Asfa Batool

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 835 citations indexed

About

Asfa Batool is a scholar working on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Asfa Batool has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 835 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 7 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Asfa Batool's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers), Plant responses to water stress (6 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (6 papers). Asfa Batool is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (7 papers), Plant responses to water stress (6 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (6 papers). Asfa Batool collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Egypt. Asfa Batool's co-authors include Ali Bahadur, You‐Cai Xiong, Fahad Nasir, Mingsen Qin, Yongjun Liu, Jianbin Pan, Huyuan Feng, Qi Zhang, Shaohua Shi and Lei Tian and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Asfa Batool

35 papers receiving 820 citations

Hit Papers

Mechanistic Insights into Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Me... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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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. Mechanistic Insights into Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Mediated Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants
    2019 229 citations Ali Bahadur, Asfa Batool et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Asfa Batool China 15 621 221 133 86 75 37 835
Laetitia Herrmann France 14 645 1.0× 216 1.0× 151 1.1× 124 1.4× 89 1.2× 32 878
Mohamed Idbella Italy 17 442 0.7× 265 1.2× 60 0.5× 76 0.9× 97 1.3× 54 842
Majid Gholamhoseini Iran 16 724 1.2× 284 1.3× 147 1.1× 80 0.9× 28 0.4× 41 961
Annette Deubel Germany 12 513 0.8× 386 1.7× 117 0.9× 79 0.9× 103 1.4× 22 852
Marcia Toro Venezuela 14 819 1.3× 214 1.0× 86 0.6× 75 0.9× 70 0.9× 36 971
Hamid Reza Asghari Iran 15 681 1.1× 201 0.9× 55 0.4× 80 0.9× 62 0.8× 50 828
Limin Gao China 17 974 1.6× 177 0.8× 110 0.8× 142 1.7× 90 1.2× 23 1.1k
Harsh Vardhan Singh India 16 613 1.0× 152 0.7× 36 0.3× 162 1.9× 94 1.3× 36 932
Umme Aminun Naher Bangladesh 19 608 1.0× 340 1.5× 104 0.8× 74 0.9× 72 1.0× 57 937
Silvina Vargas Gil Argentina 17 706 1.1× 431 2.0× 160 1.2× 93 1.1× 146 1.9× 44 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Asfa Batool

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Fields of papers citing papers by Asfa Batool

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Asfa Batool

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Asfa Batool. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Asfa Batool 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 Asfa Batool. Asfa Batool is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Batool, Asfa, et al.. (2025). Battle of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Against Drought Stress: A Gateway to Sustainable Agriculture. Journal of Fungi. 12(1). 20–20.
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Batool, Asfa, Ali El‐Keblawy, Mohamed S. Sheteiwy, et al.. (2024). Response of source-sink relationship to progressive water deficit in the domestication of dryland wheat. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 207. 108380–108380. 12 indexed citations
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Luo, Chong‐Liang, et al.. (2024). Responses of Legumes to Rhizobia and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Under Abiotic Stresses: A Global Meta-Analysis. Agronomy. 14(11). 2597–2597. 4 indexed citations
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Faisal, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the Impacts of Soil Salinity: Challenges, Mechanisms, and Sustainable Solutions. 11(8). 152–162. 3 indexed citations
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Abrar, Muhammad, Ying Zhu, Muhammad Maqsood Ur Rehman, et al.. (2024). Functionality of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi varies across different growth stages of maize under drought conditions. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 213. 108839–108839. 18 indexed citations
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Batool, Asfa, Dongxia Yue, Shisheng Li, et al.. (2024). Plant tolerance to drought stress: Complexity and mechanism across physiological, molecular and biochemical scales. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Meng‐Ying Li, Rui Zhou, et al.. (2023). Leaf senescence, nitrogen remobilization, and productivity of maize in two semiarid intercropping systems. European Journal of Agronomy. 150. 126943–126943. 24 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shuang‐Guo, Zheng‐Guo Cheng, Asfa Batool, et al.. (2022). Plant facilitation shifts along with soil moisture and phosphorus gradients via rhizosphere interaction in the maize-grass pea intercropping system. Ecological Indicators. 139. 108901–108901. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaofeng, Chong‐Liang Luo, David Mwehia Mburu, et al.. (2020). Fully biodegradable film to boost rainfed maize (Zea mays L.) production in semiarid Kenya: An environmentally friendly perspective. European Journal of Agronomy. 119. 126124–126124. 23 indexed citations
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Luo, Chong‐Liang, Xiaofeng Zhang, David Mwehia Mburu, et al.. (2020). Allometric relationship and yield formation in response to planting density under ridge-furrow plastic mulching in rainfed wheat. Field Crops Research. 251. 107785–107785. 17 indexed citations
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Batool, Asfa, Nudrat Aisha Akram, Zheng‐Guo Cheng, et al.. (2019). Physiological and biochemical responses of two spring wheat genotypes to non-hydraulic root-to-shoot signalling of partial and full root-zone drought stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 139. 11–20. 54 indexed citations
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Batool, Asfa, Zheng‐Guo Cheng, Nudrat Aisha Akram, et al.. (2019). Partial and full root-zone drought stresses account for differentiate root-sourced signal and yield formation in primitive wheat. Plant Methods. 15(1). 75–75. 30 indexed citations
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Bahadur, Ali, Asfa Batool, Fahad Nasir, et al.. (2019). Mechanistic Insights into Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Mediated Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(17). 4199–4199. 229 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bahadur, Ali, Rizwan Ahmad, Aftab Afzal, et al.. (2017). The influences of Cr-tolerant rhizobacteria in phytoremediation and attenuation of Cr (VI) stress in agronomic sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Chemosphere. 179. 112–119. 32 indexed citations
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Afzal, Aftab, et al.. (2016). Cr(VI)汚染土壌中におけるHelianthus annuus L.の成長に及ぼす金属耐性根圏細菌の影響. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 227(12). 8. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Weiping, Qiang Meng, Hong Zhao, et al.. (2015). Evolution and Adaptive Management of Farming Tillage System Under Climate Change in the Loess Plateau. Zhongguo nongye qixiang. 36(4). 393. 2 indexed citations
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Batool, Asfa, et al.. (2014). ECO-PHYSIOLGOICAL ROLE OF ROOT-SOURCED SIGNAL IN THREE GENOTYPES OF SPRING WHEAT CULTIVARS: A CUE OF EVOLUTION. Lanzhou University Institutional Repository. 2 indexed citations
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L., B., Jairo A. Palta, Haiyan Kong, et al.. (2014). Dryland Wheat Domestication Changed the Development of Aboveground Architecture for a Well-Structured Canopy. PLoS ONE. 9(9). e95825–e95825. 38 indexed citations
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Zhao, Huihui, et al.. (2013). Development and application of micro-field rain-harvesting technologies. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 29(8). 1–17. 41 indexed citations

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