Hafijur Rahman, M. S. Islam, and Naguib Gounjaria. 2024. "State and Politics in the Transitional Era of Globalization: Twisting and Turning toward Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes." Politics and Policy DOI: 10.1111/polp.12603.

Islam, Md Saidul, Zach Lee, Adha Shaleh, and Han Sen Soo. Forthcoming. "The United Nations Environment Assembly resolution to end plastic pollution: Challenges to effective policy interventions." Environment, Development and Sustainability, DOI 10.1007/s10668-023-03639-6 [Impact Factor: 4.9].

Hui, Ng Xin, Kuan Shu Wen, and Md Saidul Islam. Forthcoming. "Out of Sight, out of the Mind: The Invisible Society of Waste in Singapore." Nature and Culture, Vol. 18, No. 3.

Kais, S. M., and Md Saidul Islam. 2023. "Climate Change, Ecological Modernization, and Disaster Management: The Coastal Embankment Project in Southwestern Bangladesh." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(6086): 1-20 [Scopus Indexed; Citescore: 5.4; Shared role in conceptualization, data collection and writing; Corresponding author; Equal authorship]

Islam, Md Saidul. 2022. "Certification regimes in the global agro-food system and the transformation of nature-society relationship: Ecological modernization or modernization of ecology?" Nature and Culture 17(1): 87-110. [A key journal in Environmental Sociology; Impact Factor: 1.931; Web of Science, Scopus indexed].

Islam, Md Saidul and Edson Kieu. 2021. "Sociological Perspectives on Climate Change and Society: A Review." Climate 9(7):1-14 [A key journal on climate change issues; Scopus, Web of Science indexed; Impact Factor: 3.2; First and corresponding author].

Kais, S. M. and Md Saidul Islam. 2021. "Resilience to Climate Change in Industrial Shrimping in Bangladesh: Assessing the Comparative Role of the Stakeholders" Sustainability 13(307):1-21 [A key journal on sustainability; Scopus, SSCI/Web of Science indexed; Impact Factor: 2.576].

Islam, M. Hedayatul, Md Saidul Islam and Fadzli Adam. 2020. "Preventive Measures for a Healthy Life: Towards an Islamic Perspective with Reference to COVID-19." Intellectual Discourse 28(2): 487–510 [Indexed in, among others, Scopus; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Islam, Md Saidul and Edson Kieu. 2020. "Tackling Regional Climate Change Impacts and Food Security Issues: A Critical Analysis across ASEAN, PIF and SAARC." Sustainability 12(883):1-21.; doi:10.3390/su12030883 [A key journal on sustainability; ISI, Scopus, Web of Science indexed; Impact Factor: 2.576; First and corresponding author].

Kais, S. M. and Md Saidul Islam. 2019. "Perception of Climate Change in Shrimp-Farming Communities in Bangladesh: A Critical Assessment." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(672): 1-12 [Scopus, Web of Science indexed; Impact Factor: 2.849; Shared role in conceptualization, data collection and writing; Corresponding author; Equal authorship]

Simon, R. Bush, Ben Belton, Md Saidul Islam and David Little. 2019. "Emerging trends in aquaculture value chain research." Aquaculture 498 (2019): 428-434 [A top journal on aquaculture published by Elsevier; indexed in, among others, Scopus; Impact Factor: 3.224; Equal authorship].

Teo Xin Yi Belicia and Md Saidul Islam. 2018. "Towards a Decommodified Wildlife Tourism: Why Market Environmentalism Is Not Enough for Conservation." Societies 8, 59:1-15 [Indexed with Scopus, Web of Science, among others; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Islam, Md Nazrul and Md Saidul Islam. 2018. "Politics and Islamic Revivalism in Bangladesh: The Role of the State and Non-State/Non-Political Actors." Politics, Religion & Ideology 19(3):326-353. [Indexed in, among others, Scopus; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Kais, S. M. and Md Saidul Islam. 2018. "Impacts of and Resilience to Climate Change at the Bottom of the Shrimp Commodity Chain in Bangladesh: A Preliminary Investigation." Aquaculture 493 (2018) 406–415 [Elsevier; indexed in, among others, Scopus; Impact Factor: 3.224; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Islam, Md Nazrul and Md Saidul Islam. 2018. "Islam, Politics and Secularism in Bangladesh: Contesting the Dominant Narratives." Social Sciences 7(37):1-18. [Indexed in, among others, Scopus; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Pey, Peili and Md Saidul Islam. 2017. "Eco-Governmentality: A Discursive Analysis of State-NGOs-Youth Relations in Singapore." Social Sciences 6, 133: 1-20. [Indexed in, among others, Scopus; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Islam, M. N and Md Saidul Islam. 2017. "Islam and Democracy: Conflicts and congruence." Religions 8 (104): 1-19 [A key journal on religions and modernity; Scopus, Web of Science indexed; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2017. "Sustainability through the Lens of Environmental Sociology: An Introduction." Sustainability 9(3), 474: 1-11 [A key journal on sustainability; ISI, Scopus, Web of Science indexed; Impact Factor: 2.576].

