| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Economic growth and CO2 emissions in Malaysia: A cointegration analysis of the Environmental Kuznets Curve | Energy Policy | 2012 | 631 |
| 2 | Does financial development increase energy consumption? The role of industrialization and urbanization in Tunisia | Energy Policy | 2012 | 613 |
| 3 | The influence of economic growth, urbanization, trade openness, financial development, and renewable energy on pollution in Europe | Natural Hazards | 2015 | 513 |
| 4 | The evolution of the natural resource curse thesis: A critical literature survey | Resources Policy | 2017 | 465 |
| 5 | Environmental degradation, economic growth and energy consumption: Evidence of the environmental Kuznets curve in Malaysia | Energy Policy | 2013 | 405 |
| 6 | CO2 emissions, energy consumption and economic growth in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries: A cointegration approach | Energy | 2013 | 294 |
| 7 | CO2 emissions, energy consumption and economic growth in the ASEAN-5 countries: A cross-sectional dependence approach | Energy Economics | 2020 | 242 |
| 8 | Intellectual capital performance of financial institutions in Malaysia | Journal of Intellectual Capital | 2009 | 239 |
| 9 | The dynamics of electricity consumption and economic growth: A revisit study of their causality in Pakistan | Energy | 2012 | 213 |
| 10 | The informal use of ketum (Mitragyna speciosa) for opioid withdrawal in the northern states of peninsular Malaysia and implications for drug substitution therapy | International Journal of Drug Policy | 2010 | 191 |
| 11 | Natural gas consumption and economic growth in Pakistan | Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 2013 | 158 |
| 12 | Effects of energy consumption, economic growth, and financial development on carbon emissions: evidence from heterogeneous income groups | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2019 | 154 |
| 13 | Traditional and non-traditional uses of Mitragynine (Kratom): A survey of the literature | Brain Research Bulletin | 2016 | 151 |
| 14 | On the dynamics of aggregate output, electricity consumption and exports in Malaysia: Evidence from multivariate Granger causality tests | Applied Energy | 2010 | 148 |
| 15 | Stochastic dominance analysis of Asian hedge funds | Pacific-Basin Finance Journal | 2008 | 128 |
| 16 | Logistics and economic development: Experience from China | Transport Policy | 2014 | 117 |
| 17 | Religiousness and Mental Health: Systematic Review Study | Journal of Religion and Health | 2016 | 108 |
| 18 | Electricity consumption, income, foreign direct investment, and population in Malaysia | Journal of Economic Studies | 2009 | 106 |
| 19 | Is the tourism‐led growth hypothesis stable for Malaysia? A note | International Journal of Tourism Research | 2010 | 103 |
| 20 | Stochastic dominance and behavior towards risk: The market for Internet stocks | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization | 2008 | 90 |
| 21 | Market efficiency of oil spot and futures: A mean-variance and stochastic dominance approach | Energy Economics | 2010 | 90 |
| 22 | Asymmetric impact of oil price on Islamic sectoral stocks | Energy Economics | 2018 | 79 |
| 23 | Long memory in US disaggregated petroleum consumption: Evidence from univariate and multivariate LM tests for fractional integration | Energy Policy | 2009 | 74 |
| 24 | Do Economic Policy Uncertainty and Geopolitical Risk Lead to Environmental Degradation? Evidence from Emerging Economies | Sustainability | 2021 | 73 |
| 25 | Modification of the body: a comparative analysis of views of youths in Penang, Malaysia and Seoul, South Korea | Journal of Youth Studies | 2013 | 68 |
| 26 | Asian Financial Crisis, Avian Flu and Terrorist Threats: Are Shocks to Malaysian Tourist Arrivals Permanent or Transitory? | Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research | 2009 | 62 |
| 27 | Natural gas consumption, income, urbanization, and CO2 emissions in China and India | Environmental Science and Pollution Research | 2016 | 62 |
| 28 | The impact of China’s one belt one road initiative on international trade in the ASEAN region | North American Journal of Economics and Finance | 2020 | 62 |
| 29 | Are the Responses of Sectoral Energy Imports Asymmetric to Exchange Rate Volatilities in Pakistan? Evidence From Recent Foreign Exchange Regime | Frontiers in Energy Research | 2021 | 62 |
| 30 | Patterns and reasons for kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) use among current and former opioid poly-drug users | Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 2020 | 61 |
| 31 | Changing trends in the use of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) in Southeast Asia | Human Psychopharmacology | 2017 | 58 |
| 32 | The sizes and powers of some stochastic dominance tests: A Monte Carlo study for correlated and heteroskedastic distributions | Mathematics and Computers in Simulation | 2008 | 56 |
| 33 | Performance and performance persistence of socially responsible investment funds in Europe and North America | North American Journal of Economics and Finance | 2015 | 56 |
| 34 | Environmental Kuznets curve and energy consumption in Malaysia: A cointegration approach | Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy | 2016 | 56 |
| 35 | Moderating effect of inflation on the finance–growth nexus: insights from West African countries | Empirical Economics | 2019 | 54 |
| 36 | Occupational safety and health management in the construction industry: a review | International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics | 2018 | 53 |
| 37 | Zakat as a Poverty Reduction Mechanism Among the Muslim Community: Case Study of Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia | Asian Social Work and Policy Review | 2014 | 51 |
| 38 | Consumer Purchase Decisions of Organic Food Products: An Ethnic Analysis | Journal of International Consumer Marketing | 2009 | 50 |
| 39 | Policy uncertainty and performance characteristics of sustainable investments across regions around the global financial crisis | Applied Financial Economics | 2014 | 49 |
| 40 | Paddy, rice and food security in Malaysia: A review of climate change impacts | Cogent Social Sciences | 2020 | 47 |
| 41 | How stable is the export-led growth hypothesis? Evidence from Asia's Four Little Dragons | Economic Modelling | 2015 | 45 |
| 42 | Severity of Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa Korth.) Psychological Withdrawal Symptoms | Journal of Psychoactive Drugs | 2018 | 45 |
| 43 | Women's Empowerment or Disempowerment through Microfinance: Evidence from Bangladesh | Asian Social Work and Policy Review | 2012 | 43 |
| 44 | Grounded Theory Method (GTM) and the Abductive Research Strategy (ARS): a critical analysis of their differences | International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice | 2012 | 41 |
| 45 | Motives for using Kratom (Mitragyna speciosa Korth.) among regular users in Malaysia | Journal of Ethnopharmacology | 2019 | 41 |
| 46 | The roles of financial development and urbanization in degrading environment in Africa: Unravelling non-linear and moderating impacts | Energy Reports | 2022 | 41 |
| 47 | Are fluctuations in US production of renewable energy permanent or transitory? | Applied Energy | 2013 | 40 |
| 48 | Novel Psychoactive Substances—Recent Progress on Neuropharmacological Mechanisms of Action for Selected Drugs | Frontiers in Psychiatry | 2017 | 40 |
| 49 | Does Foreign Direct Investment Successfully Lead to Sustainable Development in Singapore? | Economies | 2017 | 40 |
| 50 | Ethnic Disparities in Metabolic Syndrome in Malaysia: An Analysis by Risk Factors | Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders | 2011 | 39 |
