Muhammad Ahsan Altaf

3.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

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Muhammad Ahsan Altaf is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Plant Science, 18 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Ahsan Altaf's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (33 papers), Light effects on plants (12 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers). Muhammad Ahsan Altaf is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (33 papers), Light effects on plants (12 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (12 papers). Muhammad Ahsan Altaf collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and India. Muhammad Ahsan Altaf's co-authors include Muhammad Mohsin Altaf, Milan Kumar Lal, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Rabia Shahid, Awais Shakoor, Safina Naz, Latif Ullah Khan, Ming‐Xun Ren, Ravinder Kumar and Mohammad Shah Jahan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Ahsan Altaf

73 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Effect of animal manure, crop type, climate zone, and soil attributes on greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils—A global meta-analysis

2020 205 citations Awais Shakoor, Abdul Rehman et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →
Melatonin Improves Drought Stress Tolerance of Tomato by Modulating Plant Growth, Root Architecture, Photosynthesis, and Antioxidant Defense System

2022 200 citations Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Rabia Shahid et al. Antioxidants profile →
Melatonin enhanced the heavy metal-stress tolerance of pepper by mitigating the oxidative damage and reducing the heavy metal accumulation

2023 128 citations Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Yuanyuan Hao et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Ahsan Altaf China	29	1.8k	401	210	183	153	73	2.3k
Muhammad Azher Nawaz China	28	2.7k 1.5×	616 1.5×	234 1.1×	156 0.9×	144 0.9×	66	3.1k
Mohammad Shah Jahan China	29	2.5k 1.4×	749 1.9×	228 1.1×	134 0.7×	101 0.7×	75	2.9k
Qingsong Zheng China	20	2.2k 1.2×	527 1.3×	49 0.2×	256 1.4×	80 0.5×	51	2.8k
Md. Kamrul Hasan Bangladesh	17	1.6k 0.9×	356 0.9×	178 0.8×	84 0.5×	293 1.9×	67	2.3k
Francisco García‐Sánchez Spain	37	3.9k 2.1×	645 1.6×	55 0.3×	583 3.2×	116 0.8×	109	4.4k
Huwei Yuan China	21	1.6k 0.8×	671 1.7×	66 0.3×	54 0.3×	311 2.0×	67	2.3k
Ioannis Therios Greece	32	3.3k 1.8×	711 1.8×	88 0.4×	332 1.8×	133 0.9×	124	3.8k
Shaoying Ai China	15	943 0.5×	147 0.4×	118 0.6×	393 2.1×	377 2.5×	32	1.7k
Anis Ali Shah Pakistan	32	1.9k 1.0×	281 0.7×	50 0.2×	101 0.6×	506 3.3×	138	2.7k

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Shu, Huangying, Naveed Ul Mushtaq, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, et al.. (2024). Dynamic transcription analysis reveals the underlying key mechanism of L-arabinose-enhanced tomato resistance to bacterial wilt. Scientia Horticulturae. 337. 113583–113583. 2 indexed citations

Shahzad, Umbreen, Zakia Abid, Faisal Zulfiqar, et al.. (2024). Melatonin alleviates cadmium phytotoxicity through regulation of growth, photosynthesis, and antioxidant potential in two pepper genotypes. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum. 46(5). 3 indexed citations

Shah, Iftikhar Hussain, Irfan Ali Sabir, Muhammad Ashraf, et al.. (2024). Phyto-fabrication of copper oxide nanoparticles (NPs) utilizing the green approach exhibits antioxidant, antimicrobial, and antifungal activity in <i>Diospyros kaki</i> fruit. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 0–0. 3 indexed citations

Mushtaq, Naveed Ul, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Huangying Shu, et al.. (2024). Silicon improves the drought tolerance in pepper plants through the induction of secondary metabolites, GA biosynthesis pathway, and suppression of chlorophyll degradation. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 214. 108919–108919. 8 indexed citations

Manzoor, Muhammad Aamir, Iftikhar Hussain Shah, Irfan Ali Sabir, et al.. (2023). Environmental sustainable: Biogenic copper oxide nanoparticles as nano-pesticides for investigating bioactivities against phytopathogens. Environmental Research. 231(Pt 1). 115941–115941. 25 indexed citations