Islam, Md Saidul and Andrea Wong. 2017. "Climate change and food (in)security: A critical intersection." Environments 4 (38): 1-15 [Indexed in, among others, Scopus, Web of Science; First and corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Kais, S. M. and Md Saidul Islam. 2016. "Community Capitals as Community Resilience to Climate Change: Conceptual Connections." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13(12), 1211: 1-16 [Scopus, ISI, Web of Science indexed; Impact Factor: 2.849; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Islam, Md Saidul, Yap Hui Pei and Shrutika Mangharam. 2016. "Trans-boundary haze pollution in Southeast Asia: Sustainability through Plural Environmental Governance." Sustainability 8 (499): 1-13. [Scopus, Web of Science indexed; Impact Factor: 2.576; First and corresponding author; 70% authorship].

Islam, Md Saidul and M. Nazrul Islam. 2015. "Environmentalism of the Poor': Tipaimukh dam, ecological disasters, and environmental resistance beyond borders." Bandung: Journal of the Global South 2(27): 1-16 [Springer; First and corresponding author; 80% authorship].

Chan, Andrew and Md Saidul Islam. 2015. "State, Religion, and Environmentalism: Fostering social cohesion and environmental protection in Singapore." Environmental Sociology 1(3):177-189 [The flagship journal for Environmental Sociology (International Sociological Association), published by Routledge; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Islam, M. Nazrul and Md Saidul Islam. 2015. "Human-animal relationship: Understanding animal rights in the Islamic Ecological Paradigm." Journal for the Study of Religion and Ideologies 14(41): 131-149 [Scopus indexed; Corresponding author; Equal authorship].

Islam, Md Saidul and Lim Si Hui. 2015. "When 'Nature' Strikes: A Sociology of Climate Change and Disaster Vulnerabilities in Asia." Nature and Culture 10(1): 57-80. [A key journal in Environmental Sociology; Impact Factor: 1.931; Corresponding author; 75% authorship; Web of Science, Scopus indexed].

Bush, S., B. Belton, D. Hall, P. Vandergeest, F. Murray, S. Ponte, P. Oosterveer, Md Saidul Islam, A.P.J. Mol, M. Hatanaka, F. Kruissen, T. T. ThuHa, D. Little, R. Kusumawati. 2013. "Global Food Supply: Certify Sustainable Aquaculture?" Science 341(9 September 2013):1067-1068 [World's most influential publication (with 13 million subscribers); Impact Factor: 41.859; Scopus, Web of Science indexed; 90% authorship by the first 8 authors including myself].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2012. "Old philosophy, new movement: The rise of the Islamic Ecological Paradigm in the discourse of environmentalism." Nature and Culture 7(1):72-94 [A key journal in Environmental Sociology; Impact Factor: 1.931; Web of Science, Scopus indexed].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2011. "Trampling Democracy: 'Islamism,' violent secularism, and human rights violation in Bangladesh." Muslim World Journal of Human Rights 8(1): 1-33 [World's only journal exclusively covering human rights issues in the Muslim world; SCOPUS indexed].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2011. "Minority Islam in Muslim majority Bangladesh: The violent road to a new brand of secularism." Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 31(1):125-141 [Q1 in Cultural Studies (Scientific Journal Rankings—SJR)].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2010. "Regimes of environmental regulations and governance: Opportunities and challenges for shrimp aquaculture in Bangladesh." Journal of Bangladesh Studies [Penn State University] 12(1):44-62 [Most important and the only journal exclusively focusing on Bangladesh issues; most crucial journal for Bangladesh policy makers].

