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Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah 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 Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 136 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah 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 Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah is affiliated with the International Islamic University, Islamabad in Pakistan. The main fields of Shah's research encompass Business, Management and Accounting, supported by extensive work in related subfields such as Accounting, Materials Chemistry, Economics and Econometrics, Finance, and Strategy and Management.

Their body of work primarily focuses on multiple core topics, including:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Market Dynamics and Volatility
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials

Shah has contributed significantly to a variety of journals, with frequent publications appearing in these venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • NICE Research Journal
  • Journal of economic and administrative sciences.
  • Journal of Public Affairs
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Recent papers by Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah reflect interdisciplinary involvement and include:

  • Towards a sustainable environment: The nexus between ISO 14001, renewable energy consumption, access to electricity, agriculture and CO2 emissions in SAARC countries, 2020, Sustainable Production and Consumption
  • Overconfidence heuristic-driven bias in investment decision-making and performance: mediating effects of risk perception and moderating effects of financial literacy, 2020, Journal of economic and administrative sciences.
  • Renewable energy, institutional stability, environment and economic growth nexus of D-8 countries, 2020, Energy Strategy Reviews
  • Factors affecting women entrepreneurs' success: a study of small- and medium-sized enterprises in emerging market of Pakistan, 2021, Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurial orientation and generic competitive strategies for emerging SMEs: Financial and nonfinancial performance perspective, 2020, Journal of Public Affairs

Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah frequently collaborates with several coauthors, most notably:

  • Syed Zafar Ilyas (7 publications)
  • Bakhtiar Ul Haq (7 publications)
  • Noosheen Zahid (7 publications)
  • Mehdi Maqbool (7 publications)
  • Se-Hun Kim (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Heuristic biases in investment decision-making and perceived market efficiency: A survey at the Pakistan stock exchange

    Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Maqsood Ahmad;Faisal Mahmood

  • More on the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance in the UK : evidence from the application of generalized method of moments estimation

    Saeed Akbar;Jannine Poletti-Hughes;Ramadan El-Faitouri;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • Towards a sustainable environment: The nexus between ISO 14001, renewable energy consumption, access to electricity, agriculture and CO2 emissions in SAARC countries

    Muhammad Ikram;Qingyu Zhang;Robert Sroufe;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • Does CSR influence firm performance? A longitudinal study of SME sectors of Pakistan

    Muhammad Ikram;Robert Sroufe;Muhammad Mohsin;Yasir Ahmed Solangi

  • Board structure and corporate risk taking in the UK financial sector

    Saeed Akbar;Buthiena Kharabsheh;Jannine Poletti-Hughes;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • Overconfidence heuristic-driven bias in investment decision-making and performance: mediating effects of risk perception and moderating effects of financial literacy

    Maqsood Ahmad;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • Renewable energy, institutional stability, environment and economic growth nexus of D-8 countries

    Mahjabeen;Syed Z.A. Shah;Sumayya Chughtai;Biagio Simonetti;Biagio Simonetti

  • Factors affecting women entrepreneurs' success: a study of small- and medium-sized enterprises in emerging market of Pakistan.

    Rizwan Ullah Khan;Yashar Salamzadeh;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Mazhar Hussain

  • Forecasting number of ISO 14001 certifications of selected countries: application of even GM (1,1), DGM, and NDGM models

    Muhammad Ikram;Amin Mahmoudi;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Muhammad Mohsin

  • Firm performance, corporate governance and executive compensation in Pakistan

    Muhammad Fayyaz Sheikh;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Saeed Akbar

  • Determinants of foreign direct investment in OECD member countries

    Abdullah Alam;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • Testing the Weak Form of Efficient Market Hypothesis: Empirical Evidence from Asia-Pacific Markets

    Kashif Hamid;Muhammad Tahir Suleman;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Rana Shahid Imdad Akash

  • An investigation of user perceptions of Islamic banking practices in the United Kingdom

    Saeed Akbar;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Shahin Kalmadi

  • Value relevance of advertising expenditure : a review of the literature

    Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Saeed Akbar

  • Corporate Governance and Earnings Management an Empirical Evidence Form Pakistani Listed Companies

    Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Safdar A. Butt;Aarshad Hassan

  • Managerial networking and business model innovation: empirical study of new ventures in an emerging economy

    Muhammad Anwar;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • Impact of Dividend Policy on Stock Price Risk: Empirical Evidence from Equity Market of Pakistan

    Muhammad Asghar;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Kashif Hamid;Muhammad Tahir Suleman

  • Volatility transmission in regional Asian stock markets

    Qaisar Abbas;Sabeen Khan;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • Use or Abuse of Creative Accounting Techniques

    Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Safdar Butt;Yasir Bin Tariq

  • Networking and new venture’s performance: mediating role of competitive advantage

    Muhammad Anwar;Atiq Ur Rehman;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • Equity valuation models and target price accuracy in Europe: Evidence from equity reports

    Shahed Imam;Jacky Chan;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  • The value relevance of cash flows, current accruals, and non-current accruals in the UK

    Saeed Akbar;Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah;Andrew W. Stark

Frequent Co-Authors

Muhammad Mohsin
Muhammad Mohsin Jiangsu University
Imran Yousaf
Imran Yousaf Prince Sultan University
Dayong Zhang
Dayong Zhang Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

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