Niraj Agarwala

991 total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 577 citations indexed

About

Niraj Agarwala is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Niraj Agarwala has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 577 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Plant Science, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Niraj Agarwala's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (15 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (8 papers) and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (6 papers). Niraj Agarwala is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (15 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (8 papers) and Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (6 papers). Niraj Agarwala collaborates with scholars based in India, Israel and Australia. Niraj Agarwala's co-authors include Sarvajeet Singh Gill, Tapan Kumar Mondal, Pankaj Sharma, Tirthankar Bandyopadhyay, Ramanjulu Sunkar, Manab Deka, Rajeev K. Varshney, Sujeet Raina, Rajesh Sharma and Sudripta Das and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Frontiers in Plant Science.

In The Last Decade

Niraj Agarwala

36 papers receiving 568 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.

  1. Unravelling the role of biochar-microbe-soil tripartite interaction in regulating soil carbon and nitrogen budget: a panacea to soil sustainability
    2025 21 citations Niraj Agarwala et al. Biochar profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Niraj Agarwala India 15 434 199 54 49 40 39 577
Jitendra Kumar India 14 626 1.4× 216 1.1× 67 1.2× 89 1.8× 22 0.6× 41 791
Ashish Ranjan India 13 496 1.1× 181 0.9× 62 1.1× 20 0.4× 12 0.3× 35 644
Jiahuai Hu United States 12 432 1.0× 136 0.7× 130 2.4× 35 0.7× 9 0.2× 30 607
Marcos Fernando Basso Brazil 17 639 1.5× 310 1.6× 19 0.4× 67 1.4× 7 0.2× 57 802
Zhibo Li China 15 274 0.6× 206 1.0× 15 0.3× 18 0.4× 13 0.3× 33 530
Rodrigo Makowiecky Stuart Brazil 9 330 0.8× 228 1.1× 109 2.0× 18 0.4× 7 0.2× 17 512
Guro Brodal Norway 14 567 1.3× 65 0.3× 216 4.0× 10 0.2× 18 0.5× 40 624
Yanchao Yuan China 13 382 0.9× 274 1.4× 9 0.2× 34 0.7× 27 0.7× 39 551
Flavio Antonio Blanco Argentina 19 1.3k 2.9× 415 2.1× 170 3.1× 29 0.6× 10 0.3× 37 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niraj Agarwala

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All Works

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Agarwala, Niraj, et al.. (2025). Unravelling the role of biochar-microbe-soil tripartite interaction in regulating soil carbon and nitrogen budget: a panacea to soil sustainability. Biochar. 7(1). 21 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kundu, B. S., et al.. (2025). Optimized nitrogen supply enhances nitrogen homeostasis, ATP-coupled energy metabolism, and morpho-physiological growth in Keteki Joha rice. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 229(Pt D). 110693–110693.
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Agarwala, Niraj, et al.. (2024). Root exudation drives abiotic stress tolerance in plants by recruiting beneficial microbes. Applied Soil Ecology. 198. 105351–105351. 25 indexed citations
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Agarwala, Niraj, et al.. (2024). Microbe mediated alleviation of drought and heat stress in plants- current understanding and future prospects. Discover Plants.. 1(1). 8 indexed citations
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Gill, Sarvajeet Singh, et al.. (2023). CircRNAs responsive to winter dormancy and spring flushing conditions of tea leaf buds. Plant Science. 336. 111828–111828. 3 indexed citations
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Agarwala, Niraj, et al.. (2023). Biotic stress-induced changes in root exudation confer plant stress tolerance by altering rhizospheric microbial community. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1132824–1132824. 61 indexed citations
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Gill, Sarvajeet Singh, et al.. (2023). Plant and soil-associated microbiome dynamics determine the fate of bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum. Planta. 258(3). 57–57. 8 indexed citations
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Agarwala, Niraj, et al.. (2021). Identification of putative miRNAs from Expressed Sequence Tags of Gnetum gnemon L. and their cross-kingdom targets in human. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 102(2). 179–195. 2 indexed citations
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Sharma, Pankaj, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of seed associated endophytic bacteria from tolerant chilli cv. Firingi Jolokia for their biocontrol potential against bacterial wilt disease. Microbiological Research. 248. 126751–126751. 30 indexed citations
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Mondal, Tapan Kumar, et al.. (2021). Genome-wide identification, evolutionary relationship and expression analysis of AGO, DCL and RDR family genes in tea. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 8679–8679. 17 indexed citations
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Agarwala, Niraj, et al.. (2021). Understanding the role of miRNAs for improvement of tea quality and stress tolerance. Journal of Biotechnology. 328. 34–46. 15 indexed citations
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Raina, Sujeet, et al.. (2018). Coinfections as an aetiology of acute undifferentiated febrile illness among adult patients in the sub-Himalayan region of north India. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases. 55(2). 130–130. 15 indexed citations
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Agarwala, Niraj, et al.. (2014). Exogenous gene transfer in Assam tea [Camellia assamica (Masters)] by agrobacterium-mediated transformation using somatic embryo. European Journal of Experimental Biology. 4(3). 6 indexed citations
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Agarwala, Niraj, et al.. (2014). Agrobacterium mediated transfer of nptII and gus genes in Camellia assamica. 6(2). 22–28. 3 indexed citations
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Agarwala, Niraj, et al.. (2011). Cloning and heterologous expression of a gene encoding lycopene-epsilon-cyclase, a precursor of lutein in tea ( Camellia sinensis var assamica). AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 10(32). 5934–5939. 3 indexed citations

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