Jalil, M. A. and Md Saidul Islam. 2010. "Towards a long-term development vision for Bangladesh: Some socioeconomic and legal aspects." Asian Culture and History 2(2):58-70 [A double-blind peer-reviewed journal published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education; Google-based Impact Factor (2017): 5.42].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2009. "In search of 'white gold': Environmental and agrarian changes in rural Bangladesh." Society and Natural Resources 22 (1):66-78 [SJR Ranking: Q1 in Development, Environmental Science, Sociology and Political Science; Impact factor: 1.813; Web of Science, Scopus indexed].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2009. "Paradigms of development and their power dynamics: A review." Journal of Sustainable Development 2(2):24-37 [An international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2008. "From sea to shrimp processing factories in Bangladesh: Gender and employment at the bottom of a global commodity chain." Journal of South Asian Development 3(2):211-236 [SJR Ranking: Q1 in History in 2011; a top journal on South Asian development; Web of Science, Scopus indexed].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2008. "Power in social organization: A sociological review." Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology 5(1):21-41 [A peer-reviewed and the only journal published by the Bangladesh Sociological Society].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2008. "From pond to plate: Towards a twin-driven commodity chain in Bangladesh shrimp aquaculture." Food Policy 33(3):209-223 [Ranked 1st in Food and Agriculture; Impact Factor: 4.189; Web of Science, Scopus indexed].

Islam, Syed Serajul and Md Saidul Islam. 2007. "Asian Muslims' integration in the multicultural mosaic of Canada." Asian Profile 35(3):175-189 [An international journal, published from Canada, devoted exclusively to multi-disciplinary studies of Asian affairs; 70% authorship].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2005. "Muslims in the capitalist discourse: September 11 and its aftermath." The Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs 25(1):3-12 [SJR Ranking: Q1 in Cultural Studies].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2001. "The role of NGOs in promoting Christianity: The case of Bangladesh." Intellectual Discourse 9(2): 183-202 [Indexed in, among others, Scopus].

Md Saidul Islam, Ashvini Kannan, Chen QingLin, Josephine Toh, Lynette Loh. Forthcoming. "Political Economy of Water Security: The Case of Singapore" in Building Resilience for Food and Water Security Face to Climate Change and Biodiversity Decline - Perspectives from Asia, Middle East, and Africa (edited by Mohamed Behnassi, Mahjoub El Haiba, Himangana Gupta, Michael R. Reed, and Mirza Barjees Baig). The Netherlands: Springer Nature.

Islam, Md Saidul. Forthcoming. "Commercial Shrimp in Bangladesh: Production, Export and Local Supply Chain", in Transforming Bangladesh: Geography, People, Economy and Environment (edited by Raquib Ahmed). Springer.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2022. "Science, Food, and Risk: Ecological Disasters and Social Inequality under the GMO Regime" in Handbook on Risk and Inequalities (edited by Dean Curran, University of Calgary). Elgar.

Md Saidul Islam. 2022. "Bangladesh as the epitome of a double-risk society: A Foreword." Pp. xvi-xxii in Bangladesh Under Awami Tyranny (edited by Q M Jalal Khan, Zoglul Husain and R. Chowdhury). New Jersey: Writers Republic.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2020. "Sustainability from Theory to Practice: Chinese New Year as an Avenue for Sustainability Education." Pp. 152-179 in Issues in Teaching and Learning of Education for Sustainability: Theory into Practice (edited by Chew-Hung Chang). London and New York: Routledge.

Chua Yuhan and Md Saidul Islam. 2018. "Capitalism with human face: Debates on contemporary globalization and sustainability." Pp. 208-225 in Sustainability through the Lens of Environmental Sociology (edited by Md Saidul Islam). Basel, Switzerland: MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute).

Islam, Md Saidul and Chua Yuhan. 2018. "Towards an Environmental Sociology of sustainability." Pp. 226-233 in Sustainability through the Lens of Environmental Sociology (edited by Md Saidul Islam). Basel, Switzerland: MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute).

