Seema Makhija

924 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 441 citations indexed

About

Seema Makhija is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Seema Makhija has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 441 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Ecology and 8 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Seema Makhija's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (6 papers). Seema Makhija is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (11 papers), Protist diversity and phylogeny (10 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (6 papers). Seema Makhija collaborates with scholars based in India, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. Seema Makhija's co-authors include Ravi Toteja, Renu Gupta, Jeeva Susan Abraham, Swati Maurya, Sripoorna Somasundaram, S. Sripoorna, Rup Lal, Utkarsh Sood, Hamed A. El‐Serehy and F. Al‐Misned and has published in prestigious journals such as INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment and Ecotoxicology.

In The Last Decade

Seema Makhija

22 papers receiving 432 citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

DNA barcoding, an effective tool for species identification: a review

2022 143 citations Jeeva Susan Abraham, S. Sripoorna et al. Molecular Biology Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seema Makhija India	10	164	145	68	65	60	25	441
Ravi Toteja India	10	163 1.0×	144 1.0×	54 0.8×	65 1.0×	60 1.0×	26	439
Jeeva Susan Abraham India	10	157 1.0×	137 0.9×	53 0.8×	64 1.0×	60 1.0×	20	415
Hokyung Song South Korea	11	99 0.6×	152 1.0×	105 1.5×	106 1.6×	66 1.1×	54	455
Menachem Y. Sklarz Israel	10	77 0.5×	158 1.1×	16 0.2×	64 1.0×	71 1.2×	15	434
Yannick Colin France	12	102 0.6×	196 1.4×	54 0.8×	135 2.1×	75 1.3×	28	410
Attila Szabó Hungary	14	231 1.4×	282 1.9×	27 0.4×	89 1.4×	22 0.4×	51	573
Eric R. Hester Netherlands	7	79 0.5×	204 1.4×	23 0.3×	50 0.8×	26 0.4×	9	350
T. G. Dobrovol’skaya Russia	13	138 0.8×	267 1.8×	22 0.3×	154 2.4×	120 2.0×	54	542
Katarzyna Kuduk Poland	8	92 0.6×	230 1.6×	114 1.7×	130 2.0×	117 1.9×	8	551
Shane E. Perryman Australia	6	75 0.5×	192 1.3×	31 0.5×	65 1.0×	44 0.7×	7	363

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seema Makhija

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20 of 20 papers shown

Maurya, Swati, et al.. (2025). Insights into Water Quality of River Yamuna, India: A Comprehensive Spatial-Temporal Analysis Using Advanced Indices and Multivariate Statistical Techniques. Water Resources. 52(4). 807–829.

Maurya, Swati, Jeeva Susan Abraham, Sripoorna Somasundaram, et al.. (2024). Symbionts of Ciliates and Ciliates as Symbionts. Indian Journal of Microbiology. 64(2). 304–317. 1 indexed citations

Somasundaram, Sripoorna, Jeeva Susan Abraham, Swati Maurya, et al.. (2024). Computational Insights into Antioxidant Enzymes and Metalloproteins of Tetmemena sp. SeJ-2015 (Spirotrichea; Ciliophora) in Combating Heavy Metal Stress. Indian Journal of Microbiology. 65(2). 1263–1277.

Abraham, Jeeva Susan, Sripoorna Somasundaram, Swati Maurya, et al.. (2024). Insights into freshwater ciliate diversity through high throughput DNA metabarcoding. PubMed. 5. xtae003–xtae003. 2 indexed citations

Abraham, Jeeva Susan, Sripoorna Somasundaram, Swati Maurya, et al.. (2024). A study on spatio-temporal variations in physicochemical parameters and ciliate community structure of three freshwater bodies from Delhi, India. Limnology. 25(3). 327–336. 1 indexed citations

Somasundaram, Sripoorna, et al.. (2022). Role of abiotic and biotic components in remediating environmental pollutants: A review. 1(1). 49–60. 1 indexed citations

