Farah Ahmad

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Farah Ahmad is a scholar working on Plant Science, Global and Planetary Change and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Farah Ahmad has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Farah Ahmad's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers). Farah Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (6 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (4 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers). Farah Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in Lebanon, India and United Kingdom. Farah Ahmad's co-authors include Iqbal Ahmad, M. S. Khan, Hadi Jaafar, Mohammad Saghir Khan, Caroline King, Rami Zurayk, Farrukh Aqil, Muhammad Bilal, Yogesh S. Shouche and Jyoti Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and International Journal of Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Farah Ahmad

18 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Screening of free-living rhizospheric bacteria for their ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

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. Screening of free-living rhizospheric bacteria for their multiple plant growth promoting activities
    2006 1.1k citations Farah Ahmad, Iqbal Ahmad et al. Microbiological Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Farah Ahmad Lebanon 11 1.3k 304 179 159 147 18 1.8k
Kun Li China 23 1.2k 0.9× 470 1.5× 60 0.3× 126 0.8× 169 1.1× 116 1.8k
Georgios Koubouris Greece 21 861 0.7× 313 1.0× 160 0.9× 211 1.3× 175 1.2× 83 1.4k
Pooja Shrivastava India 4 1.4k 1.1× 338 1.1× 39 0.2× 284 1.8× 156 1.1× 7 1.9k
Nasser Al-Suhaibani Saudi Arabia 26 2.0k 1.6× 276 0.9× 205 1.1× 291 1.8× 444 3.0× 65 2.7k
Dirceu Mattos Brazil 27 1.6k 1.2× 119 0.4× 74 0.4× 366 2.3× 66 0.4× 102 1.9k
Liu United States 19 1.0k 0.8× 176 0.6× 89 0.5× 397 2.5× 98 0.7× 242 1.5k
Turgay Dindaroğlu Türkiye 14 992 0.8× 173 0.6× 217 1.2× 302 1.9× 197 1.3× 60 1.6k
Khalid F. Almutairi Saudi Arabia 18 721 0.6× 97 0.3× 157 0.9× 226 1.4× 103 0.7× 93 1.5k
Paula Scotti‐Campos Portugal 26 1.7k 1.3× 416 1.4× 178 1.0× 102 0.6× 98 0.7× 88 2.3k
Eliemar Campostrini Brazil 25 2.2k 1.7× 356 1.2× 365 2.0× 399 2.5× 240 1.6× 155 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Farah Ahmad

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Fields of papers citing papers by Farah Ahmad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Farah Ahmad. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Farah Ahmad. The network helps show where Farah Ahmad may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Farah Ahmad

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Karim, Samsul Ariffin Abdul, et al.. (2019). Modeling of UTHM (Pagoh): 3D Building Models in Google Earth Utilizing Sketch Up. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE). 8(2S2). 54–58. 1 indexed citations
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Jaafar, Hadi, et al.. (2019). Refugees, water balance, and water stress: Lessons learned from Lebanon. AMBIO. 49(6). 1179–1193. 43 indexed citations
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Jaafar, Hadi, et al.. (2019). GCN250, new global gridded curve numbers for hydrologic modeling and design. Scientific Data. 6(1). 145–145. 94 indexed citations
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Jaafar, Hadi & Farah Ahmad. (2019). Determining Reference Evapotranspiration in Greenhouses from External Climate. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 145(9). 4 indexed citations
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Jaafar, Hadi & Farah Ahmad. (2019). Time series trends of Landsat-based ET using automated calibration in METRIC and SEBAL: The Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Remote Sensing of Environment. 238. 111034–111034. 91 indexed citations
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Jaafar, Hadi & Farah Ahmad. (2018). Evaluating Atmometer Performance for Estimating Reference Evapotranspiration in Ventilated and Unventilated Greenhouses. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 144(7). 8 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Iqbal, et al.. (2016). Microbial Diversity Of Rhizospheric Soil With Special Reference To Plant Growth Promoting Isolates Of Azotobacter. Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia. 3(1). 51–58. 2 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Farah, et al.. (2016). CHARACTERIZATION OF PAENIBACILLUS DURUS (PNF16) A NEW ISOLATE AND ITS SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION WITH OTHER ISOLATED RHIZOBACTERIA IN PROMOTING GROWTH AND YIELD OF CHICKPEA. Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology and Food Sciences. 5(4). 345–350. 13 indexed citations
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Bilal, Muhammad, et al.. (2015). A comprehensive review of effects of water stress and tolerance in wheat (Triticuma estivum L.). Tropical Plant Research. 2(3). 271–275. 16 indexed citations
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Bilal, Muhammad, et al.. (2015). Estimation of genetic divergence, association, direct and indirect effects of yield with other attributes in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) using biplot correlation and path coefficient analysis. Tropical Plant Research. 2(2). 120–126. 8 indexed citations
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Jaafar, Hadi, et al.. (2015). Impact of the Syrian conflict on irrigated agriculture in the Orontes Basin. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 31(3). 436–449. 37 indexed citations
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Jaafar, Hadi & Farah Ahmad. (2015). Crop yield prediction from remotely sensed vegetation indices and primary productivity in arid and semi-arid lands. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 36(18). 4570–4589. 55 indexed citations
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Bilal, Muhammad, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of genetic diversity in pea (Pisum sativum) based on morpho-agronomic characteristics for yield and yield associated traits. 7 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Farah, Iqbal Ahmad, & M. S. Khan. (2006). Screening of free-living rhizospheric bacteria for their multiple plant growth promoting activities. Microbiological Research. 163(2). 173–181. 1061 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ahmad, Farah, et al.. (2006). Plant growth promoting potential of free‐living diazotrophs and other rhizobacteria isolated from Northern Indian soil. Biotechnology Journal. 1(10). 1112–1123. 26 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Iqbal, et al.. (2005). Heavy Metal Biosorption potential of Aspergillus and Rhizopus sp. isolated from Wastewater treated soil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(1). 47 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Farah, Iqbal Ahmad, & Mohammad Saghir Khan. (2005). Indole Acetic Acid Production by the Indigenous Isolates of Azotobacter and Fluorescent Pseudomonas in the Presence and Absence of Tryptophan. TURKISH JOURNAL OF BIOLOGY. 29(1). 29–34. 262 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Iqbal, Jyoti Sharma, & Farah Ahmad. (2004). Isolation and characterization of resistance traits of indigenous strains ofAcetobacter diazotrophicus associated with sugarcane. Sugar Tech. 6(1-2). 41–46. 9 indexed citations

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