Muhammad Junaid Rao

2.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
84 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Junaid Rao is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Junaid Rao has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Plant Science, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Biochemistry. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Junaid Rao's work include Plant Gene Expression Analysis (20 papers), Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (13 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (11 papers). Muhammad Junaid Rao is often cited by papers focused on Plant Gene Expression Analysis (20 papers), Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (13 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (11 papers). Muhammad Junaid Rao collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Muhammad Junaid Rao's co-authors include Qiang Xu, Lingqiang Wang, Xiuxin Deng, Bingsong Zheng, Mingzheng Duan, Yuantao Xu, Yue Huang, Xiaomei Tang, Hao Zuo and Sajjad Hussain and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Chemosphere and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Junaid Rao

73 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Drones in Plant Disease Assessment, Efficient Monitoring, and Detection: A Way Forward to Smart Agriculture

2023 105 citations Aqleem Abbas, Zhenhao Zhang et al. Agronomy profile →
The Role of Polyphenols in Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Their Antioxidant Properties to Scavenge Reactive Oxygen Species and Free Radicals

2025 68 citations Muhammad Junaid Rao, Bingsong Zheng Antioxidants profile →
Antioxidant Defense System in Plants: Reactive Oxygen Species Production, Signaling, and Scavenging During Abiotic Stress-Induced Oxidative Damage

2025 63 citations Muhammad Junaid Rao, Mingzheng Duan et al. Horticulturae profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Junaid Rao China	23	1.1k	601	167	86	78	84	1.5k
Zhongwei Zou Canada	23	923 0.8×	803 1.3×	149 0.9×	65 0.8×	109 1.4×	54	1.5k
Nai‐Qian Dong China	14	1.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.8×	112 0.7×	60 0.7×	99 1.3×	17	2.3k
Pasquale Tripodi Italy	20	1.3k 1.1×	550 0.9×	232 1.4×	46 0.5×	154 2.0×	60	1.7k
Shaozhen He China	31	1.9k 1.7×	1.3k 2.1×	189 1.1×	69 0.8×	92 1.2×	73	2.4k
Yonatan Elkind Israel	17	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.8×	146 0.9×	90 1.0×	115 1.5×	33	2.0k
Xiaojiao Han China	25	1.2k 1.1×	966 1.6×	38 0.2×	71 0.8×	105 1.3×	84	1.9k
Hengfu Yin China	24	1.3k 1.2×	1.5k 2.5×	269 1.6×	56 0.7×	158 2.0×	96	2.3k
Luiz Filipe Protásio Pereira Brazil	26	1.4k 1.2×	819 1.4×	43 0.3×	44 0.5×	150 1.9×	86	2.1k
Adrián Rodríguez‐Burruezo Spain	21	1.3k 1.2×	386 0.6×	241 1.4×	41 0.5×	286 3.7×	97	1.8k
Edvan Alves Chagas Brazil	16	1.1k 1.0×	408 0.7×	172 1.0×	42 0.5×	192 2.5×	231	1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Wang, Xue, et al.. (2026). Variation in terpenoids and antioxidant activity of loquat flowers during post-harvest processing: a metabolomics study. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1728193–1728193.

Hafeez, Abdul, Muhammad Junaid Rao, Zonghang Li, et al.. (2025). Melatonin-mediated regulation of nitrogen metabolism and photosynthesis alleviates nitrate stress in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496. 139559–139559.

Qamar, Muhammad Tahir ul, et al.. (2025). Comparative genomics profiling of Citrus species reveals the diversity and disease responsiveness of the GLP pangenes family. BMC Plant Biology. 25(1). 388–388. 1 indexed citations

Ikram, Muhammad, Maria Batool, Mujib Ullah, et al.. (2025). Secondary metabolites as biostimulants in salt stressed plants: mechanisms of oxidative defense and signal transduction. Plant Stress. 16. 100891–100891. 5 indexed citations

Rao, Muhammad Junaid, Mingzheng Duan, Pei‐Wen Cheng, et al.. (2025). Antioxidant Defense System in Plants: Reactive Oxygen Species Production, Signaling, and Scavenging During Abiotic Stress-Induced Oxidative Damage. Horticulturae. 11(5). 477–477. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Duan, Mingzheng, Ting Jiang, Kyung‐Mo Song, et al.. (2025). Comparative LC-MS/MS Metabolomics of Wild and Cultivated Strawberries Reveals Enhanced Triterpenoid Accumulation and Superior Free Radical Scavenging Activity in Fragaria nilgerrensis. Horticulturae. 11(12). 1417–1417.