Edson, Kieu Li Hao and Md Saidul Islam. 2017. "Sustainable Development: Concepts, Histories, and Paradigms." Pp. 28-43 in Education and Sustainability: Paradigms, Policies, and Practices in Asia (edited by Merrill, Michelle, Chang Youngho, Md Saidul Islam, Patricia Burkhardt-Holm, Chew-Hung Chang). Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge.

Islam, Md Saidul, Chua Pei Yi, Koh Hui Yi, and Wee Ying Wei. 2016. "The Globalization Project and Environmental Sustainability: A Theoretical Debate." Pp. 30-41 in Environmental Sustainability, edited by Sreekumari Kurissery, Rosario Turvey, I. Florin Pendea (Lakehead University, Canada). Wiley and Sons.

Islam, Md Saidul and Quek Ri An. 2014. "Climate Change and Urban Resilience: The Singapore Story." Pp. 205-220 in Globalization, Development, and Security in Asia (Vol. IV), edited by Jieli Li. (Ohio University). New Jersey, London: World Scientific Publishing.

Islam, Md Saidul and Iris Carla D. Jesus. 2012. "Regional Initiates on Food Security." Pp. 255-270 in The Challenge of Food Security, edited by Rosemary Rayfuse and Nicole Wiesfelt. Edward Elgar Publishers Ltd.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2012. "Towards Developing Islamic Science: A Review and Appraisal" Pp. 205-221 in Studies in the Islam and Science Nexus, Vol. 1, edited by Muzaffar Iqbal. Burlington: Ashgate.

Islam, Syed Serajul. and Md Saidul Islam. 2011. "Political cultures that retard democratization in Bangladesh: A socio-political analysis." Pp. 27-48 in Democracy in Bangladesh: Essays in Memory of RI Chowdhury, edited by Mahfuzul Chowdhury. Dhaka: AH Development Publishing House.

Mazumder, D. H. and Md Saidul Islam. 2010. "The NGOs and Social Development: The Case of Bangladesh and Chile." Pp. 159-175 in Public Administration, NGO's and Public Debt: Issues and Perspectives, edited by M. Kratochvil and V. Pokorny. New York: Nova Publishers.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2010. "Capitalism, state, and environmental movements: An analysis from political economy perspective." Pp. 321-333 in Handbook of Environmental Policy, edited by J. Meijer and A. der Berg. New York: Nova Publishers.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2009. "Environmental governmentality as a policy apparatus: The case of shrimp aquaculture in Bangladesh." Pp. 141-162 in Handbook of Environmental Policy, edited by J. Meijer and A. der Berg. New York: Nova Publishers.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2009. "From 'development project' to 'globalization': Understanding Third World Politics, class relations and development choices." Pp. 107-124 in Globalization: Understanding, Management, and Effects, edited by H. V. Baines and J. R. Ursah. New York: Nova Publishers.

Islam, Md Saidul. Forthcoming. "Ecological Modernization", 1 Entry in Encyclopedia of Technological Hazards and Disasters in the Social Sciences, edited by Duane A. Gill, Liesel A. Ritchie, and Nnenia Campbell. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2021. "Climate change and society." 1 Entry in Scholarly Community Encyclopedia. MDPI. https://encyclopedia.pub/7511

Islam, Md Saidul. 2011. "Ecotourism", "Green and conscious consumerism", "Non-governmental Organization", and "Religion." 4 Entries in Encyclopedia of Green Culture, edited by P. Robbins, K. Wehr, and J. G. Golson. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2011. "Rachel Carson", "Globalization", "Sustainability and Distributive Justice" and "Tragedy of the Commons." 4 Entries in Encyclopedia of Green Ethics and Philosophy, edited by J. Newman, and J. G. Golson. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2010. "Food Safety", "Labor", and "Supply Chain." 3 Entries in Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by P. Robbins, D. Mulvaney, and J. G. Golson (eds.). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2022. "Modernization of ecology: a provocative twist on traditional analysis of socioecological dynamics." RC40 Newsletter, Research Committee on Sociology of Agriculture and Food, International Sociological Association (ISA). Available at: https://www.isa-agrifood.com/post/modernization-of-ecology-by-md-saidul-islam

Islam, Md Saidul. 2020. "Social forces shaping climate change: Taking on natural disasters and aquaculture with sociological tools" Pushing Frontiers 18(2020): 25.

