Saghir Abbas

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
27 papers, 697 citations indexed

About

Saghir Abbas is a scholar working on Plant Science, Pollution and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Saghir Abbas has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 697 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Pollution and 6 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Saghir Abbas's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (20 papers), Heavy metals in environment (10 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (6 papers). Saghir Abbas is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (20 papers), Heavy metals in environment (10 papers) and Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals (6 papers). Saghir Abbas collaborates with scholars based in Pakistan, China and Australia. Saghir Abbas's co-authors include Kashif Tanwir, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Ali Raza, Sidra Charagh, Muhammad Shahid, Hassan Javed Chaudhary, Kadambot H. M. Siddique, Rajeev K. Varshney, Faisal Saeed and Muhammad Hamzah Saleem and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science and Pollution Research and Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.

In The Last Decade

Saghir Abbas

26 papers receiving 679 citations

Hit Papers

Assessment of proline function in higher plants under ext... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 2023 40 80 120
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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. Assessment of proline function in higher plants under extreme temperatures
    2023 127 citations Ali Raza, Sidra Charagh et al. Plant Biology profile →
  2. Role of phytohormones in regulating cold stress tolerance: Physiological and molecular approaches for developing cold-smart crop plants
    2023 114 citations Ali Raza, Sidra Charagh et al. Plant Stress profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Saghir Abbas Pakistan 14 544 149 102 94 41 27 697
Shiva Najafi-Kakavand Iran 7 489 0.9× 138 0.9× 68 0.7× 108 1.1× 38 0.9× 8 634
Ahsan Ayyaz China 16 503 0.9× 131 0.9× 142 1.4× 136 1.4× 34 0.8× 37 737
Zainab Zahid Pakistan 7 536 1.0× 136 0.9× 48 0.5× 143 1.5× 43 1.0× 9 694
Shafaque Sehar China 17 702 1.3× 235 1.6× 115 1.1× 128 1.4× 64 1.6× 43 941
Lyubka Koleva Bulgaria 10 474 0.9× 134 0.9× 64 0.6× 112 1.2× 46 1.1× 34 650
Naleeni Ramawat India 14 523 1.0× 106 0.7× 148 1.5× 78 0.8× 31 0.8× 36 718
Ghalia S. H. Alnusairi Saudi Arabia 11 418 0.8× 96 0.6× 57 0.6× 56 0.6× 31 0.8× 19 579
Abazar Ghorbani China 17 761 1.4× 152 1.0× 93 0.9× 156 1.7× 33 0.8× 36 987
Harmanjit Kaur India 13 594 1.1× 184 1.2× 51 0.5× 58 0.6× 52 1.3× 25 796
Javed Ali India 10 543 1.0× 93 0.6× 49 0.5× 117 1.2× 19 0.5× 28 669

