Barkha Sharma

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 653 citations indexed

About

Barkha Sharma is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Barkha Sharma has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 653 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Plant Science, 5 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Barkha Sharma's work include Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (3 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (3 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (3 papers). Barkha Sharma is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (3 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (3 papers) and Escherichia coli research studies (3 papers). Barkha Sharma collaborates with scholars based in India, Italy and United States. Barkha Sharma's co-authors include Shalini Tiwari, Kailash Chand Kumawat, Massimiliano Cardinale, Ajay Kumar, Ramakrishnan M. Nair, Sharon Nagpal, Lakshmi Tewari, Sharma Arvind, Sanjiv Kumar and Sudhir Kumar and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Barkha Sharma

29 papers receiving 636 citations

Hit Papers

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria: Salt stress allevia... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75 100
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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. Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria: Salt stress alleviators to improve crop productivity for sustainable agriculture development
    2023 106 citations Kailash Chand Kumawat, Barkha Sharma 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
Barkha Sharma India 12 251 89 89 70 62 34 653
Asit Das India 14 134 0.5× 95 1.1× 91 1.0× 94 1.3× 18 0.3× 70 583
Muhammad Shoaib Pakistan 14 360 1.4× 143 1.6× 105 1.2× 85 1.2× 18 0.3× 53 752
Qudrat Ullah Pakistan 19 111 0.4× 68 0.8× 124 1.4× 177 2.5× 36 0.6× 83 903
Steve Ensley United States 16 168 0.7× 107 1.2× 92 1.0× 176 2.5× 24 0.4× 65 853
Bożena Nowakowicz-Dębek Poland 14 127 0.5× 96 1.1× 60 0.7× 231 3.3× 63 1.0× 94 576
Mahmoud M. A. Moustafa Egypt 17 285 1.1× 156 1.8× 26 0.3× 77 1.1× 119 1.9× 34 777
G. Hassan Egypt 16 315 1.3× 109 1.2× 129 1.4× 21 0.3× 17 0.3× 74 675
S. B. N. Rao India 10 153 0.6× 41 0.5× 137 1.5× 178 2.5× 113 1.8× 50 675
Zaheer Abbas China 14 312 1.2× 240 2.7× 79 0.9× 180 2.6× 15 0.2× 47 811
Muhammad Anees Pakistan 17 581 2.3× 196 2.2× 46 0.5× 34 0.5× 26 0.4× 78 923

Countries citing papers authored by Barkha Sharma

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Fields of papers citing papers by Barkha Sharma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barkha Sharma

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All Works

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Sharma, Barkha, Chandra Mohan, Rakesh Kumar, & Rajender S. Varma. (2025). Chemical degradation of remazol dye by using Tb-doped TiO2 catalyst and Photo-Fenton’s process under UV light. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 36930–36930. 1 indexed citations
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Mehta, Sumit Kumar, et al.. (2025). Ion-partitioning effect promotes the electroosmotic mixing of non-Newtonian fluids in soft-patterned microchannels. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(37). 19662–19676. 1 indexed citations
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Sharma, Barkha, et al.. (2024). Space–Time Clustering and Climatic Risk Factors for Lumpy Skin Disease of Cattle in Uttar Pradesh, India, 2022. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 2024(1). 1343156–1343156. 5 indexed citations
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Sharma, Barkha, et al.. (2023). Elicitation of E-waste (acrylonitrile-butadiene styrene) enriched soil bioremediation and detoxification using Priestia aryabhattai MGP1. Environmental Research. 238(Pt 1). 117126–117126. 8 indexed citations
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Kumawat, Kailash Chand, Barkha Sharma, Sharon Nagpal, et al.. (2023). Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria: Salt stress alleviators to improve crop productivity for sustainable agriculture development. Frontiers in Plant Science. 13. 1101862–1101862. 106 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kumawat, Kailash Chand, Poonam Sharma, Asmita Sirari, et al.. (2023). Co-existence of halo-tolerant Pseudomonas fluorescens and Enterococcus hirae with multifunctional growth promoting traits to ameliorate salinity stress in Vigna radiata. Chemosphere. 349. 140953–140953. 10 indexed citations
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Sharma, Barkha, Shalini Tiwari, Rakesh Kumar, Manish Kumar, & Lakshmi Tewari. (2023). Eco-friendly detoxification of hazardous Congo red dye using novel fungal strain Trametes flavida WTFP2: Deduced enzymatic biomineralization process through combinatorial in-silico and in-vitro studies. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 455. 131503–131503. 23 indexed citations
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Jain, Udit, et al.. (2022). Detection of Escherichia coli in Dogs and Cats of Different Locations of Braj, Mathura. 9(1). 37–41. 1 indexed citations
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Sharma, Barkha, Shalini Tiwari, Kailash Chand Kumawat, & Massimiliano Cardinale. (2022). Nano-biofertilizers as bio-emerging strategies for sustainable agriculture development: Potentiality and their limitations. The Science of The Total Environment. 860. 160476–160476. 100 indexed citations
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Gangola, Saurabh, Samiksha Joshi, Saurabh Kumar, Barkha Sharma, & Anita Sharma. (2021). Differential proteomic analysis under pesticides stress and normal conditions in Bacillus cereus 2D. PLoS ONE. 16(8). e0253106–e0253106. 18 indexed citations
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Jain, Udit, et al.. (2018). Studies on prevalence and hemolytic activity of verocytotoxic Escherichia coli (VTEC) isolated from sheep. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 7(4). 73–76. 1 indexed citations
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Sudan, Vikrant, et al.. (2017). Molecular characterization and sequence phylogenetic analysis of Babesia bigemina cattle isolate from Mathura based on 18S ribosomal DNA gene. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 87(8). 3 indexed citations
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Sharma, Barkha, et al.. (2017). Occurrence of multidrug resistant Escherichia coli in groundwater of Brij region (Uttar Pradesh) and its public health implications. Veterinary World. 10(3). 293–301. 11 indexed citations
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Sharma, Barkha, et al.. (2016). A study on association of virulence determinants of verotoxic Escherichia coli isolated from cattle calves. Veterinary World. 9(8). 915–918. 3 indexed citations
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Sharma, Barkha, et al.. (2014). Utilisation of aonla and lime for development of fruit based carbonated soft drinks. International Journal of Farm Sciences. 4(2). 155–162. 4 indexed citations
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Sharma, Barkha, Ranjit Singh, & H C Sharma. (1974). Response of Sweet Orange (Citrus Sinensis Osbeck.) Plants To Zinc, Urea and Dbcp.. Indian Journal of Horticulture. 31(1). 38–44. 2 indexed citations
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Randhawa, G. S., Barkha Sharma, & Namrata Jain. (1961). Effect of Plant Regulators on Fruit Drop, Size and Quality in Sweet Oranges (Citrus Sinensis Osbeck) Var. Jaffa, Pineapple and Mosambi. Indian Journal of Horticulture. 18(3). 177–186. 1 indexed citations

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