Babar Shahzad

11.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
45 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Babar Shahzad is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pollution and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Babar Shahzad has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Plant Science, 9 papers in Pollution and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Babar Shahzad's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (26 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (9 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (9 papers). Babar Shahzad is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (26 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (9 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (9 papers). Babar Shahzad collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Pakistan. Babar Shahzad's co-authors include Anket Sharma, Renu Bhardwaj, Mohsin Tanveer, Abdul Rehman, Bingsong Zheng, Marco Landi, Aditi Shreeya Bali, Vinod Kumar, Gagan Preet Singh Sidhu and Neha Handa and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, International Journal of Molecular Sciences and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Babar Shahzad

42 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

Response of Phenylpropanoid Pathway and the Role of Polyphenols in Plants under Abiotic Stress

2019 1.3k citations Anket Sharma, Babar Shahzad et al. profile →
Worldwide pesticide usage and its impacts on ecosystem

2019 1.3k citations Anket Sharma, Vinod Kumar et al. SN Applied Sciences profile →
Photosynthetic Response of Plants Under Different Abiotic Stresses: A Review

2019 611 citations Anket Sharma, Vinod Kumar et al. profile →
Phytohormones Regulate Accumulation of Osmolytes Under Abiotic Stress

2019 487 citations Anket Sharma, Babar Shahzad et al. profile →
Drought Induced Changes in Growth, Osmolyte Accumulation and Antioxidant Metabolism of Three Maize Hybrids

2017 422 citations Shakeel Ahmad Anjum, Umair Ashraf et al. profile →
Chromium Bioaccumulation and Its Impacts on Plants: An Overview

2020 351 citations Anket Sharma, Babar Shahzad et al. Plants profile →
The Critical Role of Zinc in Plants Facing the Drought Stress

2020 323 citations Babar Shahzad et al. profile →
The Role of Salicylic Acid in Plants Exposed to Heavy Metals

2020 242 citations Anket Sharma, Gagan Preet Singh Sidhu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Babar Shahzad Australia	26	5.2k	1.4k	1.2k	568	499	45	7.6k
Mohsin Tanveer China	44	4.6k 0.9×	1.4k 1.0×	805 0.6×	529 0.9×	663 1.3×	98	7.0k
Pallavi Sharma India	19	5.2k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	405 0.7×	218 0.4×	46	7.3k
Kamrun Nahar Bangladesh	59	9.8k 1.9×	1.0k 0.7×	2.3k 1.9×	339 0.6×	601 1.2×	134	12.0k
Hamada AbdElgawad Belgium	50	4.9k 0.9×	703 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	415 0.7×	476 1.0×	323	8.6k
Masayuki Fujita Japan	62	11.2k 2.1×	1.5k 1.1×	2.5k 2.0×	540 1.0×	382 0.8×	129	13.3k
Naser A. Anjum India	46	6.2k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.8k 1.5×	380 0.7×	316 0.6×	124	7.9k
R. S. Dubey India	38	9.0k 1.7×	2.2k 1.6×	2.1k 1.7×	713 1.3×	376 0.8×	118	12.0k
Anket Sharma India	52	7.8k 1.5×	3.0k 2.2×	2.2k 1.7×	1.2k 2.1×	367 0.7×	144	12.6k
Golam Jalal Ahammed China	62	9.3k 1.8×	957 0.7×	3.0k 2.4×	331 0.6×	322 0.6×	215	11.5k
Harminder Pal Singh India	52	7.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	435 0.8×	248 0.5×	232	9.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Babar Shahzad

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Shahzad, Babar, Muhammad Adnan, & Ali Ahsan Bajwa. (2025). What’s Wrong with Gazanias? A Review of the Biology and Management of Weedy Gazania Species. Plants. 14(6). 915–915. 2 indexed citations

Ashraf, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Practical Implications of PGRs in Improving Fruit Juice Quality of Citrus reticulate. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology. 72(4).

