Naeem Khan

11.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
189 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Naeem Khan is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Naeem Khan has authored 189 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Plant Science, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Naeem Khan's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (43 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (39 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (25 papers). Naeem Khan is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (43 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (39 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (25 papers). Naeem Khan collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, United States and Saudi Arabia. Naeem Khan's co-authors include Asghari Bano, Shahid Ali, Md Ali Babar, Muhammad Adnan Shahid, Asif Mehmood, Peiman Zandi, Muhammad Tayyab Ahsan, Rashad Mukhtar Balal, Asad Ullah and Jia Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Naeem Khan

174 papers receiving 5.9k citations

Hit Papers

Crosstalk amongst phytohormones from planta and PGPR unde... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2020 2020 2018 2019 2021 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Crosstalk amongst phytohormones from planta and PGPR under biotic and abiotic stresses
    2020 331 citations Naeem Khan, Asghari Bano et al. profile →
  2. Insights into the Physiological and Biochemical Impacts of Salt Stress on Plant Growth and Development
    2020 314 citations Muhammad Adnan Shahid, Ali Sarkhosh et al. Agronomy profile →
  3. Exopolysaccharides producing rhizobacteria and their role in plant growth and drought tolerance
    2018 264 citations Muhammad Adnan Shahid, Naeem Khan et al. profile →
  4. Comparative Physiological and Metabolic Analysis Reveals a Complex Mechanism Involved in Drought Tolerance in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Induced by PGPR and PGRs
    2019 249 citations Naeem Khan, Asghari Bano et al. profile →
  5. Uptake, Translocation, and Consequences of Nanomaterials on Plant Growth and Stress Adaptation
    2021 213 citations Shahid Ali, Asif Mehmood et al. profile →
  6. Climate Change and Salinity Effects on Crops and Chemical Communication Between Plants and Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms Under Stress
    2021 175 citations Asghari Bano, Naeem Khan et al. profile →
  7. Insights into the Interactions among Roots, Rhizosphere, and Rhizobacteria for Improving Plant Growth and Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses: A Review
    2021 167 citations Naeem Khan, Shahid Ali et al. Cells profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Naeem Khan Pakistan 39 4.5k 1.0k 578 419 374 189 6.1k
Hosam O. Elansary Saudi Arabia 40 3.2k 0.7× 924 0.9× 825 1.4× 233 0.6× 331 0.9× 316 5.6k
Mohamed A. El‐Esawi Egypt 48 4.4k 1.0× 1.2k 1.2× 417 0.7× 518 1.2× 317 0.8× 126 6.0k
Shu Yuan China 45 4.6k 1.0× 2.3k 2.2× 313 0.5× 386 0.9× 439 1.2× 232 6.9k
Nudrat Aisha Akram Pakistan 46 6.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.5× 398 0.7× 600 1.4× 490 1.3× 159 7.4k
Rupesh Deshmukh India 50 6.5k 1.4× 1.6k 1.6× 267 0.5× 294 0.7× 148 0.4× 190 7.4k
Milan Skalický Czechia 47 4.3k 0.9× 770 0.7× 374 0.6× 462 1.1× 549 1.5× 157 5.9k
Mohammad Pessarakli United States 37 7.7k 1.7× 1.7k 1.7× 442 0.8× 506 1.2× 912 2.4× 251 10.2k
Micaela Carvajal Spain 51 5.6k 1.2× 2.5k 2.4× 756 1.3× 151 0.4× 447 1.2× 224 8.9k
Anil Kumar Saxena India 54 4.9k 1.1× 1.9k 1.9× 330 0.6× 486 1.2× 731 2.0× 262 8.0k
Khalid Ali Khan Saudi Arabia 38 2.0k 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 490 0.8× 426 1.0× 133 0.4× 363 6.4k