Kais, S. M., and Md Saidul Islam. 2018. "Challenges for sustainable aquaculture: Evidence from Bangladesh." Aqua-Practical 3(2, April-June): 3-6.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2013. "Aquaculture and food 'quality': Role of certifications and technology." The Practical: Asian Aquaculture 4(15; October-December): 2-6 [published in both English and Thai language], Asian Aquaculture Network (AAN), Singapore. [AAN is regional professional network in aquaculture established in 2009 with its primary focus on promoting sustainable development and practices of aquaculture in Asia.]

Islam, Md Saidul. 2012. "Evolution of shrimp farming in Bangladesh: Myths versus reality." Global Aquaculture Advocate, Nov/Dec 2012, pp. 46-48. Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), St. Louis, Missouri 63129 USA. [GAA, representing the US$125 billion global aquaculture industry, is an international, non-profit organization, committed to feeding the world through responsible, sustainable aquaculture. It advocates for improving the entire aquaculture production chain, from feed mills and hatcheries to farms and processing plants, as well as wholesalers, retailers, foodservice operators and consumers.]

Islam, Md Saidul. 2023. "Reductionism in education and politics in Bangladesh", in Daily Amar Desh (UK), Op-Ed, 22 February 2023.

Islam, Md. Saidul. 2023. "Victory of morality in Islam: A Sociological Analysis", in Daily Amar Desh (UK), Op-Ed, 14 February 2023.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2023. "Educational policy in Bangladesh: Towards a colonial project?" in Daily Amar Desh (UK), Op-Ed, 30 January 2023.

Tahseen, U. and Islam, Md Saidul. 2020. "Food waste: A Devastating delicacy" The Independent, 24 September 2020. http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/253674

Islam, Md Saidul. 2015. "Towards a second wave of liberation." The Financial Express (Dhaka), 12 March 2015.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2014. "Climate change and food security in Asia: A critical dilemma." The Daily Star (Dhaka), December 27, 2014.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2014. "Dilemmas of Food Security and Climate Change in Asia" [Editorial], The Financial Express (Dhaka), 26 December, 2014.

Islam, Md Saidul. "The State of Bangladesh Judiciary" [Editorial]. The Weekly Holiday (Dhaka), 25 March 2011.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2011. "What does judicial independence mean?" The Financial Express (Dhaka), 29 March 2011.

Islam, S. Serajul and Md Saidul Islam. 2010. "A free and fair war crime tribunal in Bangladesh." The Weekly Holiday (Dhaka), 02 April 2010.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2010. "Collapse of meritocracy and the rise of 'politicocracy' in Bangladesh." The New Age (Dhaka), 22 May 2010.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2009. "Reductionism in Bangladesh Politics." [Editorial], The Daily Naya Diganta (Dhaka), 02 June 2009 [In Bangla language].

Islam, Md Saidul. 2009. "Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Industry." The Independent (Dhaka), 26 October 2009.

Habib, N. and Md Saidul Islam. 2008. "Bangladesh in the 21st century: The promise of shrimp aquaculture." The Daily Star (Dhaka, Bangladesh). 10 December 2008.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2008. "Projection Politics: Bangladesh Votes 2008." The New Age (Dhaka), 28 December, 2009.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2008. "Bangladesh Shrimp farming Industry Must Certify Its Products." The Shrimp News International (California), 18 July 2008.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2007. "Capitalist development and governance: A post-modern critique." The Daily Star (Dhaka), 21 July 2007.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2007. "Paradoxes of globalization." The Daily Star (Dhaka), 09 June 2009.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2007. "Democracy or Demo-crisis." The Daily Star (Dhaka), 24 August 2007.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2006. "From Orangi to Grameen Bank: Alternative routes to pro-poor development." Journal of Economic Observer XV (08-09): 31-35.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2006. "Disconnections and fragmentation: Pitfalls dividing human family." The Financial Express (Dhaka), 02 December 2006.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2006. "Theoretical issues of the global agro-food system: A review and appraisal." Financial Express (Dhaka), 25 November 2006.

Islam, Md Saidul, D. Mazumder, M. Hoque, and K. S. Kabir. 2006. "The unheard voices of the 'Orang Bangla' in Malaysia." The Countercurrent (Kerala, India), 20 October 2006.

Islam, Md Saidul. 2005. "The Politics of Representation after 9/11." The Daily Star (Dhaka), 29 March 2005.