebola Solarin
Sakiru Adebola Solarin Multimedia University
Gazi Salah Uddin
Gazi Salah Uddin Linköping University

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