Husain Ahmad

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Husain Ahmad is a scholar working on Plant Science, Soil Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Husain Ahmad has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Plant Science, 5 papers in Soil Science and 4 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Husain Ahmad's work include Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (8 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (5 papers). Husain Ahmad is often cited by papers focused on Plant Growth Enhancement Techniques (8 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (5 papers) and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies (5 papers). Husain Ahmad collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Husain Ahmad's co-authors include Muhammad Ali, Sikandar Hayat, Abdullah Shalmani, Zhihui Cheng, Izhar Muhammad, Qinghua Yang, Rahat Sharif, Muhammad Mujtaba, Mati Ur Rahman and Xiping Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Molecules, Frontiers in Plant Science and Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

In The Last Decade

Husain Ahmad

27 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

  1. Mechanisms Regulating the Dynamics of Photosynthesis Under Abiotic Stresses
    2021 283 citations Izhar Muhammad, Abdullah Shalmani 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
Husain Ahmad China 15 970 235 88 80 80 27 1.2k
A. Hemantaranjan India 15 952 1.0× 207 0.9× 126 1.4× 155 1.9× 102 1.3× 90 1.2k
Deepamala Maji India 14 768 0.8× 256 1.1× 143 1.6× 32 0.4× 65 0.8× 16 985
Abdul Wahab China 16 890 0.9× 144 0.6× 133 1.5× 35 0.4× 138 1.7× 81 1.3k
S. Farouk Egypt 22 1.2k 1.2× 153 0.7× 150 1.7× 44 0.6× 99 1.2× 49 1.3k
Mohammad Wahid Ansari India 20 1.4k 1.4× 430 1.8× 199 2.3× 53 0.7× 133 1.7× 48 1.7k
Saurabh Singh India 15 1.1k 1.1× 286 1.2× 96 1.1× 26 0.3× 114 1.4× 41 1.4k
S. R. Prabhu India 6 759 0.8× 178 0.8× 154 1.8× 30 0.4× 79 1.0× 9 963
Yansu Li China 24 1.4k 1.4× 470 2.0× 82 0.9× 32 0.4× 57 0.7× 76 1.6k
Weihui Xu China 22 711 0.7× 408 1.7× 63 0.7× 44 0.6× 65 0.8× 44 1.1k
Emad A. Abdeldaym Egypt 19 863 0.9× 92 0.4× 127 1.4× 95 1.2× 55 0.7× 36 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Husain Ahmad

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Husain Ahmad

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

All Works

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Hayat, Sikandar, et al.. (2022). Garlic, from medicinal herb to possible plant bioprotectant: A review. Scientia Horticulturae. 304. 111296–111296. 21 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad, Husain Ahmad, Bakht Amin, Muhammad Jawaad Atif, & Zhihui Cheng. (2022). Induce defense response of DADS in eggplants during the biotrophic phase of Verticillium dahliae. BMC Plant Biology. 22(1). 172–172. 8 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Husain & Jianming Li. (2021). Impact of water deficit on the development and senescence of tomato roots grown under various soil textures of Shaanxi, China. BMC Plant Biology. 21(1). 241–241. 22 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Husain, et al.. (2021). Application of garlic allelochemicals improves growth and induces defense responses in eggplant (Solanum melongena) against Verticillium dahliae. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 215. 112132–112132. 25 indexed citations
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Muhammad, Izhar, et al.. (2021). Mechanisms Regulating the Dynamics of Photosynthesis Under Abiotic Stresses. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11. 615942–615942. 283 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hussain, Muhammad, Shah Fahad, Rahat Sharif, et al.. (2020). Multifunctional role of brassinosteroid and its analogues in plants. Plant Growth Regulation. 92(2). 141–156. 54 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Husain, Sikandar Hayat, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2019). The Protective Role of 28-Homobrassinolide and Glomus versiforme in Cucumber to Withstand Saline Stress. Plants. 9(1). 42–42. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yumeng, et al.. (2019). Effect of the mode and time of gibberellic acid treatment on plant architecture and bulb structure in garlic (Allium sativum L.). Scientia Horticulturae. 257. 108723–108723. 7 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad, Zhihui Cheng, Sikandar Hayat, et al.. (2019). Foliar spraying of aqueous garlic bulb extract stimulates growth and antioxidant enzyme activity in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 18(5). 1001–1013. 46 indexed citations
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Hayat, Sikandar, et al.. (2018). Aqueous garlic extract stimulates growth and antioxidant enzymes activity of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Scientia Horticulturae. 240. 139–146. 55 indexed citations
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Sharif, Rahat, Muhammad Mujtaba, Mati Ur Rahman, et al.. (2018). The Multifunctional Role of Chitosan in Horticultural Crops; A Review. Molecules. 23(4). 872–872. 185 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad, Zhihui Cheng, Husain Ahmad, & Sikandar Hayat. (2018). Reactive oxygen species (ROS) as defenses against a broad range of plant fungal infections and case study on ROS employed by crops against Verticillium dahliae wilts. Journal of Plant Interactions. 13(1). 353–363. 72 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Husain, Sikandar Hayat, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Imran Ghani, & Zhihui Cheng. (2017). Regulation of Growth and Physiological traits of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) through various levels of 28-Homobrassinolide under salt stress conditions. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. 12 indexed citations
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Ullah, Rizwan, Muhammad Sajid, Husain Ahmad, et al.. (2014). Association of Gibberellic Acid (GA3) with Fruit Set and Fruit Drop of Sweet Orange. Journal of Biology Agriculture and Healthcare. 4(2). 54–59. 10 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Husain, et al.. (1994). Weather effect on population dynamics of top borer Scirpophaga nivella (F.) and stem borer Chilo infuscatellus (Sn.) on sugarcane crop. 3 indexed citations
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Ahmad, Husain, et al.. (1970). Studies on shoot and leaf characters of brinjal plants and their quantitative relationships with brinjal shoot and fruit borer. Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University. 7(1). 29–32. 2 indexed citations

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