Hena Dhar

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 972 citations indexed

About

Hena Dhar is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hena Dhar has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 972 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hena Dhar's work include Enzyme Production and Characterization (5 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (4 papers). Hena Dhar is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Production and Characterization (5 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (4 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (4 papers). Hena Dhar collaborates with scholars based in India, Australia and Denmark. Hena Dhar's co-authors include Arvind Gulati, Ramesh Chand Kasana, Som Dutt, Richa Salwan, Rupesh Deshmukh, Hasthi Ram, Gurbir Singh, Susmita Das, Ravneet Kaur and Yogesh Sharma and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Hena Dhar

21 papers receiving 930 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A Rapid and Easy Method for the Detection of Microbial Cellulases on Agar Plates Using Gram’s Iodine

2008 618 citations Ramesh Chand Kasana, Richa Salwan et al. Current Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hena Dhar India	10	437	369	303	283	84	23	972
Udo Hölker Germany	12	369 0.8×	216 0.6×	237 0.8×	296 1.0×	76 0.9×	18	712
Bee Hameeda India	19	728 1.7×	296 0.8×	125 0.4×	161 0.6×	178 2.1×	44	1.2k
Claire Boisset France	17	312 0.7×	316 0.9×	400 1.3×	282 1.0×	48 0.6×	33	1.0k
Urszula Świderska-Burek Poland	5	719 1.6×	298 0.8×	331 1.1×	345 1.2×	95 1.1×	17	1.2k
Xingming Yang China	12	219 0.5×	271 0.7×	240 0.8×	230 0.8×	90 1.1×	26	716
Renato Chávez Chile	20	325 0.7×	475 1.3×	414 1.4×	410 1.4×	26 0.3×	63	1.2k
Yong‐Lark Choi South Korea	17	362 0.8×	392 1.1×	170 0.6×	366 1.3×	139 1.7×	55	942
Wensheng Qin Canada	11	482 1.1×	168 0.5×	348 1.1×	269 1.0×	82 1.0×	17	798
Halimi Mohd Saud Malaysia	21	1.3k 3.0×	368 1.0×	152 0.5×	83 0.3×	58 0.7×	101	1.7k
Rameshwar Tiwari India	19	351 0.8×	662 1.8×	536 1.8×	348 1.2×	61 0.7×	64	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hena Dhar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vats, Sanskriti, et al.. (2026). Opportunities and challenges with microbial synthesis of selenium nanoparticles and its applications in agriculture. 15. 100258–100258.

Gupta, Puja, et al.. (2025). Smart nano-fertilizers: a path to sustainable agriculture. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 47(10). 443–443.

Thakur, R. P., Hena Dhar, Supriya Mathew, & Arvind Gulati. (2024). PGPR inoculants journey from lab to land: Challenges and limitations. Microbiological Research. 289. 127910–127910. 12 indexed citations

Gulati, Arvind, R. P. Thakur, Pratibha Vyas, et al.. (2024). Fostering climate-resilient agriculture with ACC-deaminase producing rhizobacterial biostimulants from the cold deserts of the Indian Himalayas. Journal of Environmental Management. 371. 123075–123075. 2 indexed citations

Thakur, R. P., Hena Dhar, Mohit Kumar Swarnkar, et al.. (2024). Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of PGPR Strain Priestia megaterium from Tea Rhizosphere for Stress Alleviation and Crop Growth Enhancement. Plant Stress. 12. 100494–100494. 14 indexed citations

Thakral, Vandana, Sreeja Sudhakaran, Hena Dhar, et al.. (2024). Unveiling silicon-mediated cadmium tolerance mechanisms in mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek): Integrative insights from gene expression, antioxidant responses, and metabolomics. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 474. 134671–134671. 11 indexed citations

Thakur, R. P., Hena Dhar, Anuradha Sharma, et al.. (2024). Enhancing saffron (Crocus sativus L.) growth in the Kashmir valley with resilient and widely effective Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) under field conditions. Industrial Crops and Products. 222. 119475–119475. 3 indexed citations

