Safina Naz

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Safina Naz is a scholar working on Plant Science, Biochemistry and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Safina Naz has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Plant Science, 15 papers in Biochemistry and 11 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Safina Naz's work include Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (29 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (22 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (15 papers). Safina Naz is often cited by papers focused on Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management (29 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (22 papers) and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities (15 papers). Safina Naz collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and India. Safina Naz's co-authors include Sajid Ali, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Shaghef Ejaz, Aamir Nawaz, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Ahmad Sattar Khan, Hasan Sardar, Milan Kumar Lal and Rahul Kumar Tiwari and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Food Chemistry and Molecules.

In The Last Decade

Safina Naz

99 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Melatonin Improves Drought Stress Tolerance of Tomato by Modulating Plant Growth, Root Architecture, Photosynthesis, and Antioxidant Defense System

2022 200 citations Muhammad Ahsan Altaf, Rabia Shahid et al. Antioxidants profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Safina Naz Pakistan	31	2.1k	422	418	392	363	101	2.6k
Zhengke Zhang China	43	3.8k 1.8×	641 1.5×	741 1.8×	1.1k 2.9×	880 2.4×	125	4.9k
Morteza Soleimani Aghdam Iran	42	4.4k 2.1×	591 1.4×	692 1.7×	1.2k 3.1×	1.0k 2.8×	85	5.0k
Sunil Pareek India	25	1.3k 0.6×	214 0.5×	895 2.1×	627 1.6×	435 1.2×	95	2.6k
Sajid Ali Pakistan	33	2.7k 1.3×	873 2.1×	797 1.9×	826 2.1×	467 1.3×	155	3.8k
Tianjia Jiang China	27	1.5k 0.7×	495 1.2×	717 1.7×	792 2.0×	343 0.9×	38	2.4k
Shaghef Ejaz Pakistan	28	1.6k 0.8×	595 1.4×	415 1.0×	461 1.2×	357 1.0×	76	2.1k
Milena Petriccione Italy	31	1.8k 0.9×	612 1.5×	490 1.2×	621 1.6×	389 1.1×	103	2.6k
Yifen Lin China	39	3.5k 1.7×	698 1.7×	646 1.5×	1.1k 2.7×	600 1.7×	87	4.1k
Xueping Li China	33	2.6k 1.3×	290 0.7×	263 0.6×	256 0.7×	1.2k 3.3×	112	3.2k
Gholamreza Gohari Iran	32	1.8k 0.9×	283 0.7×	260 0.6×	152 0.4×	414 1.1×	107	2.8k

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Altaf, Muhammad Ahsan, Rabia Shahid, Riaz Ahmad, et al.. (2023). Current understanding of boosting power of salicylic acid for abiotic stress tolerance in horticultural crops. South African Journal of Botany. 163. 285–293. 1 indexed citations

Ahmad, Riaz, et al.. (2023). Scenarios for Improvement of Jujube Tolerance Against Drought with Molecular Tools. Erwerbs-Obstbau. 65(6). 2615–2622. 1 indexed citations

Ali, Sajid, Ahmad Sattar Khan, Aamir Nawaz, et al.. (2023). The combined application of Arabic gum coating and γ-aminobutyric acid mitigates chilling injury and maintains eating quality of ‘Kinnow’ mandarin fruits. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 236. 123966–123966. 30 indexed citations

Ahmad, Riaz, et al.. (2023). Biochemical Mechanism Unlocking Their Potential Role in Salt Tolerance Mechanism of Zizyphus Germplasm. Phyton. 92(5). 1539–1553. 5 indexed citations

Sardar, Hasan, Zubair Khalid, Muhammad Ahsan, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of Salinity Stress Tolerance in Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) via Foliar Application of Nitric Oxide. Plants. 12(5). 1115–1115. 67 indexed citations

Saqib, Muhammad, Umbreen Shahzad, Faisal Zulfiqar, et al.. (2023). Exogenous melatonin alleviates cadmium-induced inhibition of growth and photosynthesis through upregulating antioxidant defense system in strawberry. South African Journal of Botany. 157. 10–18. 50 indexed citations