Rao, Muhammad Junaid, et al.. (2024). Comparative Analysis of Citrus Species’ Flavonoid Metabolism, Gene Expression Profiling, and Their Antioxidant Capacity under Drought Stress. Antioxidants. 13(9). 1149–1149. 18 indexed citations

Duan, Mingzheng, et al.. (2024). The Ectopic Expression of the MpDIR1(t) Gene Enhances the Response of Plants from Arabidopsis thaliana to Biotic Stress by Regulating the Defense Genes and Antioxidant Flavonoids. Plants. 13(19). 2692–2692. 10 indexed citations

Rao, Muhammad Junaid, Xiaoying Luo, Yuxin Wu, et al.. (2024). Evolution and Functional Dynamics of TCP Transcription Factor Gene Family in Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis). Plants. 13(18). 2568–2568. 7 indexed citations

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Shu, Yazhou, et al.. (2024). Genome-Wide Analysis of the Auxin/Indoleacetic Acid (Aux/IAA) Gene Family in Autopolyploid Sugarcane (Saccharum spontaneum). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(13). 7473–7473. 4 indexed citations

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Zhou, Lan, Yulu Yang, Anket Sharma, et al.. (2024). A Rapid Method for Obtaining the Transgenic Roots of Crassulaceae Plants. Plants. 13(21). 3024–3024.

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Umar, Ummad Ud Din, et al.. (2023). Elicitor-Driven Defense Mechanisms: Shielding Cotton Plants against the Onslaught of Cotton Leaf Curl Multan Virus (CLCuMuV) Disease. Metabolites. 13(11). 1148–1148. 2 indexed citations

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Abbas, Aqleem, Zhenhao Zhang, Mohammad Murtaza Alami, et al.. (2023). Drones in Plant Disease Assessment, Efficient Monitoring, and Detection: A Way Forward to Smart Agriculture. Agronomy. 13(6). 1524–1524. 105 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ali, Qurban, Muhammad Junaid Rao, Mohsin Ali, et al.. (2022). Advances, limitations, and prospects of biosensing technology for detecting phytopathogenic bacteria. Chemosphere. 296. 133773–133773. 56 indexed citations

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Rao, Muhammad Junaid, et al.. (2021). Novel Insights into Anthocyanin Metabolism and Molecular Characterization of Associated Genes in Sugarcane Rinds Using the Metabolome and Transcriptome. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(1). 338–338. 25 indexed citations

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Rao, Muhammad Junaid, Qi Cheng, Hamza Armghan Noushahi, et al.. (2021). Expression Profiling of Flavonoid Biosynthesis Genes and Secondary Metabolites Accumulation in Populus under Drought Stress. Molecules. 26(18). 5546–5546. 69 indexed citations

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Tang, Xiaomei, Xia Wang, Yue Huang, et al.. (2021). Natural variations of TFIIAγ gene and LOB1 promoter contribute to citrus canker disease resistance in Atalantia buxifolia. PLoS Genetics. 17(1). e1009316–e1009316. 28 indexed citations

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Rao, Muhammad Junaid, et al.. (2021). Antioxidant Metabolites in Primitive, Wild, and Cultivated Citrus and Their Role in Stress Tolerance. Molecules. 26(19). 5801–5801. 49 indexed citations

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Ramaiah, K., Chris Parker, Muhammad Junaid Rao, & Lytton J. Musselman. (1983). Striga identification and control handbook. Open Access Repository of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics). 18 indexed citations

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Rao, Muhammad Junaid, et al.. (1981). Internodal patterns and their significance in sorghum breeding. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding (The). 41(3). 406–410.

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