Abid Khan

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Abid Khan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Abid Khan has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Plant Science, 32 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Abid Khan's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (25 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (14 papers). Abid Khan is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (25 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (21 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (14 papers). Abid Khan collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and United States. Abid Khan's co-authors include Zhen‐Hui Gong, Huai-Xia Zhang, Saeed Ul Haq, Muhammad Ali, Aimin Wei, Wen-Xian Gai, Abdul Mateen Khattak, Jing-Hao Jin, De-Xu Luo and Guo-Xin Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Abid Khan

60 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Heat Shock Proteins: Dynamic Biomolecules to Counter Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

2019 369 citations Saeed Ul Haq, Abid Khan et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abid Khan China	22	1.2k	728	64	45	43	66	1.5k
José Hélio Costa Brazil	23	1.2k 1.0×	729 1.0×	39 0.6×	28 0.6×	35 0.8×	73	1.5k
Caiqiu Gao China	22	1.2k 1.0×	972 1.3×	42 0.7×	29 0.6×	43 1.0×	73	1.5k
Hongyan Qi China	27	1.3k 1.0×	661 0.9×	76 1.2×	32 0.7×	81 1.9×	66	1.5k
Amith R. Devireddy United States	14	1.7k 1.4×	883 1.2×	55 0.9×	37 0.8×	31 0.7×	22	2.1k
Xiuli Hu China	26	2.0k 1.6×	1.0k 1.4×	45 0.7×	37 0.8×	31 0.7×	54	2.4k
Xingjun Wang China	26	1.5k 1.2×	814 1.1×	35 0.5×	29 0.6×	21 0.5×	80	1.7k
Naveen C. Bisht India	22	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	40 0.6×	34 0.8×	49 1.1×	52	1.6k
Saroj Kumar Sah United States	10	1.5k 1.2×	580 0.8×	34 0.5×	30 0.7×	27 0.6×	21	1.7k
Jiaowen Pan China	20	1.4k 1.1×	904 1.2×	33 0.5×	40 0.9×	23 0.5×	36	1.6k

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Liu, Yan, Byung‐Chul Chang, Jing Gao, et al.. (2025). Exogenous nano-silicon treatment enhanced the low temperature tolerance of tomato seedlings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 100183–100183.

Shao, Li, Zhengda Zhang, Lin Dong, et al.. (2025). SlMYB86 – SlXTH23 module positively assists ALA ‐alleviated growth inhibition in tomato seedlings under cold stress. The Plant Journal. 124(3). e70577–e70577.

Zhang, Weihao, Abid Khan, Xueting Wang, et al.. (2025). Transcription factor ClTCP4 maintains watermelon resilience to drought by stabilizing antioxidant and photosynthetic systems. Plant Cell Reports. 44(7). 168–168. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Jingrong, Yong Zhang, Junzheng Wang, et al.. (2024). SlGAD2 is the target of SlTHM27, positively regulates cold tolerance by mediating anthocyanin biosynthesis in tomato. Horticulture Research. 11(6). uhae096–uhae096. 12 indexed citations

Xu, Dongdong, Yuqing Han, Yujie Zhang, et al.. (2024). CmTGA8-CmAPX1/CmGSTU25 regulatory model involved in trehalose induced cold tolerance in oriental melon seedlings. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 220. 109432–109432. 5 indexed citations

Khan, Abid, et al.. (2024). Impact of Leverage on Firm Financial Performance: Evidence from Pakistan. International Journal of Economics Business and Management Research. 8(5). 63–80. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Ruixing, Quanhui Li, Jingjing Xiao, et al.. (2024). Characterization of a Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper Gene 12: Gene Silencing in Pepper and Arabidopsis-Based Overexpression During Abiotic Stress. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 43(5). 1689–1706.

Guo, Guang‐Jun, Abid Khan, Wei Ge, et al.. (2023). Genetic diversity between local landraces and current breeding lines of pepper in China. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4058–4058. 8 indexed citations

Khan, Abid, et al.. (2023). Functional outcome of pediatric femoral shaft fractures treated with TENS nailing: A case series of 25 patients. International Journal of Orthopaedics Sciences. 9(1). 287–292. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Fang, Qiqi Wang, Wenyu Li, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide identification of FCS-Like Zinc finger (FLZ) genes in four Solanaceae plant species and functional characterization of SlFLZ2 and SlFLZ18 in tomato under heat stress. Scientia Horticulturae. 317. 112015–112015. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huafeng, et al.. (2023). Salicylic acid-related ribosomal protein CaSLP improves drought and Pst.DC3000 tolerance in pepper. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 6–6. 11 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huafeng, Feilong Zhu, Qiang He, et al.. (2023). CaSnRK2.4‐mediated phosphorylation of CaNAC035 regulates abscisic acid synthesis in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) responding to cold stress. The Plant Journal. 117(5). 1377–1391. 25 indexed citations

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Ullah, Sami, Muhammad Nafees, Abid Khan, et al.. (2023). Modulation of salt stress through application of citrate capped silver nanoparticles and indole acetic acid in maize. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 201. 107914–107914. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Dehui�, Jieqiang He, Yutian Zhang, et al.. (2023). 4-methylumbelliferone (4-MU) enhances drought tolerance of apple by regulating rhizosphere microbial diversity and root architecture. Horticulture Research. 10(7). uhad099–uhad099. 14 indexed citations

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Liu, Zeyuan, Shuang Zhao, Abid Khan, et al.. (2023). Interfering small ubiquitin modifiers (SUMO) improves the thermotolerance of apple by facilitating the activity of MdDREB2A. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 10–10. 3 indexed citations

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Guo, Meng, Guoxin Cheng, Abid Khan, et al.. (2022). Selection and Evaluation of Reference Genes for Quantitative Real-Time PCR in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Inoculated with Oidium neolycopersici. Agronomy. 12(12). 3171–3171. 8 indexed citations

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Basit, Abdul, Shutian Tao, Ashraf Ullah Khan, et al.. (2022). Anti-inflammatory and analgesic potential of leaf extract of Justicia adhatoda L. (Acanthaceae) in Carrageenan and Formalin-induced models by targeting oxidative stress. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 153. 113322–113322. 22 indexed citations

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Ali, Muhammad, Izhar Muhammad, Abdul Mateen Khattak, et al.. (2020). Melatonin Mitigates the Infection of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides via Modulation of the Chitinase Gene and Antioxidant Activity in Capsicum annuum L.. Antioxidants. 10(1). 7–7. 26 indexed citations

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Haq, Saeed Ul, Abid Khan, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2019). Heat Shock Proteins: Dynamic Biomolecules to Counter Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stresses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(21). 5321–5321. 369 indexed citations breakdown →

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Khan, Abid, Fang Ma, Huai-Xia Zhang, et al.. (2018). Genome-wide analysis of dirigent gene family in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and characterization of CaDIR7 in biotic and abiotic stresses. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5500–5500. 73 indexed citations

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