Ali, Sajid, Aamir Nawaz, Safina Naz, et al.. (2022). Postharvest 24-epibrassinolide treatment alleviates pomegranate fruit chilling injury by regulating proline metabolism and antioxidant activities. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 188. 111906–111906. 34 indexed citations

Naz, Safina, Sajid Ali, Bushra Saddiq, et al.. (2022). Foliar application of ascorbic acid enhances growth and yield of lettuce (Lactuca sativa) under saline conditions by improving antioxidant defence mechanism. Functional Plant Biology. 51(1). NULL–NULL. 21 indexed citations

Naz, Safina, Ahmer Bilal, Bushra Saddiq, et al.. (2022). Foliar Application of Salicylic Acid Improved Growth, Yield, Quality and Photosynthesis of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) by Improving Antioxidant Defense Mechanism under Saline Conditions. Sustainability. 14(21). 14180–14180. 23 indexed citations

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Altaf, Muhammad Ahsan, Biswaranjan Behera, Vikas Mangal, et al.. (2022). Tolerance and adaptation mechanism of Solanaceous crops under salinity stress. Functional Plant Biology. 51(1). NULL–NULL. 11 indexed citations

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Altaf, Muhammad Ahsan, Rabia Shahid, Ming‐Xun Ren, et al.. (2022). Melatonin Improves Drought Stress Tolerance of Tomato by Modulating Plant Growth, Root Architecture, Photosynthesis, and Antioxidant Defense System. Antioxidants. 11(2). 309–309. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

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Naz, Safina, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Riaz Ahmad, et al.. (2022). Purification of Sewage Wastewater though Sand Column Filter for Lessening of Heavy Metals Accumulation in Lettuce, Carrot, and Cauliflower. Water. 14(22). 3770–3770. 8 indexed citations

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Altaf, Muhammad Ahsan, Rabia Shahid, Ming‐Xun Ren, et al.. (2022). Melatonin Mitigates Cadmium Toxicity by Promoting Root Architecture and Mineral Homeostasis of Tomato Genotypes. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 22(1). 1112–1128. 56 indexed citations

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Sardar, Hasan, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Sajjad Hussain, et al.. (2021). Deciphering the role of moringa leaf powder as a supplement in the cotton waste substrate for the growth and nutrition of king oyster mushroom. Scientia Horticulturae. 293. 110694–110694. 18 indexed citations

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Hussain, Shahid, et al.. (2021). Arsenic exposure through drinking groundwater and consuming wastewater-irrigated vegetables in Multan, Pakistan. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 43(12). 5025–5035. 10 indexed citations

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Sardar, Hasan, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, Safina Naz, et al.. (2021). Foliar spray of moringa leaf extract improves growth and concentration of pigment, minerals and stevioside in stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni). Industrial Crops and Products. 166. 113485–113485. 33 indexed citations

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Saleem, Muhammad, Shaghef Ejaz, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, et al.. (2020). Postharvest application of gum arabic edible coating delays ripening and maintains quality of persimmon fruits during storage. Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. 44(8). 109 indexed citations

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Yasmeen, Azra, Muhammad Arif, Nazim Hussain, Safina Naz, & Adeel Anwar. (2018). Economic analyses of sole and combined foliar application of moringa leaf extract (MLE) and K in growth and yield improvement of cotton.. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 20(4). 857–863. 7 indexed citations

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Perveen, Rashida, et al.. (2011). Screening of systemic fungicides and biochemicals against seed borne mycoflora associated with Momordica charantia. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 10(36). 6933–6940. 7 indexed citations

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Naeem, Muhammad, et al.. (2011). QUANTITATIVE LOSSES AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE CAUSED TO WHEAT KERNEL (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) BY KHAPRA BEETLE INFESTATION. Pakistan Journal of Botany. 43(1). 659–668. 13 indexed citations

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