Kotb A. Attia

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
174 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Kotb A. Attia is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kotb A. Attia has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 104 papers in Plant Science, 47 papers in Molecular Biology and 16 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Kotb A. Attia's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (31 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (14 papers). Kotb A. Attia is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (31 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (16 papers) and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (14 papers). Kotb A. Attia collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan. Kotb A. Attia's co-authors include Khaled Abdelaal, Yaser Hafez, Muneera D. F. AlKahtani, Abdullah Al-Doss, Salman Alamery, Abdelhalim I. Ghazy, Naeem Khan, Abdelfattah Selim, Emadeldeen Rashwan and András Künstler and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kotb A. Attia

156 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

The Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria in Alleviating the Adverse Effects of Drought on Plants

2021 200 citations Khaled Abdelaal, Muneera D. F. AlKahtani et al. profile →
Beneficial Effects of Biochar and Chitosan on Antioxidative Capacity, Osmolytes Accumulation, and Anatomical Characters of Water-Stressed Barley Plants

2020 166 citations Yaser Hafez, Kotb A. Attia et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kotb A. Attia Saudi Arabia	25	1.7k	434	238	160	144	174	2.5k
Ijaz Ahmad Pakistan	21	774 0.5×	406 0.9×	264 1.1×	140 0.9×	166 1.2×	169	1.8k
Huimin Feng China	33	1.7k 1.0×	460 1.1×	83 0.3×	95 0.6×	83 0.6×	84	3.3k
Xiaolin Wang China	25	1.7k 1.0×	698 1.6×	207 0.9×	179 1.1×	51 0.4×	79	2.7k
Chang Fu Tian China	36	2.3k 1.4×	952 2.2×	688 2.9×	201 1.3×	106 0.7×	113	3.4k
Leonardo M. Cruz Brazil	23	1.0k 0.6×	600 1.4×	80 0.3×	178 1.1×	170 1.2×	70	2.0k
Li Song China	36	3.1k 1.9×	1.0k 2.4×	138 0.6×	56 0.3×	105 0.7×	123	4.0k
Gaofu Qi China	24	798 0.5×	727 1.7×	76 0.3×	213 1.3×	128 0.9×	54	1.8k
Qiang Zhao China	18	1.1k 0.7×	430 1.0×	146 0.6×	132 0.8×	44 0.3×	79	1.8k
Lisa Sanchez France	19	1.3k 0.8×	994 2.3×	42 0.2×	123 0.8×	108 0.8×	32	2.6k
Benoît Cournoyer France	27	1.1k 0.7×	810 1.9×	110 0.5×	53 0.3×	77 0.5×	95	2.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Li, Xing, Sajid Fiaz, Kotb A. Attia, et al.. (2025). Molecular characterization of REM genes in Cajanus cajan suggests the role of CcREM1 and CcREM6 like genes in heat stress response. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 205–205. 1 indexed citations

Azeem, Farrukh, et al.. (2025). Trihelix transcription factors are involved in drought stress response of Mangifera indica. Molecular Biology Reports. 52(1). 776–776.

Alshaya, Dalal Sulaiman, et al.. (2025). Tracing Sources and Stage‐Specific Impacts of Heavy Metal Contamination in Farmed Tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus ): Implications for Human Health Risk. Veterinary Medicine and Science. 11(5). e70562–e70562.

Attia, Kotb A., Irfan Ali, Haider Ali, et al.. (2025). Understanding the role of thermal stress in modulating growth, yield, and quality attributes of tomato at two locations. TURKISH JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 49(1). 153–168. 1 indexed citations

Rehman, Gul, May Alrashed, Muhammad Abbas, et al.. (2025). Development and characterization of dual drug loaded magnetic gold nanohybrid system for osteoarthritis. Journal of Biomaterials Applications. 39(10). 1222–1239. 1 indexed citations

Hassan, Sedky H.A., et al.. (2025). Potentiality Delineation of Groundwater Recharge in Arid Regions Using Multi-Criteria Analysis. Water. 17(5). 766–766. 1 indexed citations

Zia, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Comprehensive identification of GASA genes in sunflower and expression profiling in response to drought. BMC Genomics. 25(1). 954–954. 3 indexed citations

Zahra, Noreen, Muhammad Aslam, Tanveer Hussain, et al.. (2024). Understanding the role of magnetic (Fe3O4) nanoparticle to mitigate cadmium stress in radish (Raphanus sativus L.). Botanical studies. 65(1). 20–20. 3 indexed citations

Hafez, Yaser, et al.. (2024). Physio-Biochemical, Anatomical, and Molecular Analysis of Resistant and Susceptible Wheat Cultivars Infected with TTKSK, TTKST, and TTTSK Novel Puccinia graminis Races. Plants. 13(7). 1045–1045. 4 indexed citations

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Fozia, Fozia, et al.. (2024). Exogenous application of salicylic acid and NPK promotes tomato growth parameters, yield, and nutraceutical quality under cold stress. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca. 52(4). 13667–13667.

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Binyameen, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Insecticidal and Repellent Activity of Essential Oils from Seven Different Plant Species against Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Insects. 15(10). 755–755. 3 indexed citations

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Attia, Kotb A., et al.. (2024). Revolutionizing Tomato Cultivation: CRISPR/Cas9 Mediated Biotic Stress Resistance. Plants. 13(16). 2269–2269. 6 indexed citations

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Uzair, Muhammad, Kotb A. Attia, Muhammad Shahbaz Farooq, et al.. (2023). Functional characterization of the IGT gene family in wheat reveals conservation and variation in root architecture under drought condition. Plant Stress. 10. 100217–100217. 3 indexed citations

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Uzair, Muhammad, Muhammad Noman, Kotb A. Attia, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of sugarcane promising clones based on the morphophysiological traits developed from fuzz. PeerJ. 11. e15646–e15646. 1 indexed citations

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Zeb, Umar, Naushad Ali, Sajid Fiaz, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of U-box gene family in Juglans regia L.. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 70(8). 2337–2352. 5 indexed citations

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Iqbal, Muhammad Shahid, Salman Alamery, Khurram Shehzad, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide association study reveals novel genes on different chromosomal positions regulating boll weight in upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 71(2). 785–799. 1 indexed citations

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Ghazy, Abdelhalim I., Eid I. Ibrahim, Kotb A. Attia, et al.. (2022). Phylogenetic Analysis of Ryegrass (Lolium rigidum) Populations and the Proliferation of ALS Resistance in Saudi Arabia. Agriculture. 12(2). 290–290.

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Attia, Kotb A., Ahmad A. Omar, Eldessoky S. Dessoky, et al.. (2022). Development of New Iso-Cytoplasmic Rice-Restorer Lines and New Rice Hybrids with Superior Grain Yield and Grain Quality Characteristics by Utilizing Restorers’ Fertility Genes. Genes. 13(5). 808–808. 3 indexed citations

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Hoque, Md. Aminul, Kotb A. Attia, Omar S. Al‐Attas, & Amir Feisal Merican. (2011). Metabolic Flux Distribution and Mathematical Models for Dynamic Simulation of Carbon Metabolism in Escherichia coli. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 10(12). 2340–2352. 1 indexed citations

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Attia, Kotb A., et al.. (2009). Antisense Phenotypes Reveal a Functional Expression ofOsARF1, an Auxin Response Factor, in Transgenic Rice. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 11 Suppl 1. i29–34. 54 indexed citations

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