Muhammad Zain

2.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Muhammad Zain is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pollution and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Muhammad Zain has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Pollution and 10 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Muhammad Zain's work include Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (9 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (7 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (6 papers). Muhammad Zain is often cited by papers focused on Crop Yield and Soil Fertility (9 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (7 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (6 papers). Muhammad Zain collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Hong Kong. Muhammad Zain's co-authors include Yang Gao, Aiwang Duan, Faisal Mehmood, Muhammad Adeel, Zhuanyun Si, Yukui Rui, Shafeeq Ur Rahman, Muhammad Arslan Ahmad, Guangshuai Wang and Noman Shakoor and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Muhammad Zain

45 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Effects of nitrogen application rate and irrigation regime on growth, yield, and water-nitrogen use efficiency of drip-irrigated winter wheat in the North China Plain

2020 204 citations Muhammad Zain, Faisal Mehmood et al. profile →
Pb uptake, accumulation, and translocation in plants: Plant physiological, biochemical, and molecular response: A review

2024 60 citations Shafeeq Ur Rahman, Anzhen Qin et al. Heliyon profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Muhammad Zain China	23	721	364	301	269	223	45	1.6k
Shafeeq Ur Rahman China	23	916 1.3×	619 1.7×	264 0.9×	162 0.6×	118 0.5×	83	1.8k
Farhan Hafeez Pakistan	15	869 1.2×	607 1.7×	334 1.1×	149 0.6×	88 0.4×	44	1.7k
Muhammad Qaswar China	25	551 0.8×	293 0.8×	768 2.6×	162 0.6×	198 0.9×	48	1.9k
Muhammad Saqib Pakistan	26	1.6k 2.2×	292 0.8×	343 1.1×	84 0.3×	202 0.9×	106	2.2k
Nirmali Gogoi India	25	1.2k 1.6×	295 0.8×	447 1.5×	85 0.3×	233 1.0×	95	2.1k
Renzhi Zhang China	17	883 1.2×	779 2.1×	405 1.3×	97 0.4×	178 0.8×	46	1.9k
Xu Yang China	24	439 0.6×	418 1.1×	766 2.5×	101 0.4×	229 1.0×	121	1.9k
Yuping Zhuge China	27	599 0.8×	322 0.9×	637 2.1×	103 0.4×	165 0.7×	87	1.6k
Amir Lakzian Iran	22	501 0.7×	301 0.8×	229 0.8×	374 1.4×	87 0.4×	111	1.6k
Abdur Rehim Pakistan	18	831 1.2×	765 2.1×	296 1.0×	72 0.3×	118 0.5×	41	1.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zain, Muhammad, et al.. (2025). Stem-Leaf Segmentation and Morphological Traits Extraction in Rapeseed Seedlings Using a Three-Dimensional Point Cloud. Agronomy. 15(2). 276–276. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Lili, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of Rapeseed Leave Segmentation Accuracy Using Binocular Stereo Vision 3D Point Clouds. Agronomy. 15(1). 245–245. 3 indexed citations

Shakoor, Noman, Muhammad Adeel, Imran Azeem, et al.. (2024). Cryptic footprint of thallium in soil-plant systems; A review. Chemosphere. 356. 141767–141767. 7 indexed citations

Hassan, Muhammad Umair, Lihong Wang, Muhammad Nawaz, et al.. (2024). Silicon a key player to mitigate chromium toxicity in plants: Mechanisms and future prospective. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 208. 108529–108529. 12 indexed citations

Rahman, Shafeeq Ur, Anzhen Qin, Muhammad Zain, et al.. (2024). Pb uptake, accumulation, and translocation in plants: Plant physiological, biochemical, and molecular response: A review. Heliyon. 10(6). e27724–e27724. 60 indexed citations breakdown →

Zain, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). The Effect of NPK Fertilizer on the Growth and Yield of Sweet Corn (Zea mays Saccharata Sturt.) with Various Planting Arrangements. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology. 9(2). 82–89. 1 indexed citations

Zain, Muhammad, et al.. (2024). Estimation of Rice Protein Content Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Hyperspectral Imaging. Agronomy. 14(11). 2479–2479. 2 indexed citations

Zain, Muhammad, et al.. (2023). Nanotechnology in precision agriculture: Advancing towards sustainable crop production. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 206. 108244–108244. 39 indexed citations

Adeel, Muhammad, Muhammad Zain, Noman Shakoor, et al.. (2023). Estrogens in plants and emerging risks to human health. Environment International. 178. 107985–107985. 9 indexed citations

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Rahman, Shafeeq Ur, Muhammad Zain, Anzhen Qin, et al.. (2023). Pb Uptake, Accumulation, and Translocation in Plants: Plant Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Response: A Review. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations

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Hussain, Muzammil, Tao Lang, Muhammad Zain, et al.. (2023). Integrating nanotechnology with plant microbiome for next-generation crop health. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 196. 703–711. 31 indexed citations

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Adeel, Muhammad, Muhammad Zain, Noman Shakoor, et al.. (2023). Global navigation of Lithium in water bodies and emerging human health crisis. npj Clean Water. 6(1). 40 indexed citations

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Raza, Mubashar, Muhammad Shahbaz, Maryam Ajmal, et al.. (2023). Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles enhanced wheat resistance to Bipolaris sorokiniana. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 203. 108067–108067. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Guangshuai, Faisal Mehmood, Muhammad Zain, et al.. (2022). AquaCrop Model Evaluation for Winter Wheat under Different Irrigation Management Strategies: A Case Study on the North China Plain. Agronomy. 12(12). 3184–3184. 9 indexed citations

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Kareem, Hafiz Abdul, Mahmood Ul Hassan, Muhammad Zain, et al.. (2022). Nanosized zinc oxide (n-ZnO) particles pretreatment to alfalfa seedlings alleviate heat-induced morpho-physiological and ultrastructural damages. Environmental Pollution. 303. 119069–119069. 69 indexed citations

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Shakoor, Noman, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Zain, et al.. (2022). Exposure of cherry radish (Raphanus sativus L. var. Radculus Pers) to iron-based nanoparticles enhances its nutritional quality by trigging the essential elements. NanoImpact. 25. 100388–100388. 58 indexed citations

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Shakoor, Noman, Muhammad Adeel, Imran Azeem, et al.. (2022). Interplay of higher plants with lithium pollution: Global trends, meta-analysis, and perspectives. Chemosphere. 310. 136663–136663. 25 indexed citations

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Mehmood, Faisal, Guangshuai Wang, Yang Gao, et al.. (2021). Impacts of Irrigation Managements on Soil CO2 Emission and Soil CH4 Uptake of Winter Wheat Field in the North China Plain. Water. 13(15). 2052–2052. 28 indexed citations

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Gao, Yang, et al.. (2021). THE RESPONSE OF SPINACH (SPINACIA OLERACIA L.) PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERSTICS TO DIFFERENT BIOCHAR TREATMENTS UNDER SALINE CONDITION. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research. 19(3). 1799–1812. 3 indexed citations

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Adeel, Muhammad, Muhammad Zain, Muhammad Rizwan, et al.. (2019). Cryptic footprints of rare earth elements on natural resources and living organisms. Environment International. 127. 785–800. 223 indexed citations

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