Altaf, Muhammad Ahsan, Rabia Shahid, Riaz Ahmad, et al.. (2023). Current understanding of boosting power of salicylic acid for abiotic stress tolerance in horticultural crops. South African Journal of Botany. 163. 285–293. 1 indexed citations

Mumtaz, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Yuanyuan Hao, et al.. (2023). Interaction between transcriptional activator BRI1-EMS-SUPPRESSOR 1 and HSPs regulates heat stress tolerance in pepper. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 211. 105341–105341. 6 indexed citations

Lal, Milan Kumar, Rahul Kumar Tiwari, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Awadhesh Kumar, & Ravinder Kumar. (2023). Abiotic and Biotic Stress in Horticultural Crops: Insight into Recent Advances in the Underlying Tolerance Mechanism. Frontiers research topics. 1 indexed citations

Ahmad, Riaz, et al.. (2023). Biochemical Mechanism Unlocking Their Potential Role in Salt Tolerance Mechanism of Zizyphus Germplasm. Phyton. 92(5). 1539–1553. 5 indexed citations

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Behera, Biswaranjan, Malu Ram Yadav, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, et al.. (2023). A Bibliometric Analysis of Groundwater Access and Its Management: Making the Invisible Visible. Water. 15(4). 806–806. 6 indexed citations

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Ahmad, Riaz, et al.. (2023). Exogenous Melatonin Spray Enhances Salinity Tolerance in Zizyphus Germplasm: A Brief Theory. Life. 13(2). 493–493. 30 indexed citations

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Naz, Safina, Sajid Ali, Bushra Saddiq, et al.. (2022). Foliar application of ascorbic acid enhances growth and yield of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) under saline conditions by improving antioxidant defence mechanism. Functional Plant Biology. 51(1). NULL–NULL. 21 indexed citations

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Shahid, Rabia, et al.. (2022). The Carbon Emission Trading Policy of China: Does It Really Boost the Environmental Upgrading?. Energies. 15(16). 6065–6065. 11 indexed citations

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Altaf, Muhammad Ahsan, Huangying Shu, Yuanyuan Hao, et al.. (2022). Melatonin Affects the Photosynthetic Performance of Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) Seedlings under Cold Stress. Antioxidants. 11(12). 2414–2414. 46 indexed citations

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Hayat, Faisal, Juan Li, Wen Liu, et al.. (2022). Influence of Citrus Rootstocks on Scion Growth, Hormone Levels, and Metabolites Profile of ‘Shatangju’ Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco). Horticulturae. 8(7). 608–608. 25 indexed citations

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Naz, Safina, Ahmer Bilal, Bushra Saddiq, et al.. (2022). Foliar Application of Salicylic Acid Improved Growth, Yield, Quality and Photosynthesis of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) by Improving Antioxidant Defense Mechanism under Saline Conditions. Sustainability. 14(21). 14180–14180. 23 indexed citations

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Behera, Biswaranjan, Kancheti Mrunalini, Md Basit Raza, et al.. (2022). Mechanistic insight on boron-mediated toxicity in plant vis-a-vis its mitigation strategies: a review. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 25(1). 9–26. 28 indexed citations

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Muhammad, Faqeer, Muhammad Aown Sammar Raza, Rashid Iqbal, et al.. (2022). Ameliorating Drought Effects in Wheat Using an Exclusive or Co-Applied Rhizobacteria and ZnO Nanoparticles. Biology. 11(11). 1564–1564. 39 indexed citations

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Zafar, Muhammad, Mushtaq Ahmad, Shazia Sultana, et al.. (2021). Chemo‐taxonomic and biological potential of highly therapeutic plant Pedicularis groenlandica Retz. using multiple microscopic techniques. Microscopy Research and Technique. 84(12). 2890–2905. 22 indexed citations

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Shakoor, Awais, Abdul Rehman, Fatima Ashraf, et al.. (2020). Effect of animal manure, crop type, climate zone, and soil attributes on greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils—A global meta-analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 278. 124019–124019. 205 indexed citations breakdown →

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