Ajay M. Sorty

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 764 citations indexed

About

Ajay M. Sorty is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ajay M. Sorty has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 764 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Ajay M. Sorty's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (3 papers). Ajay M. Sorty is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (7 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers) and Plant tissue culture and regeneration (3 papers). Ajay M. Sorty collaborates with scholars based in India, Denmark and Estonia. Ajay M. Sorty's co-authors include Kamlesh K. Meena, Utkarsh M. Bitla, P.S. Minhas, Khushboo Choudhary, Dhananjaya P. Singh, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Priyanka Gupta, Pramod Kumar Sahu, Harikesh Bahadur Singh and Ratna Prabha and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Frontiers in Microbiology and Frontiers in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Ajay M. Sorty

13 papers receiving 745 citations

Hit Papers

Abiotic Stress Responses and Microbe-Mediated Mitigation ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Abiotic Stress Responses and Microbe-Mediated Mitigation in Plants: The Omics Strategies
    2017 483 citations Kamlesh K. Meena, Ajay M. Sorty et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ajay M. Sorty India 8 643 201 86 82 44 15 764
Utkarsh M. Bitla India 6 576 0.9× 184 0.9× 55 0.6× 79 1.0× 38 0.9× 6 677
Iti Gontia-Mishra India 11 685 1.1× 172 0.9× 73 0.8× 50 0.6× 41 0.9× 13 798
Khushboo Choudhary India 5 532 0.8× 187 0.9× 41 0.5× 67 0.8× 32 0.7× 8 646
Raúl O. Pedraza Argentina 16 663 1.0× 195 1.0× 79 0.9× 74 0.9× 30 0.7× 33 809
Marcela Carlota Nery Brazil 12 438 0.7× 132 0.7× 124 1.4× 43 0.5× 33 0.8× 59 538
Venkadasamy Govindasamy India 15 540 0.8× 142 0.7× 44 0.5× 61 0.7× 42 1.0× 40 637
Ana Carmen Cohen Argentina 13 1.2k 1.8× 277 1.4× 76 0.9× 56 0.7× 66 1.5× 18 1.3k
Elisabeth Armada Spain 13 856 1.3× 148 0.7× 97 1.1× 46 0.6× 52 1.2× 15 977
Yinshui Li China 15 547 0.9× 143 0.7× 89 1.0× 33 0.4× 46 1.0× 49 662
Richard D. Lally Ireland 5 624 1.0× 174 0.9× 75 0.9× 70 0.9× 18 0.4× 9 752

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ajay M. Sorty

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All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Sorty, Ajay M., Athanasios Zervas, Chandana Pandey, et al.. (2025). Physiological and metabolic effects of a transposon-mediated mutation in the glutamate synthase gene, gltB, of plant-beneficial, cytokinin-producing Pseudomonas hormoni G20-18T. Rhizosphere. 35. 101129–101129. 1 indexed citations
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Sorty, Ajay M., Enoch Narh Kudjordjie, Kamlesh K. Meena, Mogens Nicolaisen, & Peter Stougaard. (2025). Plant root exudates: Advances in belowground signaling networks, resilience, and ecosystem functioning for sustainable agriculture. Plant Stress. 17. 100907–100907. 2 indexed citations
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Chaudhary, Ashu, et al.. (2024). Assessment of microbial exopolysaccharides for improving soil fertility and crop yield in semi-arid India. 10(1). 140–153. 2 indexed citations
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Sorty, Ajay M., Athanasios Zervas, Inés E. García de Salamone, Louise M. Nelson, & Peter Stougaard. (2023). Pseudomonas hormoni sp. nov., a plant hormone producing bacterium isolated from Arctic grass, Ellesmere Island, Canada. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 73(10). 3 indexed citations
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Meena, Kamlesh K., Utkarsh M. Bitla, Ajay M. Sorty, et al.. (2023). Understanding the Interaction and Potential of Halophytes and Associated Microbiome for Bio-saline Agriculture. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 42(10). 6601–6619. 9 indexed citations
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Meena, Kamlesh K., Ajay M. Sorty, Utkarsh M. Bitla, et al.. (2023). Stress-responsive gene regulation conferring salinity tolerance in wheat inoculated with ACC deaminase producing facultative methylotrophic actinobacterium. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1249600–1249600. 12 indexed citations
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Meena, Kamlesh K., Utkarsh M. Bitla, Ajay M. Sorty, et al.. (2020). Mitigation of Salinity Stress in Wheat Seedlings Due to the Application of Phytohormone-Rich Culture Filtrate Extract of Methylotrophic Actinobacterium Nocardioides sp. NIMMe6. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 2091–2091. 38 indexed citations
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Meena, Kamlesh K., Ajay M. Sorty, Utkarsh M. Bitla, et al.. (2017). Abiotic Stress Responses and Microbe-Mediated Mitigation in Plants: The Omics Strategies. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 172–172. 483 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sorty, Ajay M., Kamlesh K. Meena, Khushboo Choudhary, et al.. (2016). Effect of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria Associated with Halophytic Weed (Psoralea corylifolia L) on Germination and Seedling Growth of Wheat Under Saline Conditions. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 180(5). 872–882. 107 indexed citations
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Sorty, Ajay M., et al.. (2014). Novel co-enrichment method for isolation of magnetotactic bacteria. Journal of Basic Microbiology. 55(4). 520–526. 15 indexed citations
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Sorty, Ajay M., et al.. (2013). STUDY OF CATECHOL SIDEROPHORE FROM A NEWLY ISOLATED Azotobacter sp. SUP-III FOR ITS ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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