1.      Fahad Ali*, Tabassum Kamal, and Qinye Lu (2026). Green Cryptocurrencies and Portfolio Diversification in Lesser-Developed Economies. Research in International Business and Finance. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2026.103403

[SCIE; Impact Factor 6.9; Q1; ABDC A; ABS 2]

2.      Khurram Shahzad, Fahad Ali, and Umer Zaman (2026). AI Rivalry and Tail-Risk Contagion: Evidence from DeepSeek's Creative Destruction Shock. Research in International Business and Finance. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2026.103378

[SCIE; Impact Factor 6.9; Q1; ABDC A; ABS 2]

3.    Xiaohui Xu, Fahad Ali*, and Mohammad Alahmad (2026). Hedging climate and geopolitical risks in low- and lower-middle-income economies: Exploring the role of well-known and novel safe-haven indices. Finance Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2025.109420

[SSCI; Impact Factor 6.9; Q1; ABDC A; ABS 2]

4.      Fahad Ali* and Muhammad Usman Khurram (2025). Leverage effects, volatility innovation spillovers, and inter- and intra-market dependencies between cryptocurrencies and CFDs on equities: Evidence from high-frequency around-the-clock data. International Review of Financial Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104636

[SSCI; Impact Factor 9.8; Q1; ABDC A; ABS 3]

5.      Fahad Ali, Michael Frömmel, and Tabassum Kamal (2025). The 2024 US Election, Trump's Victory, and Equity Market Responses. Finance Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2025.108516.

[SSCI; Impact Factor 6.9; Q1; ABDC A; ABS 2]

6.      Fahad Ali, Muhammad Usman Khurram, and Ahmet Sensoy (2025). Safe havens for Bitcoin and Ethereum: Evidence from high-frequency data. Financial Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-024-00686-4

[SSCI; Impact Factor 7.2; Q1; ABDC B; ABS 2]

7.      Fahad Ali, Anna Min Du, and Muhammad Ansar Majeed (2025). Reevaluating Intermarket Connectedness: The Impact of Monday Return Calculations on Cryptocurrencies and Traditional Assets. Finance Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2025.107016

[SSCI; Impact Factor 6.9; Q1; ABDC A; ABS 2]

8.    Fahad Ali*, Muhammad Usman Khurram, Ahmet Sensoy, and Xuan Vinh Vo (2024). Green cryptocurrencies and portfolio diversification in the era of greener paths. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.114137 

[SCI/SCIE; Impact Factor 16.3; Q1; ABDC A; A very prestigious multidisciplinary journal]

9.    Fahad Ali*, Ahmet Sensoy, and John W. Goodell (2023). Identifying diversifiers, hedges, and safe havens among Asia Pacific equity markets during COVID-19: New results for ongoing portfolio allocation. International Review of Economics and Finance. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2023.02.015

[SCIE; Impact Factor 5.6; Q1; ABDC A; ABS 2]

10.    Fahad Ali, Elie Bouri, Nader Naifar, Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad, and Mohammad AlAhmad (2022). An examination of whether gold-backed Islamic cryptocurrencies are safe havens for international Islamic equity markets. Research in International Business and Finance. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101768  

[SCIE; Impact Factor 6.9; Q1; ABDC A; ABS 2]

11.    Fahad Ali, YueXiang Jiang, and Ahmet Sensoy (2021). Downside risk in Dow Jones Islamic equity indices: Precious metals and portfolio diversification before and after the COVID19 bear market. Research in International Business and Finance. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2021.101502

[SCIE; Impact Factor 6.9; Q1; ABDC A; ABS 2]