Yun, Ping, Celymar Solis, Babar Shahzad, et al.. (2025). Chloride-dependent plasma membrane hyperpolarization confers superior salinity tissue tolerance in wild rice Oryza coarctata. The Crop Journal. 13(3). 740–751. 1 indexed citations

Zulfiqar, Usman, Fasih Ullah Haider, Muhammad Faisal Maqsood, et al.. (2023). Recent Advances in Microbial-Assisted Remediation of Cadmium-Contaminated Soil. Plants. 12(17). 3147–3147. 84 indexed citations

Shahzad, Babar, et al.. (2023). Exploring the liaison between industrial CO2 emissions and economic growth in ASEAN countries: A dis-aggregated analysis. Journal of Asian Scientific Research. 13(3). 121–135. 2 indexed citations

Abbas, Faisal, et al.. (2023). Institutional Quality, Corruption, and Income Inequality - A Panel Study of Selected SAARC Economies. 2(3). 68–76.

Shahbaz, Muhammad, Muhammad Faisal Maqsood, Usman Zulfiqar, et al.. (2022). Foliar Application of Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid (EDTA) Improves the Growth and Yield of Brown Mustard (Brassica juncea) by Modulating Photosynthetic Pigments, Antioxidant Defense, and Osmolyte Production under Lead (Pb) Stress. Plants. 12(1). 115–115. 19 indexed citations

Shahzad, Babar, Ping Yun, Fatemeh Rasouli, et al.. (2022). Root K+ homeostasis and signalling as a determinant of salinity stress tolerance in cultivated and wild rice species. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 201. 104944–104944. 14 indexed citations

Ohly, Heather, Nicola M. Lowe, Martin R. Broadley, et al.. (2019). Exploring socio-cultural aspects of the food environment: Study perspectives from Pakistan. CLOK (University of Central Lancashire). 1 indexed citations

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Sharma, Anket, Vinod Kumar, Babar Shahzad, et al.. (2019). Worldwide pesticide usage and its impacts on ecosystem. SN Applied Sciences. 1(11). 1261 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sharma, Anket, et al.. (2018). Brassinosteroid-mediated pesticide detoxification in plants: A mini-review. Cogent Food & Agriculture. 4(1). 1436212–1436212. 74 indexed citations

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Shah, Adnan Noor, Mohsin Tanveer, Babar Shahzad, et al.. (2017). Soil compaction effects on soil health and cropproductivity: an overview. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(11). 10056–10067. 261 indexed citations

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Shahzad, Babar, et al.. (2016). Is lithium biologically an important or toxic element to living organisms? An overview. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(1). 103–115. 103 indexed citations

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Anjum, Shakeel Ahmad, Mohsin Tanveer, Saddam Hussain, et al.. (2016). Osmoregulation and antioxidant production in maize under combined cadmium and arsenic stress. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(12). 11864–11875. 146 indexed citations

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Anjum, Shakeel Ahmad, Mohsin Tanveer, Umair Ashraf, et al.. (2016). Effect of progressive drought stress on growth, leaf gas exchange, and antioxidant production in two maize cultivars. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(17). 17132–17141. 103 indexed citations

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Anjum, Shakeel Ahmad, Mohsin Tanveer, Saddam Hussain, et al.. (2015). Morpho‐Physiological Growth and Yield Responses of Two Contrasting Maize Cultivars to Cadmium Exposure. CLEAN - Soil Air Water. 44(1). 29–36. 70 indexed citations

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Anjum, Shakeel Ahmad, Mohsin Tanveer, Saddam Hussain, et al.. (2015). Cadmium toxicity in Maize (Zea mays L.): consequences on antioxidative systems, reactive oxygen species and cadmium accumulation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(21). 17022–17030. 246 indexed citations

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Anjum, Shakeel Ahmad, Mohsin Tanveer, Saddam Hussain, et al.. (2015). Exogenously applied methyl jasmonate improves the drought tolerance in wheat imposed at early and late developmental stages. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 38(1). 71 indexed citations

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Hussain, N. & Babar Shahzad. (2014). Effect of Direct Participation on Perceived Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Banking Sector of Pakistan. Journals & Books Hosting (International Knowledge Sharing Platform). 6(7). 220–230. 3 indexed citations

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Siddiqui, Sabahat Zahra, Aziz-ur- Rehman, Babar Shahzad, et al.. (2014). Synthesis Pharmacological Evaluation, Molecular Docking And Cytotoxicty Studies On Some N-Substituted 5-[(4-Chlorophenoxy)Methyl]-1,3,4-Oxadiazole-2yl-2-Sulfanyl Acetamides. UMP Institutional Repository (Universiti Malaysia Pahang). 4(8). 3603–3617. 1 indexed citations

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