Salma Balazadeh

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Salma Balazadeh is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Salma Balazadeh has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Plant Science, 55 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Salma Balazadeh's work include Plant Molecular Biology Research (44 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (36 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (34 papers). Salma Balazadeh is often cited by papers focused on Plant Molecular Biology Research (44 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (36 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (34 papers). Salma Balazadeh collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Netherlands and Australia. Salma Balazadeh's co-authors include Bernd Mueller‐Roeber, Gang‐Ping Xue, Alisdair R. Fernie, Annapurna Devi Allu, María Inés Zanor, Takayuki Tohge, Mohammad Mehrnia, Mastoureh Sedaghatmehr, Venkatesh P. Thirumalaikumar and Sergi Munné‐Bosch and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Salma Balazadeh

76 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

JUNGBRUNNEN1 , a Reactive Oxygen Species–Responsive NAC Transcription Factor, Regulates Longevity in Arabidopsis

2012 482 citations Annapurna Devi Allu, Prashanth Garapati et al. The Plant Cell profile →
Priming and memory of stress responses in organisms lacking a nervous system

2015 389 citations Salma Balazadeh, Bernd Mueller‐Roeber et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Salma Balazadeh Germany	41	5.2k	4.0k	157	148	146	77	6.0k
Zhao‐Shi Xu China	47	6.2k 1.2×	3.7k 0.9×	122 0.8×	268 1.8×	56 0.4×	158	7.0k
Yanglin Ding China	20	5.5k 1.1×	3.3k 0.8×	135 0.9×	224 1.5×	65 0.4×	21	6.1k
Pyung Ok Lim South Korea	27	6.2k 1.2×	4.4k 1.1×	239 1.5×	123 0.8×	101 0.7×	53	6.8k
Pil Joon Seo South Korea	51	8.0k 1.5×	6.1k 1.5×	249 1.6×	246 1.7×	57 0.4×	145	9.1k
Yiting Shi China	36	7.2k 1.4×	4.5k 1.1×	181 1.2×	353 2.4×	96 0.7×	58	8.2k
Manu Agarwal India	31	6.0k 1.2×	3.9k 1.0×	135 0.9×	271 1.8×	66 0.5×	62	6.9k
Susheng Gan United States	37	7.3k 1.4×	5.4k 1.3×	293 1.9×	145 1.0×	172 1.2×	60	8.1k
Peter J. Eastmond United Kingdom	40	3.6k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	168 1.1×	105 0.7×	61 0.4×	76	5.4k
Junya Mizoi Japan	35	6.3k 1.2×	4.2k 1.0×	127 0.8×	250 1.7×	61 0.4×	43	7.2k
Hongya Gu China	50	5.6k 1.1×	4.7k 1.2×	411 2.6×	308 2.1×	177 1.2×	119	6.8k

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Balazadeh, Salma, et al.. (2025). JUNGBRUNNEN1, a Central Regulator of Plant Growth and Stress Response. Plant Cell & Environment.

Sedaghatmehr, Mastoureh & Salma Balazadeh. (2024). Autophagy: a key player in the recovery of plants from heat stress. Journal of Experimental Botany. 75(8). 2246–2255. 9 indexed citations

Rahman, Hifzur, Prashant Vikram, Salma Balazadeh, et al.. (2024). Mining genomic regions associated with agronomic and biochemical traits in quinoa through GWAS. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 9205–9205. 5 indexed citations

Allu, Annapurna Devi, Yong Woo, Bernd Mueller‐Roeber, et al.. (2022). NAC transcription factors ATAF1 and ANAC055 affect the heat stress response in Arabidopsis. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 11264–11264. 31 indexed citations

Fischer, Axel, et al.. (2022). Co‐expression networks of deacclimation‐impaired transcription factor mutants identified complex regulation of the cold stress release response. Physiologia Plantarum. 174(4). 4 indexed citations

