Irfan Ullah Khan

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Irfan Ullah Khan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Irfan Ullah Khan has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Irfan Ullah Khan's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (7 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (6 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (4 papers). Irfan Ullah Khan is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (7 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (6 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (4 papers). Irfan Ullah Khan collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Irfan Ullah Khan's co-authors include Daolin Du, Shanshan Qi, Zhicong Dai, Zhi Min Yang, Misbah Naz, Annette G. Beck‐Sickinger, Subhan Danish, Muhammad Tariq, Sajid Hussain and Justice Kipkorir Rono and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Irfan Ullah Khan

51 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Irfan Ullah Khan China	17	510	277	214	95	91	53	1.1k
Farhad Moshiri United States	23	397 0.8×	153 0.6×	870 4.1×	69 0.7×	82 0.9×	44	1.7k
Jinrong Liu China	17	309 0.6×	119 0.4×	251 1.2×	37 0.4×	58 0.6×	65	1.1k
Min Yu China	28	2.0k 3.8×	258 0.9×	496 2.3×	131 1.4×	88 1.0×	119	2.6k
Qing Zhou China	28	668 1.3×	272 1.0×	519 2.4×	45 0.5×	65 0.7×	117	2.0k
Yingjie Wu China	22	768 1.5×	513 1.9×	201 0.9×	148 1.6×	52 0.6×	62	1.4k
Priyanka Sharma India	17	655 1.3×	140 0.5×	183 0.9×	40 0.4×	88 1.0×	81	1.1k
Jiaying Li China	20	372 0.7×	57 0.2×	420 2.0×	25 0.3×	25 0.3×	74	1.2k
Syed Aiman Hasan India	21	1.7k 3.3×	217 0.8×	346 1.6×	75 0.8×	69 0.8×	51	2.1k
Amjad Hussain China	22	1.1k 2.2×	213 0.8×	710 3.3×	131 1.4×	67 0.7×	65	1.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ahmad, Tanveer, et al.. (2025). Frequency of Hypokalemia in Children with Acute Watery Diarrhea. Pakistan Journal of Health Sciences. 87–93.

Dai, Zhicong, Yifan Li, Riaz Ullah, et al.. (2024). Strong Invasive Mechanism of Wedelia trilobata via Growth and Physiological Traits under Nitrogen Stress Condition. Plants. 13(3). 355–355. 8 indexed citations

Khan, Irfan Ullah, et al.. (2024). The mutant STAY-GREEN (Cssgr) in cucumber interacts with the CSEP30 protein to elicit a defense response against Podosphaera xanthii. Molecular Breeding. 44(10). 67–67. 1 indexed citations

Khattak, Wajid Ali, Jianfan Sun, Abdul Jalal, et al.. (2024). The role of agricultural land management in modulating water-carbon interplay within dryland ecological systems. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 378. 109315–109315. 7 indexed citations

Khan, Irfan Ullah, et al.. (2024). Co-application of Parthenium biochar and urea effectively mitigate cadmium toxicity during wheat growth. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 285. 117092–117092. 3 indexed citations

Anas, Muhammad, Irfan Ullah Khan, Sarah Owdah Alomrani, et al.. (2024). Evaluating Sorghum bicolor resistance to Solidago canadensis invasion under different nitrogen scenarios. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1468816–1468816. 3 indexed citations

Khan, Irfan Ullah, et al.. (2023). Thermo-neutrophilic cellulases and chitinases characterized from a novel putative antifungal biocontrol agent: Bacillus subtilis TD11. PLoS ONE. 18(1). e0281102–e0281102. 17 indexed citations

Munawar, Aisha, M. Ishaq, Fakhar Zaman, et al.. (2023). Controlling the size, shape, and stability of SeNPs by bromelain: Improved antioxidant, anti-bacterial and anti-cancer activities. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1295. 136633–136633. 9 indexed citations

Zada, Zeshan, Abdul Ahad Khan, A.H. Reshak, et al.. (2022). Insight into the electronic structure, magnetic, and thermoelectric properties of transition metal pnictides KCr2L2 (K= Ca, Sr; L = P, As): As substitute source for renewing energy. Physica B Condensed Matter. 649. 414470–414470. 13 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Mohammad S., et al.. (2019). Synthesis and Biodistribution Study of Biocompatible 198Au Nanoparticles by use of Arabinoxylan as Reducing and Stabilizing Agent. Biological Trace Element Research. 193(1). 282–293. 8 indexed citations

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Feng, Sheng Jun, et al.. (2019). Identification of epigenetic mechanisms in paddy crop associated with lowering environmentally related cadmium risks to food safety. Environmental Pollution. 256. 113464–113464. 48 indexed citations

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Khan, Irfan Ullah, Xue Song Liu, Xue Wu, et al.. (2019). Identification of novel rice (Oryza sativa) HPP and HIPP genes tolerant to heavy metal toxicity. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 175. 8–18. 99 indexed citations

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Nazar, Mudasir, Murad Ali Khan, Assar Ali Shah, et al.. (2018). OCCURRENCE AND TRANSPLACENTAL TRANSMISSION OF Anaplasma marginale IN DAIRY CATTLE. Slovenian Veterinary Research. 55(3). 1 indexed citations

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Mughal, Mikaela, Muhammad Nadeem Asghar, Najma Shaheen, et al.. (2015). Effect of Vitamins C, E and Nigella sativa Seeds on Antioxidant Activity in Fibromyalgia Patients. Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 47(1). 7–13. 5 indexed citations

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Khan, Irfan Ullah, et al.. (2015). Integrated pest management of maize stem borer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) in maize crop and its impact on yield. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 3(5). 470–472. 7 indexed citations

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Khan, Farid Ullah, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of chemical analysis profile of Citrullus colocynthis growing in southern areas of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Pakistan.. World Applied Sciences Journal. 10(4). 402–405. 16 indexed citations

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Khan, Irfan Ullah, et al.. (2010). Effect of nitrogen fixing bacteria on plant growth and yield of Brassica juncea.. The Journal of Phytology. 2(9). 25–27. 5 indexed citations

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Khan, Irfan Ullah, et al.. (2009). Ocular injury requiring hospitalisation in the South East of Ireland: 2001–2007. Injury. 41(1). 86–91. 25 indexed citations

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Beck‐Sickinger, Annette G. & Irfan Ullah Khan. (2008). Targeted Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy with Peptide Hormones as Radiopharmaceuticals. Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 8(2). 186–199. 49 indexed citations

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Khan, Irfan Ullah, et al.. (2001). The effect of elevation on digital blood pressure. British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 54(2). 137–139. 5 indexed citations

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