Ansar Mehmood

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ansar Mehmood is a scholar working on Plant Science, Materials Chemistry and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ansar Mehmood has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Plant Science, 28 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Ansar Mehmood's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (28 papers), Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (13 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (11 papers). Ansar Mehmood is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (28 papers), Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity (13 papers) and Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies (11 papers). Ansar Mehmood collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. Ansar Mehmood's co-authors include Ghulam Murtaza, Khawaja Shafique Ahmad, Tariq M. Bhatti, Muhammad Raffi, Muhammad Jamil Ahmed, Rehana Kausar, Fahim Nawaz, Hamayun Shaheen, Fozia Abasi and Rizwan Taj Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Ansar Mehmood

73 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Harnessing native plants for sustainable heavy metal phytoremediation in crushing industry soils of Muzaffarabad

2025 19 citations Khawaja Shafique Ahmad, Sehrish Sadia et al. Environmental Technology & Innovation profile →

Peers

Ansar Mehmood

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Mervat H. Hussein Egypt

T. N. V. K. V. Prasad India

Sushil Kumar Shahi India

Muchen Zhang China

Khawaja Shafique Ahmad Pakistan

Dalal Hussien M. Alkhalifah Saudi Arabia

Sunbal Khalil Chaudhari Pakistan

Deen Dayal Giri India

K. Rajagopal India

Saurabh Yadav India

Mervat H. Hussein Egypt

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Countries citing papers authored by Ansar Mehmood

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ansar Mehmood

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ansar Mehmood. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ansar Mehmood based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ansar Mehmood. Ansar Mehmood is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Ahmad, Khawaja Shafique, Sehrish Sadia, Ummar Iqbal, et al.. (2025). Harnessing native plants for sustainable heavy metal phytoremediation in crushing industry soils of Muzaffarabad. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 38. 104141–104141. 19 indexed citations breakdown →

Iqbal, Ummar, Mansoor Hameed, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel Ahmad, et al.. (2025). Structural and functional traits driving Chloris flagellifera proliferation in arid saline environments. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 47(7). 1 indexed citations

Khan, Arshad Mahmood, Ansar Mehmood, Tariq Habib, et al.. (2024). Temperature, topography, woody vegetation cover and anthropogenic disturbance shape the orchids distribution in the western Himalaya. South African Journal of Botany. 166. 344–359. 6 indexed citations

Iqbal, Ummar, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the ecological dominance of button mangrove (Conocarpus erectus L.) through microstructural and functional traits modifications across heterogenic environmental conditions. Botanical studies. 65(1). 36–36. 7 indexed citations

Mehmood, Ansar, et al.. (2024). Spatial and temporal patterns of fuelwood consumption and its associated CO2 emissions in Muzaffarabad division, a western Himalayan region. Energy Sustainability and Society. 14(1). 1 indexed citations

Ahmad, Khawaja Shafique, Muhammad Asif Shehzad, Ansar Mehmood, et al.. (2024). Transgenerational Seed Exposure to Elevated CO₂ Involves Stress Memory Regulation at Metabolic Levels to Confer Drought Resistance in Wheat. ACS Omega. 9(18). 20042–20055. 16 indexed citations

Ahmad, Khawaja Shafique, et al.. (2024). Modulations in Physiological and Biochemical attributes of Citrus Limon by selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) under salinity stress. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 62. 103438–103438. 4 indexed citations

Mehmood, Ansar, et al.. (2024). Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles for their antifungal activity against anthracnose disease causing Colletotrichum capsici. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 58. 103178–103178. 6 indexed citations

Mehmood, Ansar, M.A. Khan, Khawaja Shafique Ahmad, et al.. (2024). Green-fabricated silver nanoparticles from Quercus incana leaf extract to control the early blight of tomatoes caused by Alternaria solani. BMC Plant Biology. 24(1). 302–302. 8 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Ummar, et al.. (2023). Survival tactics of an endangered species Withania coagulans (Stocks) Dunal to arid environments. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 195(11). 1363–1363. 8 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Ansar, et al.. (2023). Ethnomedicinal utilization and conservation status of highland flora from Western Himalayas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 26. 10 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Ansar, et al.. (2022). Detection of bioactive compounds and amino acids from fruiting bodies of Morchella tridentina. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus. 21(1). 103–114. 2 indexed citations

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Amjad, Muhammad, Ansar Mehmood, Ghazala Mustafa, et al.. (2022). Green Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Using Myrsine africana Leaf Extract for Their Antibacterial, Antioxidant and Phytotoxic Activities. Molecules. 27(21). 7612–7612. 36 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Ansar, et al.. (2022). Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Screening of Plantago Major L. and Plantago lenceolata L. From Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. 1(1).

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Shaheen, Hamayun, et al.. (2022). Ethnobotanical and antibacterial study of Primula plants traditionally used in the indigenous communities of Western Himalaya, Pakistan. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 29(5). 3244–3254. 16 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Ansar, et al.. (2021). Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles induce phytotoxicity in Vigna radiata L.. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 27(9). 2115–2126. 16 indexed citations

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Hasan, Anwarul, et al.. (2020). Oxygen Generating Polymeric Nano Fibers That Stimulate Angiogenesis and Show Efficient Wound Healing in a Diabetic Wound Model. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations

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Majeed, Muhammad, Khizar Hayat Bhatti, Muhammad Shoaib Amjad, et al.. (2020). Ethno-veterinary uses of Poaceae in Punjab, Pakistan. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0241705–e0241705. 42 indexed citations

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Hussain, Sajjad, Ghulam Murtaza, Ansar Mehmood, & Rizwana Aleem Qureshi. (2017). Conservation of indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants of Western Himalayan region Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.. PubMed. 30(3). 773–782. 6 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Ansar, et al.. (2017). Ethnomycological and Nutritional Analyses of Some Wild Edible Mushrooms from Western Himalayas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Pakistan). International journal of medicinal mushrooms. 19(10). 949–955. 9 indexed citations

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