Alseekh, Saleh, Mohammad Shahid, Henda Mahmoudi, et al.. (2022). The diversity of quinoa morphological traits and seed metabolic composition. Scientific Data. 9(1). 323–323. 21 indexed citations

Sedaghatmehr, Mastoureh, et al.. (2021). Autophagy complements metalloprotease FtsH6 in degrading plastid heat shock protein HSP21 during heat stress recovery. Journal of Experimental Botany. 15 indexed citations

Tarkowská, Danuše, et al.. (2021). The HB40-JUB1 transcriptional regulatory network controls gibberellin homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 15(2). 322–339. 29 indexed citations

Thirumalaikumar, Venkatesh P., et al.. (2020). Autophagy is responsible for the accumulation of proteogenic dipeptides in response to heat stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Journal. 288(1). 281–292. 27 indexed citations

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Durian, Guido, Mastoureh Sedaghatmehr, Lilian P. Matallana-Ramirez, et al.. (2020). Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase CPK1 Controls Cell Death by In Vivo Phosphorylation of Senescence Master Regulator ORE1. The Plant Cell. 32(5). 1610–1625. 41 indexed citations

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Ma, Xuemin, Salma Balazadeh, & Bernd Mueller‐Roeber. (2019). Tomato fruit ripening factor NOR controls leaf senescence. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(10). 2727–2740. 41 indexed citations

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Omidbakhshfard, Mohammad Amin, Ushio Fujikura, Justyna Jadwiga Olas, et al.. (2018). GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR 9 negatively regulates arabidopsis leaf growth by controlling ORG3 and restricting cell proliferation in leaf primordia. PLoS Genetics. 14(7). e1007484–e1007484. 73 indexed citations

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Ma, Xuemin, Youjun Zhang, Veronika Turečková, et al.. (2018). The NAC Transcription Factor SlNAP2 Regulates Leaf Senescence and Fruit Yield in Tomato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 177(3). 1286–1302. 176 indexed citations

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Lira, Bruno Silvestre, Giovanna Gramegna, Frederico Rocha Rodrigues Alves, et al.. (2017). Manipulation of a Senescence-Associated Gene Improves Fleshy Fruit Yield. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 175(1). 77–91. 76 indexed citations

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Engqvist, Martin K. M., J. E. Schmitz, Alexandra Florian, et al.. (2015). GLYCOLATE OXIDASE3, a Glycolate Oxidase Homolog of Yeast l-Lactate Cytochrome c Oxidoreductase, Supports l-Lactate Oxidation in Roots of Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 169(2). 1042–1061. 43 indexed citations

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Garapati, Prashanth, Regina Feil, John E. Lunn, et al.. (2015). Transcription Factor Arabidopsis Activating Factor1 Integrates Carbon Starvation Responses with Trehalose Metabolism. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 169(1). 379–390. 64 indexed citations

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Pajoro, Alice, Pedro Madrigal, José M. Muiño, et al.. (2014). Dynamics of chromatin accessibility and gene regulation by MADS-domain transcription factors in flower development. Genome biology. 15(3). R41–R41. 208 indexed citations

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Allu, Annapurna Devi, Prashanth Garapati, Hamad Siddiqui, et al.. (2012). JUNGBRUNNEN1 , a Reactive Oxygen Species–Responsive NAC Transcription Factor, Regulates Longevity in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 24(2). 482–506. 482 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sakuraba, Yasuhito, Salma Balazadeh, Ryouichi Tanaka, Bernd Mueller‐Roeber, & Ayumi Tanaka. (2012). Overproduction of Chl b Retards Senescence Through Transcriptional Reprogramming in Arabidopsis. Plant and Cell Physiology. 53(3). 505–517. 59 indexed citations

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Balazadeh, Salma, Diego Mauricio Riaño‐Pachón, & Bernd Mueller‐Roeber. (2008). Transcription factors regulating leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biology. 10(s1). 63–75. 243 indexed citations

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