Muhammad Aqeel

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
166 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Aqeel is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pollution and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Aqeel has authored 166 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Plant Science, 31 papers in Pollution and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Aqeel's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (32 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (19 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (13 papers). Muhammad Aqeel is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (32 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (19 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (13 papers). Muhammad Aqeel collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia. Muhammad Aqeel's co-authors include Ali Noman, Noreen Khalid, Muhammad Ikram, Noreen Akhter, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Mohamed Hashem, Salamat Ali, Anwar Ul‐Hamid, Zarrin Fatima Rizvi and Muhammad Imran 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

Muhammad Aqeel

150 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Interactions and effects of microplastics with heavy metals in aquatic and terrestrial environments

2021 413 citations Noreen Khalid, Muhammad Aqeel et al. profile →
Continental‐scale niche differentiation of dominant topsoil archaea in drylands

2022 147 citations Weigang Hu, Longwei Dong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Aqeel Pakistan	39	1.8k	1.5k	1.1k	876	578	166	4.8k
Daolin Du China	40	1.3k 0.8×	2.7k 1.7×	602 0.5×	469 0.5×	354 0.6×	306	6.1k
Xinyu Zhao China	41	1.7k 1.0×	658 0.4×	890 0.8×	920 1.1×	174 0.3×	162	5.3k
Daochen Zhu China	32	1.2k 0.7×	804 0.5×	388 0.3×	507 0.6×	672 1.2×	150	4.4k
Xian-Zheng Yuan China	35	2.3k 1.3×	345 0.2×	682 0.6×	975 1.1×	617 1.1×	114	4.5k
Qi Zhang China	40	2.3k 1.3×	959 0.6×	391 0.4×	465 0.5×	324 0.6×	208	5.3k
Chuanxin Ma China	50	2.0k 1.1×	2.5k 1.6×	3.9k 3.5×	358 0.4×	480 0.8×	150	7.1k
Lunguang Yao China	37	956 0.5×	612 0.4×	593 0.5×	472 0.5×	172 0.3×	236	4.8k
Marta Marmiroli Italy	31	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	563 0.5×	310 0.4×	346 0.6×	91	3.9k
Shivendra V. Sahi United States	42	1.5k 0.8×	3.5k 2.3×	1.9k 1.7×	270 0.3×	238 0.4×	104	6.4k
Yan He China	43	2.5k 1.4×	1.1k 0.7×	318 0.3×	732 0.8×	581 1.0×	178	6.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Muhammad Aqeel

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Irshad, Muhammad, Muhammad Aqeel, Saba Saleem, et al.. (2024). Mechanistic insight into interactive effect of microplastics and arsenic on growth of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and soil health indicators. The Science of The Total Environment. 955. 176875–176875. 7 indexed citations

Irshad, Muhammad, Jamilur R. Ansari, Ali Noman, et al.. (2024). Seed priming with Fe3O4-SiO2 nanocomposites simultaneously mitigate Cd and Cr stress in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.): A way forward for sustainable environmental management. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 286. 117195–117195. 5 indexed citations

Akhter, Noreen, Muhammad Aqeel, Muhammad Irshad, et al.. (2024). Differential capacity of phragmites ecotypes in remediation of inorganic contaminants in coastal ecosystems: Implications for climate change. Environmental Research. 247. 118127–118127. 4 indexed citations

Khalid, Noreen, et al.. (2024). Spatial distribution and impacts of microplastics on potato growth and yield in agroecosystems in Sialkot, Pakistan. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 136262–136262. 5 indexed citations

Aqeel, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY AND LANDSCAPE IN TRANSITION: ANALYZING THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF GILGIT BALTISTAN REGION. 3(2). 154–169. 1 indexed citations

Ejaz, Ujala, et al.. (2024). Understanding the leaching of plastic additives and subsequent risks to ecosystems. 3(1). 29 indexed citations

Aqeel, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). QUANTIFICATION OF THROMBUS BURDEN AND IDENTIFICATION OF ITS DETERMINANTS IN PATIENTS OF ST-SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION UNDERGOING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION. Biological and Clinical Sciences Research Journal. 2024(1). 1011–1011. 1 indexed citations

Majeed, Umair, et al.. (2024). THE PREVALENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION CAUSES; A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY AT A LARGE TEACHING HOSPITAL. Biological and Clinical Sciences Research Journal. 2024(1). 1 indexed citations

Aqeel, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). A LANDMARK IN CHICKPEA PRODUCTION FOR FOOD SECURITY: BITTAL-2022, A NEW HIGH YIELDING AND DISEASE RESISTANT CULTIVAR. Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology. 35(1). 177–184. 2 indexed citations

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Aqeel, Muhammad, Jinzhi Ran, Weigang Hu, et al.. (2023). Plant-soil-microbe interactions in maintaining ecosystem stability and coordinated turnover under changing environmental conditions. Chemosphere. 318. 137924–137924. 57 indexed citations

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Ilyas, Noshin, Muhammad Aqeel, Naveed Iqbal Raja, et al.. (2023). Interactive effects of melatonin and salicylic acid on Brassica napus under drought condition. Plant and Soil. 505(1-2). 65–84. 19 indexed citations

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Aqeel, Muhammad, Ali Noman, Adeel Mahmood, et al.. (2023). Ecological health risk assessment of microplastics and heavy metals in sediments, water, hydrophytes (Alternanthera philoxeroides, Typha latifolia, and Ipomoea carnea), and fish (Labeo rohita) in Marala wetlands in Sialkot, Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(14). 41272–41285. 12 indexed citations

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Akbar, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Aqeel, Naeem Iqbal, et al.. (2023). Molecular regulation of antioxidants and secondary metabolites act in conjunction to defend plants against pathogenic infection. South African Journal of Botany. 161. 247–257. 27 indexed citations

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Shahzadi, Iram, Muhammad Aqeel, Ali Haider, et al.. (2023). Hydrothermal Synthesis of Fe-Doped Cadmium Oxide Showed Bactericidal Behavior and Highly Efficient Visible Light Photocatalysis. ACS Omega. 8(33). 30681–30693. 26 indexed citations

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Aqeel, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Morpho-physiological characterization and metabolic profiling of rice lines for immunity to counter Helminthosporium oryzae. Microbial Pathogenesis. 179. 106126–106126. 1 indexed citations

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Aqeel, Muhammad, et al.. (2022). Early Childhood Education through Gamification. 2(1). 2 indexed citations

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Noman, Ali, Muhammad Aqeel, Waqar Islam, et al.. (2021). Insects–plants-pathogens: Toxicity, dependence and defense dynamics. Toxicon. 197. 87–98. 21 indexed citations

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Akram, Muhammad Adnan, Naeem Iqbal, Muhammad Aqeel, et al.. (2020). EXPLORATION OF MEDICINAL PHYTO-DIVERSITY OF THE SEMI-ARID AREA IN PUNJAB PROVINCE, PAKISTAN. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 30(6). 4 indexed citations

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Imran, Muhammad, Anwar Ul‐Hamid, Misbah Naz, et al.. (2020). Synthesis and characterization of binary selenides of transition metals to investigate its photocatalytic, antimicrobial and anticancer efficacy. Applied Nanoscience. 10(7). 2113–2127. 44 indexed citations

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Noman, Ali, Sameer H. Qari, Muhammad Aqeel, et al.. (2020). Regulation of Capsicum immunity against microbial pathogens: Transcription factors in focus. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 112. 101548–101548. 3 indexed citations

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