Wardah Azhar

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 852 citations indexed

About

Wardah Azhar is a scholar working on Plant Science, Materials Chemistry and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Wardah Azhar has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 852 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Plant Science, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Wardah Azhar's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (10 papers) and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (6 papers). Wardah Azhar is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (10 papers), Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (10 papers) and Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (6 papers). Wardah Azhar collaborates with scholars based in China, Pakistan and Egypt. Wardah Azhar's co-authors include Ali Raza Khan, Abdus Salam, Zaid Ulhassan, Yinbo Gan, Shuaiqi Yang, Xingming Fan, Muhammad Zeeshan, Junyu Wu, Li Liu and Su Yang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Wardah Azhar

20 papers receiving 839 citations

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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.

Seed priming with nano-silica effectively ameliorates chromium toxicity in Brassica napus

2023 78 citations Zaid Ulhassan, Su Yang et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →

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Wardah Azhar

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Mengmeng Rui China

Chaoyi Deng United States

Arun Kumar Shaw India

Xinlian Tang China

Ali Raza Khan China

P. Sudhakar India

Anayat Rasool Mir India

Naleeni Ramawat India

Heping Shang United States

Aisha A. Waris Pakistan

Mengmeng Rui China

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wardah Azhar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wardah Azhar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wardah Azhar 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 Wardah Azhar. Wardah Azhar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Salam, Abdus, Liupeng Yang, Muhammad Zeeshan, et al.. (2025). Brassinosteroid-Mediated Resistance to Cobalt-Induced Toxicity by Regulating Hormonal Balance, Cellular Metabolism, and Antioxidant Defense in Maize. Plants. 14(13). 2076–2076. 3 indexed citations

Azhar, Wardah, Abdus Salam, Ali R. Khan, Irshan Ahmad, & Yinbo Gan. (2025). Brassinosteroids Alleviate Ethylene-Induced Copper Oxide Nanoparticle Toxicity and Ultrastructural and Stomatal Damage in Rice Seedlings. Agriculture. 15(8). 907–907. 1 indexed citations

Iqbal, Babar, Huan‐Xiang Zhou, Inamullah, et al.. (2025). The Impact of Land Use Changes and Agricultural Practices on Phosphorus Cycling: A Review. Land Degradation and Development.

Yang, Shuaiqi, Nana Chen, Abdus Salam, et al.. (2024). OsUGE2 Regulates Plant Growth through Affecting ROS Homeostasis and Iron Level in Rice. Rice. 17(1). 6–6. 5 indexed citations

Khan, Ali Raza, Abdus Salam, Guanlin Li, et al.. (2024). Nanoparticles and their crosstalk with stress mitigators: A novel approach towards abiotic stress tolerance in agricultural systems. The Crop Journal. 12(5). 1280–1298. 19 indexed citations

Khan, Ali Raza, Zaid Ulhassan, Guanlin Li, et al.. (2023). Micro/nanoplastics: Critical review of their impacts on plants, interactions with other contaminants (antibiotics, heavy metals, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons), and management strategies. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 169420–169420. 63 indexed citations

Ulhassan, Zaid, Su Yang, Di He, et al.. (2023). Seed priming with nano-silica effectively ameliorates chromium toxicity in Brassica napus. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 458. 131906–131906. 78 indexed citations breakdown →

Yang, Shuaiqi, Abdus Salam, Chunyan Yang, et al.. (2023). OsRbohI Regulates Rice Growth and Development via Jasmonic Acid Signalling. Plant and Cell Physiology. 64(6). 686–699. 3 indexed citations

Khan, Ali Raza, Wardah Azhar, Xingming Fan, et al.. (2023). Efficacy of zinc-based nanoparticles in alleviating the abiotic stress in plants: current knowledge and future perspectives. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(51). 110047–110068. 26 indexed citations

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Salam, Abdus, Muhammad Siddique Afridi, Muhammad Ammar Javed, et al.. (2022). Nano-Priming against Abiotic Stress: A Way Forward towards Sustainable Agriculture. Sustainability. 14(22). 14880–14880. 68 indexed citations

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Azhar, Wardah, Ali Raza Khan, Abdus Salam, et al.. (2022). Ethylene accelerates copper oxide nanoparticle-induced toxicity at physiological, biochemical, and ultrastructural levels in rice seedlings. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(10). 26137–26149. 26 indexed citations

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Khan, Ali Raza, Xingming Fan, Abdus Salam, et al.. (2022). Melatonin-mediated resistance to copper oxide nanoparticles-induced toxicity by regulating the photosynthetic apparatus, cellular damages and antioxidant defense system in maize seedlings. Environmental Pollution. 316(Pt 2). 120639–120639. 49 indexed citations

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Liu, Yihua, Ali R. Khan, Wardah Azhar, et al.. (2022). Cys2/His2-Type Zinc Finger Proteins Regulate Plant Growth and Development. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. 41(5). 351–363. 14 indexed citations

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Khan, Ali Raza, et al.. (2022). Exploring the Adaptive Responses of Plants to Abiotic Stresses Using Transcriptome Data. Agriculture. 12(2). 211–211. 31 indexed citations

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Song, Ge, Xueping Li, Raheel Munir, et al.. (2021). BnaA02.NIP6;1a encodes a boron transporter required for plant development under boron deficiency in Brassica napus. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 161. 36–45. 12 indexed citations

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Salam, Abdus, Ali Raza Khan, Li Liu, et al.. (2021). Seed priming with zinc oxide nanoparticles downplayed ultrastructural damage and improved photosynthetic apparatus in maize under cobalt stress. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 423(Pt A). 127021–127021. 187 indexed citations

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Yang, Su, Zaid Ulhassan, Ali Raza Khan, et al.. (2021). Salicylic acid underpins silicon in ameliorating chromium toxicity in rice by modulating antioxidant defense, ion homeostasis and cellular ultrastructure. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 166. 1001–1013. 99 indexed citations

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Khan, Ali Raza, Wardah Azhar, Junyu Wu, et al.. (2021). Ethylene participates in zinc oxide nanoparticles induced biochemical, molecular and ultrastructural changes in rice seedlings. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 226. 112844–112844. 35 indexed citations

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Azhar, Wardah, Ali Raza Khan, Noor Muhammad, et al.. (2020). Ethylene mediates CuO NP-induced ultrastructural changes and oxidative stress inArabidopsis thalianaleaves. Environmental Science Nano. 7(3). 938–953. 27 indexed citations

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Khan, Ali Raza, Abdul Wakeel Umar, Noor Muhammad, et al.. (2018). Involvement of ethylene signaling in zinc oxide nanoparticle-mediated biochemical changes inArabidopsis thalianaleaves. Environmental Science Nano. 6(1). 341–355. 62 indexed citations

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