Khalid Saifullah Khan

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Khalid Saifullah Khan is a scholar working on Soil Science, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Khalid Saifullah Khan has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Soil Science, 30 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and 29 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Khalid Saifullah Khan's work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (48 papers), Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (30 papers) and Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies (15 papers). Khalid Saifullah Khan is often cited by papers focused on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (48 papers), Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (30 papers) and Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies (15 papers). Khalid Saifullah Khan collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, Germany and Saudi Arabia. Khalid Saifullah Khan's co-authors include Rainer Georg Joergensen, Hasan M. Khan, Petra Marschner, Michael Kaiser, Jens Dyckmans, Qaiser Hussain, Muhammad Tufail, Muhammad Akmal, Muhammad Ismail and P. Akhter and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Khalid Saifullah Khan

121 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Microbial biomass, fungal and bacterial residues, and their relationships to the soil organic matter C/N/P/S ratios

2016 275 citations Khalid Saifullah Khan, Michael Kaiser et al. Geoderma profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Khalid Saifullah Khan Pakistan	29	1.2k	784	550	403	365	130	2.7k
Siobhán Staunton France	28	457 0.4×	562 0.7×	560 1.0×	175 0.4×	351 1.0×	89	2.6k
Hanping Xia China	24	777 0.6×	896 1.1×	224 0.4×	425 1.1×	325 0.9×	46	3.0k
Armin Keller Switzerland	27	515 0.4×	665 0.8×	175 0.3×	386 1.0×	227 0.6×	56	2.9k
Huoyan Wang China	31	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	58 0.1×	274 0.7×	306 0.8×	99	3.1k
Raj Setia India	27	819 0.7×	497 0.6×	76 0.1×	575 1.4×	208 0.6×	89	2.6k
P.F.A.M. Römkens Netherlands	32	369 0.3×	614 0.8×	315 0.6×	240 0.6×	459 1.3×	86	3.1k
Xiaoqin Chen China	26	759 0.6×	593 0.8×	53 0.1×	247 0.6×	214 0.6×	82	2.3k
Jie Ma China	35	478 0.4×	671 0.9×	80 0.1×	389 1.0×	729 2.0×	148	3.7k
Jan Eriksson Sweden	28	484 0.4×	627 0.8×	146 0.3×	207 0.5×	241 0.7×	56	2.1k
Shibao Chen China	29	269 0.2×	742 0.9×	217 0.4×	282 0.7×	420 1.2×	82	2.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Khalid Saifullah Khan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Khan, Jehangir, et al.. (2024). Comparative growth, biochemical and antioxidative response of Glycine max and Sesamum indicum to MnS nanoparticles. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 61. 103386–103386. 2 indexed citations

Hussain, Zawar, Ghaffar Ali, Abdul Rehman Akbar, et al.. (2024). Physicochemical synthesis of zeolite modified nano-flakes to eliminate emerging pollutants in aquatic environment. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 69. 106832–106832. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Han-Qiang, Rui Li, Wenyou Hu, et al.. (2024). Multi-medium residues and ecological risk of herbicides in a typical agricultural watershed of the Mollisols region, Northeast China. The Science of The Total Environment. 937. 173507–173507. 7 indexed citations

Hussain, Qaiser, Khalid Saifullah Khan, Shahzada Sohail Ijaz, et al.. (2024). Exploration of Soil Carbon Sequestrationin Relation to C:N:P:S Stoichiometryunder Dynamic Cropping Systems. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies.

Tian, Kang, Qiang Liang, Yue He, et al.. (2024). Quantitative assessment of Cd sources in rice grains through Cd isotopes and MixSIAR model in a typical e-waste dismantling area of Southeast China. The Science of The Total Environment. 954. 176217–176217. 4 indexed citations

Khan, Khalid Saifullah, et al.. (2024). Sorption-Desorption of Phosphorus on Manure- and Plant-Derived Biochars at Different Pyrolysis Temperatures. Sustainability. 16(7). 2755–2755. 7 indexed citations

Ashfaq, Muhammad, Muhammad Junaid Rao, Khalid Saifullah Khan, et al.. (2024). Trichoderma viride: An Eco-Friendly Biocontrol Solution Against Soil-Borne Pathogens in Vegetables Under Different Soil Conditions. Horticulturae. 10(12). 1277–1277. 6 indexed citations

Rehman, Sana, Shahzada Sohail Ijaz, Atta Mohi Ud Din, et al.. (2023). Soil organic carbon sequestration and modeling under conservation tillage and cropping systems in a rainfed agriculture. European Journal of Agronomy. 147. 126840–126840. 28 indexed citations

Hu, Wenyou, Han-Qiang Liu, Biao Huang, et al.. (2023). Occurrence, distribution and ecological risk assessment of herbicide residues in cropland soils from the Mollisols region of Northeast China. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 465. 133054–133054. 24 indexed citations

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Wattoo, Fahad Masoud, et al.. (2023). Biochar and Polyhalite Fertilizers Improve Soil’s Biochemical Characteristics and Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) Yield. Agronomy. 13(2). 483–483. 19 indexed citations

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Heinze, Stefanie, et al.. (2021). Microbial Biomass Sulphur—An Important Yet Understudied Pool in Soil. Agronomy. 11(8). 1606–1606. 15 indexed citations

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Khan, Khalid Saifullah, et al.. (2019). Long term Reduced Tillage Improved Soil Physical Characteristics and Crop Productivity in Subtropical Dryland of Pakistan. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 24(2). 229–237. 2 indexed citations

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Khan, Khalid Saifullah & Rainer Georg Joergensen. (2019). Stoichiometry of the soil microbial biomass in response to amendments with varying C/N/P/S ratios. Biology and Fertility of Soils. 55(3). 265–274. 62 indexed citations

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Ashfaq, Muhammad, et al.. (2017). Isolation, preservation and revival of Trichoderma Viride in culture media. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies. 5(3). 1640–1646. 12 indexed citations

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Khan, Khalid Saifullah, et al.. (2016). Microbial biomass, fungal and bacterial residues, and their relationships to the soil organic matter C/N/P/S ratios. Geoderma. 271. 115–123. 275 indexed citations breakdown →

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Malik, M. A., et al.. (2014). Dynamics of phosphorus pools in subtropical alkaline soils.. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 16(2). 293–299. 3 indexed citations

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Khan, Muhammad Jamal, Amanullah Jan, & Khalid Saifullah Khan. (2013). Effect of organic and inorganic amendments on the heavy metal content of soil and wheat crop irrigated with wastewater.. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture. 29(1). 49–57. 10 indexed citations

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Shabbir, Ghulam, et al.. (2012). Heterosis and combining ability for quantitative traits in fodder Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.). Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding. 3(2). 775–781.

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Khalid, Rizwan, et al.. (2012). Effect of Different Sulfur Levels from Various Sources on Brassica napus Growth and Soil Sulfur Fractions. Journal of the chemical society of pakistan. 34(4). 1023–1031. 4 indexed citations

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Khan, Khalid Saifullah, et al.. (2010). HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATION OF SOILS IN RESPONSE TO WASTEWATER IRRIGATION IN RAWALPINDI REGION. The Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 47(3). 215–224. 37 indexed citations

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