Muhammad Ali

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Ali is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Ali has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Plant Science, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 15 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Ali's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (22 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (19 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (14 papers). Muhammad Ali is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (22 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (19 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (14 papers). Muhammad Ali collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Nigeria. Muhammad Ali's co-authors include Zhen‐Hui Gong, Husain Ahmad, Izhar Muhammad, Huai-Xia Zhang, Wen-Xian Gai, Abid Khan, Abdullah Shalmani, Aimin Wei, Saeed Ul Haq and Sikandar Hayat and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Cell and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Ali

91 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Heat Shock Proteins: Dynamic Biomolecules to Counter Plan... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2021 100 200 300
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. Heat Shock Proteins: Dynamic Biomolecules to Counter Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
    2019 369 citations Saeed Ul Haq, Abid Khan et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences profile →
  2. 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
Muhammad Ali China 30 2.2k 1.1k 170 135 116 101 2.8k
Nenghui Ye China 33 4.0k 1.8× 2.0k 1.8× 160 0.9× 81 0.6× 88 0.8× 78 4.5k
Mayank Anand Gururani United Arab Emirates 22 2.3k 1.0× 938 0.8× 68 0.4× 60 0.4× 130 1.1× 54 2.7k
Huijuan Zhang China 33 2.5k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 86 0.5× 128 0.9× 133 1.1× 99 3.2k
Woe‐Yeon Kim South Korea 36 4.4k 1.9× 2.9k 2.6× 70 0.4× 132 1.0× 86 0.7× 118 5.2k
Zhenhai Han China 33 3.1k 1.4× 1.6k 1.4× 55 0.3× 107 0.8× 150 1.3× 154 3.7k
Raju Datla Canada 30 1.9k 0.8× 1.7k 1.5× 97 0.6× 37 0.3× 104 0.9× 58 2.9k
Jelli Venkatesh South Korea 24 2.3k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 64 0.4× 44 0.3× 100 0.9× 52 2.7k
Neil S. Graham United Kingdom 28 3.4k 1.5× 2.4k 2.1× 119 0.7× 71 0.5× 151 1.3× 55 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Muhammad Ali

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Fields of papers citing papers by Muhammad Ali

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muhammad Ali

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ali, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Native genetic switch enhances heat resilience, grain quality, and yield in rice. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 67(12). 3056–3058.
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Abbas, Ali, Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Arshad Javed, et al.. (2024). SCREENING OF RICE GERMPLASM AGAINST DROUGHT STRESS USING MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS. 6(2). 1–16.
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Rhaman, Mohammad Saidur, Muhammad Ali, Wenxiu Ye, & Bosheng Li. (2024). Opportunities and Challenges in Advancing Plant Research with Single-cell Omics. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 22(2). 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Tianxia, Lei Deng, Qinyang Wang, et al.. (2024). Tomato CYP94C1 inactivates bioactive JA-Ile to attenuate jasmonate-mediated defense during fruit ripening. Molecular Plant. 17(4). 509–512. 11 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad, Yupeng Pan, Hanqiang Liu, & Zhihui Cheng. (2023). Melatonin interaction with abscisic acid in the regulation of abiotic stress in Solanaceae family plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1271137–1271137. 35 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad, Yannick Gansemans, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, et al.. (2023). Severe udder cleft dermatitis lesion transcriptomics points to an impaired skin barrier, defective wound repair and a dysregulated inflammatory response as key elements in the pathogenesis. PLoS ONE. 18(7). e0288347–e0288347. 3 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad, Yannick Gansemans, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, et al.. (2023). An in-depth investigation of the microbiota and its virulence factors associated with severe udder cleft dermatitis lesions. Journal of Dairy Science. 107(5). 3219–3234. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Tianxia, Muhammad Ali, Lihao Lin, et al.. (2022). Recoloring tomato fruit by CRISPR/Cas9-mediated multiplex gene editing. Horticulture Research. 10(1). uhac214–uhac214. 77 indexed citations
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Pan, Changtian, Dandan Yang, Xiaolin Zhao, et al.. (2021). PIF4 negatively modulates cold tolerance in tomato anthers via temperature-dependent regulation of tapetal cell death. The Plant Cell. 33(7). 2320–2339. 50 indexed citations
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Yang, Dandan, Muhammad Ali, Lei Ye, et al.. (2021). Phytochrome interacting factor 3 regulates pollen mitotic division through auxin signalling and sugar metabolism pathways in tomato. New Phytologist. 234(2). 560–577. 31 indexed citations
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Arif, Muhammad, Kashif Akhtar, Aziz Khan, et al.. (2020). Biochar Integration with Legume Crops in Summer Gape Synergizes Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Enhance Maize Yield. Agronomy. 10(1). 58–58. 18 indexed citations
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Ali, Muhammad, Izhar Muhammad, Abdul Mateen Khattak, et al.. (2020). Melatonin Mitigates the Infection of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides via Modulation of the Chitinase Gene and Antioxidant Activity in Capsicum annuum L.. Antioxidants. 10(1). 7–7. 26 indexed citations
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Haq, Saeed Ul, Abid Khan, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2019). Heat Shock Proteins: Dynamic Biomolecules to Counter Plant Biotic and Abiotic Stresses. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(21). 5321–5321. 369 indexed citations breakdown →
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Atif, Muhammad Jawaad, Bakht Amin, Muhammad Imran Ghani, et al.. (2019). Influence of Different Photoperiod and Temperature Regimes on Growth and Bulb Quality of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Cultivars. Agronomy. 9(12). 879–879. 32 indexed citations
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Sharif, Rahat, Haiqiang Zhang, Muhammad Ali, et al.. (2018). Melatonin and Its Effects on Plant Systems. Molecules. 23(9). 2352–2352. 184 indexed citations
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Khan, Sher Aslam, S. K. Khalil, Amjad Iqbal, et al.. (2017). Nitrogen doses and plant density affect phenology and yield of sweet corn.. Fresenius environmental bulletin. 26(6). 3809–3815. 11 indexed citations
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Abbas, Ghulam, et al.. (2010). RESPONSE OF WHEAT TO DIFFERENT DOSES OF ZnSO4 UNDER THAL DESERT ENVIRONMENT. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 42(6). 4079–4085. 11 indexed citations
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Ansar, Muhammad, et al.. (2009). Effect of phosphorus on the yield and yield components of wheat variety "Inqlab-91" under rainfed conditions.. Sarhad Journal of Agriculture. 25(1). 21–24. 11 indexed citations
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Khan, et al.. (2006). COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE OF SOME WHEAT GENOTYPES GROWING UNDER SALINE WATER. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 32 indexed citations

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