Abraham, Jeeva Susan, S. Sripoorna, Swati Maurya, et al.. (2022). DNA barcoding, an effective tool for species identification: a review. Molecular Biology Reports. 50(1). 761–775. 143 indexed citations breakdown →

Maurya, Swati, Jeeva Susan Abraham, Sripoorna Somasundaram, et al.. (2022). A Comparative Study of Physical and Chemical Parameters and Ciliate Diversity of Leachate Contaminated Soil from the Landfill and the Soil from the Human Inhabitant Land. Eurasian Soil Science. 55(8). 1161–1172. 3 indexed citations

Abraham, Jeeva Susan, Sripoorna Somasundaram, Swati Maurya, et al.. (2021). Characterization of Euplotes lynni nov. spec., E. indica nov. spec. and description of E. aediculatus and E. woodruffi (Ciliophora, Euplotidae) using an integrative approach. European Journal of Protistology. 79. 125779–125779. 16 indexed citations

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Maurya, Swati, Jeeva Susan Abraham, Sripoorna Somasundaram, et al.. (2020). Indicators for assessment of soil quality: a mini-review. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 192(9). 604–604. 103 indexed citations

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Kamra, Komal, Shashi Shashi, Jeeva Susan Abraham, et al.. (2019). Symposium Report: International Symposium on Ciliate Biology, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, 04–06 April 2018. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 67(2). 296–299. 1 indexed citations

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Somasundaram, Sripoorna, Jeeva Susan Abraham, Swati Maurya, et al.. (2019). Expression and molecular characterization of stress-responsive genes (hsp70 and Mn-sod) and evaluation of antioxidant enzymes (CAT and GPx) in heavy metal exposed freshwater ciliate, Tetmemena sp.. Molecular Biology Reports. 46(5). 4921–4931. 31 indexed citations

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Abraham, Jeeva Susan, S. Sripoorna, Swati Maurya, et al.. (2019). Techniques and tools for species identification in ciliates: a review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 69(4). 877–894. 33 indexed citations

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Abraham, Jeeva Susan, S. Sripoorna, Ashish Choudhary, et al.. (2017). Assessment of Heavy Metal Toxicity in Four Species of Freshwater Ciliates (Spirotrichea:Ciliophora) from Delhi, India. Current Science. 113(11). 2141–2141. 13 indexed citations

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Toteja, Ravi, Seema Makhija, S. Sripoorna, Jeeva Susan Abraham, & Renu Gupta. (2017). Influence of copper and cadmium toxicity on antioxidant enzyme activity in freshwater ciliates. 12 indexed citations

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Gupta, Renu, et al.. (2017). Taxonomic and Morphogenetic Description of the Freshwater Ciliate Aponotohymena isoaustralis n. sp. (Ciliophora; Oxytrichidae) Isolated from Sanjay Lake, Delhi, India. Acta Protozoologica. 56(2). 6 indexed citations

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Abraham, Jeeva Susan, Ashwani Kumar, Akshit Goyal, et al.. (2016). Biodiversity and community structure of soil ciliates collected from three different sites of Delhi, India to assess soil quality. Protistology. 10(2).

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Gupta, Renu, Seema Makhija, Ravi Toteja, et al.. (2016). Morphology and morphogenesis of a new oxytrichid ciliate, Notohymena limus n. sp. (Ciliophora, Oxytrichidae) from Delhi, India. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 23(6). 789–794. 4 indexed citations

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Makhija, Seema, Renu Gupta, & Ravi Toteja. (2015). Lithium-induced developmental anomalies in the spirotrich ciliate Stylonychia lemnae (Ciliophora, Hypotrichida). European Journal of Protistology. 51(4). 290–298. 3 indexed citations

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Makhija, Seema, et al.. (1990). Methylmercury induced biochemical and histochemical alterations in rat testis.. PubMed. 33(4). 219–22. 6 indexed citations

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