Gulati, Arvind, R. P. Thakur, Anuradha Sharma, et al.. (2024). Broad-spectrum PGPR strain of Halotalea alkalilenta from the Cold deserts of the Indian trans-himalayas showing stress-tolerance to environmental factors and multiple growth- promoting traits corroborated by genomic analysis. Plant Growth Regulation. 104(1). 319–330. 4 indexed citations

Rajora, Nitika, Gaurav Raturi, Hena Dhar, et al.. (2023). Biotechnology and urban agriculture: A partnership for the future sustainability. Plant Science. 338. 111903–111903. 8 indexed citations

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Raturi, Gaurav, Rushil Mandlik, Yogesh Sharma, et al.. (2022). Microbial remediation and plant-microbe interaction under arsenic pollution. The Science of The Total Environment. 864. 160972–160972. 37 indexed citations

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Raturi, Gaurav, Yogesh Sharma, Rushil Mandlik, et al.. (2022). Genomic Landscape Highlights Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Silicate Solubilization, Stress Tolerance, and Potential Growth-Promoting Activity of Bacterium Enterobacter sp. LR6. Cells. 11(22). 3622–3622. 8 indexed citations

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Rahi, Praveen, et al.. (2022). Genomic Insights into Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Producing Shewanella sp. N2AIL from Fish Gut. Biology. 11(5). 632–632. 7 indexed citations

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Raturi, Gaurav, Yogesh Sharma, Vandana Thakral, et al.. (2021). Exploration of silicate solubilizing bacteria for sustainable agriculture and silicon biogeochemical cycle. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 166. 827–838. 66 indexed citations

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Sharma, Yogesh, Kriti Sharma, Hena Dhar, et al.. (2021). Production and characterization of microalgal exopolysaccharide as a reducing and stabilizing agent for green synthesis of gold-nanoparticle: a case study with a Chlorella sp. from Himalayan high-altitude psychrophilic habitat. Journal of Applied Phycology. 33(6). 3899–3914. 12 indexed citations

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Pal, Mohinder, Mohit Kumar Swarnkar, Hena Dhar, Sanjay Chhibber, & Arvind Gulati. (2017). Genome assembly of Chryseobacterium sp. strain IHBB 10212 from glacier top-surface soil in the Indian trans-Himalayas with potential for hydrolytic enzymes. Genomics Data. 13. 46–49. 9 indexed citations

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Dhar, Hena, et al.. (2016). Complete genome sequence of a low-temperature active and alkaline-stable endoglucanase-producing Paenibacillus sp. strain IHB B 3084 from the Indian Trans-Himalayas. Journal of Biotechnology. 230. 1–2. 7 indexed citations

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Dhar, Hena, Ramesh Chand Kasana, Som Dutt, & Arvind Gulati. (2015). Cloning and expression of low temperature active endoglucanase EG5C from Paenibacillus sp. IHB B 3084. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 81. 259–266. 24 indexed citations

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Dhar, Hena, Ramesh Chand Kasana, & Arvind Gulati. (2015). Heterologous expression and characterization of detergent stable endoglucanase EG5B from Paenibacillus sp. IHB B 3084. Journal of Molecular Catalysis B Enzymatic. 120. 9–15. 9 indexed citations

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Dhar, Hena, Mohit Kumar Swarnkar, Arvind Gulati, Anil Kumar Singh, & Ramesh Chand Kasana. (2015). Draft Genome Sequence of a Cellulase-Producing Psychrotrophic Paenibacillus Strain, IHB B 3415, Isolated from the Cold Environment of the Western Himalayas, India. Genome Announcements. 3(1). 7 indexed citations

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Kasana, Ramesh Chand, Richa Salwan, Hena Dhar, Som Dutt, & Arvind Gulati. (2008). A Rapid and Easy Method for the Detection of Microbial Cellulases on Agar Plates Using Gram’s Iodine. Current Microbiology. 57(5). 503–507. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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