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saghir Abbas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Saghir Abbas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Saghir Abbas based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Saghir Abbas. Saghir Abbas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Raza, Ali, Savita Bhardwaj, Muhammad Anas, et al.. (2025). Role of plant peroxisomal catalase in temperature and drought stress: Physio-biochemical and molecular perspectives. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 229(Pt D). 110730–110730.
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Basit, Farwa, Saghir Abbas, Mohamed S. Sheteiwy, et al.. (2024). Deciphering the alleviation potential of nitric oxide, for low temperature and chromium stress via maintaining photosynthetic capacity, antioxidant defence, and redox homeostasis in rice (Oryza sativa). Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 214. 108957–108957. 10 indexed citations
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Abbas, Saghir, Kashif Tanwir, Muhammad Hussaan, et al.. (2024). In vitro exploration of Acinetobacter strain (SG-5) for antioxidative potential and phytohormone biosynthesis in maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars differing in cadmium tolerance. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(33). 45465–45484. 1 indexed citations
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Raza, Ali, Tushar Khare, Benjamin Karikari, et al.. (2024). Temperature‐smart plants: A new horizon with omics‐driven plant breeding. Physiologia Plantarum. 176(1). 30 indexed citations
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Raza, Ali, Sidra Charagh, Saghir Abbas, et al.. (2023). Assessment of proline function in higher plants under extreme temperatures. Plant Biology. 25(3). 379–395. 127 indexed citations breakdown →
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Abbas, Saghir, Farwa Basit, Kashif Tanwir, et al.. (2023). Exogenously applied sodium nitroprusside alleviates nickel toxicity in maize by regulating antioxidant activities and defense‐related gene expression. Physiologia Plantarum. 175(4). e13985–e13985. 9 indexed citations
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Basit, Farwa, Saghir Abbas, Mengjin Zhu, et al.. (2023). Ascorbic acid and selenium nanoparticles synergistically interplay in chromium stress mitigation in rice seedlings by regulating oxidative stress indicators and antioxidant defense mechanism. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(57). 120044–120062. 16 indexed citations
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Abbas, Saghir, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Muhammad Shahid, et al.. (2023). Deciphering the Impact of Acinetobacter sp. SG-5 Strain on Two Contrasting Zea mays L. Cultivars for Root Exudations and Distinct Physio-Biochemical Attributes Under Cadmium Stress. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 42(11). 6951–6968. 25 indexed citations
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Hussaan, Muhammad, Saghir Abbas, Shafaqat Ali, et al.. (2023). Elucidating the Mechanistic Role of Zinc-Lysine to Enhance Cd Tolerance in Diverse Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars Through Distinct Morpho-Physio-Biochemical Improvements Under Cd Stress. Journal of soil science and plant nutrition. 23(4). 5419–5437. 5 indexed citations
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Tanwir, Kashif, Saghir Abbas, Muhammad Hussaan, Farwa Basit, & Sarah Owdah Alomrani. (2023). Bio-inoculation with Serratia CP-13 enhances Cd detoxification via modulation of phytohormone, gas exchange attributes and nutrient acquisition in maize cultivars cultivated in Cd-stressed soil. Plant Stress. 10. 100290–100290. 10 indexed citations
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Raza, Ali, Sidra Charagh, Hajar Salehi, et al.. (2023). Nano‐enabled stress‐smart agriculture: Can nanotechnology deliver drought and salinity‐smart crops?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 189–214. 49 indexed citations
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Basit, Farwa, Muhammad Mudassir Nazir, Muhammad Shahid, et al.. (2022). Application of zinc oxide nanoparticles immobilizes the chromium uptake in rice plants by regulating the physiological, biochemical and cellular attributes. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 28(6). 1175–1190. 35 indexed citations
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Tanwir, Kashif, Muhammad Shahid, Saghir Abbas, et al.. (2022). Deciphering distinct root exudation, ionomics, and physio-biochemical attributes of Serratia marcescens CP-13 inoculated differentially Cd tolerant Zea mays cultivars. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(47). 71632–71649. 7 indexed citations
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Javed, Muhammad Tariq, et al.. (2021). Chromium retention potential of two contrasting Solanum lycopersicum Mill. cultivars as deciphered by altered pH dynamics, growth, and organic acid exudation under Cr stress. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(22). 27542–27554. 47 indexed citations
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Abbas, Saghir, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Shafaqat Ali, et al.. (2021). Elucidating Cd-mediated distinct rhizospheric and in planta ionomic and physio-biochemical responses of two contrasting Zea mays L. cultivars. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 27(2). 297–312. 15 indexed citations
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Tanwir, Kashif, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Saghir Abbas, et al.. (2020). Serratia sp. CP-13 alleviates Cd toxicity by morpho-physio-biochemical improvements, antioxidative potential and diminished Cd uptake in Zea mays L. cultivars differing in Cd tolerance. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 208. 111584–111584. 44 indexed citations
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Abbas, Saghir, Muhammad Tariq Javed, Muhammad Shahid, et al.. (2020). Acinetobacter sp. SG-5 inoculation alleviates cadmium toxicity in differentially Cd tolerant maize cultivars as deciphered by improved physio-biochemical attributes, antioxidants and nutrient physiology. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 155. 815–827. 57 indexed citations
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Akladious, Samia Ageeb & Saghir Abbas. (2014). Inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers and some physiological attributes of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes to drought and potassium nutrition.. The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 24(2). 620–633. 3 indexed citations
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Panwar, Jitendra, et al.. (1990). Effect of benzyl-amino purine and girdling site on photosynthesis, translocation and nitrogen fixation in Y-shaped mungbean.. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology. 33(1). 16–20. 4 indexed citations

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