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All Works

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Hussain, Iqbal, Muhammad Irshad, Anwar Hussain, et al.. (2025). Enhancing Phosphorus Uptake and Mitigating Lead Stress in Maize Using the Rhizospheric Fungus Talaromyces purpureogenus PH7. CLEAN - Soil Air Water. 53(2).
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Seleiman, Mahmoud F., et al.. (2024). Bio- and synthetic fertilizers for reducing root rot and wilt and improving growth and flowering characteristics of rose. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca. 52(1). 13397–13397. 2 indexed citations
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Zia, Muhammad Anjum, Maria Naqve, Mahmoud F. Seleiman, et al.. (2024). Role of iron oxide nanoparticles in maize (Zea mays L.) to enhance salinity stress tolerance. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca. 52(3). 13695–13695. 12 indexed citations
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Bano, Asghari, et al.. (2024). Antinutrients in Halophyte-Based Crops. Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark. 29(9). 323–323. 4 indexed citations
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Hussain, Anwar, Asif Mehmood, Waheed Murad, et al.. (2023). The deteriorating effects of cadmium accumulation on the yield and quality of maize crops. South African Journal of Botany. 160. 732–738. 7 indexed citations
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Bano, Asghari, et al.. (2023). Bioactive metabolites of plants and microbes and their role in agricultural sustainability and mitigation of plant stress. South African Journal of Botany. 159. 98–109. 16 indexed citations
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Khan, Naeem & Asif Mehmood. (2023). Revisiting climate change impacts on plant growth and its mitigation with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. South African Journal of Botany. 160. 586–601. 12 indexed citations
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Ali, Shahid, Yongsheng Bai, Junliang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Discovering Nature's shield: Metabolomic insights into green zinc oxide nanoparticles Safeguarding Brassica parachinensis L. from cadmium stress. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 206. 108126–108126. 11 indexed citations
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Alkharabsheh, Hiba M., Benson Mochoge, Muhammad Ali Raza, et al.. (2023). Revitalizing the Biochemical Soil Properties of Degraded Coastal Soil Using Prosopis juliflora Biochar. Life. 13(10). 2098–2098. 5 indexed citations
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Iqbal, Zafar, Ali Sarkhosh, Rashad Mukhtar Balal, et al.. (2021). Silicon Nanoparticles Mitigate Hypoxia-Induced Oxidative Damage by Improving Antioxidants Activities and Concentration of Osmolytes in Southern Highbush Blueberry Plants. Agronomy. 11(11). 2143–2143. 24 indexed citations
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Khan, Naeem, Shahid Ali, Muhammad Adnan Shahid, et al.. (2021). Insights into the Interactions among Roots, Rhizosphere, and Rhizobacteria for Improving Plant Growth and Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses: A Review. Cells. 10(6). 1551–1551. 167 indexed citations breakdown →
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Khan, Naeem, Shahzad Memon, Muhammad Latif, et al.. (2020). EFFECTS OF AUXINS AND CYTOKININS ON IN VITRO MULTIPLICATION OF BANANA (MUSA SPP.) VARIETY ‘W-11’ IN PAKISTAN. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 30(1). 3 indexed citations
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Khan, Naeem, Shahid Ali, Sadia Latif, et al.. (2020). Water Conservation and Plant Survival Strategies of Rhizobacteria under Drought Stress. Agronomy. 10(11). 1683–1683. 80 indexed citations
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AlKahtani, Muneera D. F., Amr Fouda, Kotb A. Attia, et al.. (2020). Isolation and Characterization of Plant Growth Promoting Endophytic Bacteria from Desert Plants and Their Application as Bioinoculants for Sustainable Agriculture. Agronomy. 10(9). 1325–1325. 147 indexed citations
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Shahid, Muhammad Adnan, Ali Sarkhosh, Naeem Khan, et al.. (2020). Insights into the Physiological and Biochemical Impacts of Salt Stress on Plant Growth and Development. Agronomy. 10(7). 938–938. 314 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hussain, Javid, et al.. (2010). Antifungal and immunomodulatory potential of Nepeta suavis.. American-Asian-Journal of agricultural & environmental sciences. 7(6). 689–692. 4 indexed citations
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Khan, Naeem, et al.. (2010). Assessment of germplasm and development of breeding populations of Okra ( Abelmoschus esculentus ) for drought tolerance. Journal of applied botany and food quality. 83(2). 137–147. 3 indexed citations

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