Zaigham Shahzad

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Zaigham Shahzad is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Zaigham Shahzad has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Zaigham Shahzad's work include Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (14 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Zaigham Shahzad is often cited by papers focused on Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (14 papers), Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (9 papers) and Plant Molecular Biology Research (9 papers). Zaigham Shahzad collaborates with scholars based in France, Pakistan and United Kingdom. Zaigham Shahzad's co-authors include Christophe Maurel, Yann Boursiac, Véronique Santoni, Lionel Verdoucq, Doan‐Trung Luu, Anna Amtmann, Hatem Rouached, Pierre Berthomieu, Allah Rakha and Chédly Abdelly and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Physiological Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Zaigham Shahzad

24 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Aquaporins in Plants

2015 647 citations Christophe Maurel, Yann Boursiac et al. Physiological Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zaigham Shahzad France	17	1.4k	404	105	97	85	26	1.6k
Ulrich Deinlein Germany	7	1.8k 1.3×	568 1.4×	77 0.7×	81 0.8×	35 0.4×	7	2.0k
Ana‐Flor López‐Millán Spain	20	1.8k 1.3×	446 1.1×	72 0.7×	220 2.3×	49 0.6×	24	2.1k
Naoyoshi Kawano Japan	15	1.5k 1.1×	434 1.1×	171 1.6×	83 0.9×	37 0.4×	21	1.6k
Xiaochuang Cao China	24	1.4k 1.0×	199 0.5×	199 1.9×	70 0.7×	62 0.7×	52	1.6k
João Carlos Bespalhok Filho Brazil	20	1.6k 1.1×	493 1.2×	97 0.9×	60 0.6×	27 0.3×	81	1.8k
Deveraj Jhurreea United Kingdom	9	1.3k 0.9×	556 1.4×	147 1.4×	97 1.0×	22 0.3×	11	1.6k
Christine M. Palmer United States	11	1.2k 0.9×	428 1.1×	57 0.5×	69 0.7×	20 0.2×	16	1.4k
Michael James Van Oosten Italy	17	2.1k 1.5×	721 1.8×	184 1.8×	107 1.1×	31 0.4×	21	2.5k
Guangsheng Zhou China	16	854 0.6×	242 0.6×	67 0.6×	41 0.4×	43 0.5×	48	1.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bouain, Nadia, et al.. (2025). Phosphorus availability controls flowering time through subcellular reprogramming of bGLU25 and GRP7 in Arabidopsis. Developmental Cell. 61(2). 340–355.e6.

Shahzad, Zaigham, et al.. (2025). Nutrient cues control flowering time in plants. Trends in Plant Science. 30(11). 1274–1285. 2 indexed citations

Bouain, Nadia, et al.. (2024). PDR9 allelic variation and MYB63 modulate nutrient‐dependent coumarin homeostasis in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 117(6). 1716–1727. 7 indexed citations

Rouached, Hatem, et al.. (2024). Genome-wide association studies and transcriptomics reveal mechanisms explaining the diversity of wheat root responses to nutrient availability. Journal of Experimental Botany. 76(5). 1458–1472. 1 indexed citations

Shahzad, Zaigham, Colette Tournaire‐Roux, Mattia Adamo, et al.. (2023). Protein kinase SnRK2.4 is a key regulator of aquaporins and root hydraulics in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal. 117(1). 264–279. 11 indexed citations

Shahzad, Zaigham, et al.. (2023). Millennia-long epigenetic fluctuations generate intragenic DNA methylation variance in Arabidopsis populations. Cell Systems. 14(11). 953–967.e17. 18 indexed citations

Shahzad, Zaigham & Hatem Rouached. (2022). Protecting plant nutrition from the effects of climate change. Current Biology. 32(13). R725–R727. 15 indexed citations

Bouain, Nadia, Jaspreet Sandhu, Chanakan Prom‐u‐thai, et al.. (2022). Plant growth stimulation by high CO2 depends on phosphorus homeostasis in chloroplasts. Current Biology. 32(20). 4493–4500.e4. 22 indexed citations

Shahzad, Zaigham, Yanniv Dorone, Sophie Clowez, et al.. (2021). Interdependent iron and phosphorus availability controls photosynthesis through retrograde signaling. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7211–7211. 86 indexed citations

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Shahzad, Zaigham, et al.. (2020). Cryptic variation in RNA-directed DNA-methylation controls lateral root development when auxin signalling is perturbed. Nature Communications. 11(1). 218–218. 28 indexed citations

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Shahzad, Zaigham, Fabian Kellermeier, Simon Rogers, et al.. (2018). EZ-Root-VIS: A Software Pipeline for the Rapid Analysis and Visual Reconstruction of Root System Architecture. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 177(4). 1368–1381. 30 indexed citations

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Tang, Ning, Zaigham Shahzad, Fabien Lonjon, et al.. (2018). Natural variation at XND1 impacts root hydraulics and trade-off for stress responses in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3884–3884. 74 indexed citations

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Amtmann, Anna & Zaigham Shahzad. (2017). To respond or not to respond? Natural variation of root architectural responses to nutrient signals. Journal of Experimental Botany. 68(11). 2636–2640. 2 indexed citations

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Shahzad, Zaigham & Anna Amtmann. (2017). Food for thought: how nutrients regulate root system architecture. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 39. 80–87. 114 indexed citations

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Maurel, Christophe, Yann Boursiac, Doan‐Trung Luu, et al.. (2015). Aquaporins in Plants. Physiological Reviews. 95(4). 1321–1358. 647 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bouain, Nadia, Zaigham Shahzad, Aïda Rouached, et al.. (2014). Phosphate and zinc transport and signalling in plants: toward a better understanding of their homeostasis interaction. Journal of Experimental Botany. 65(20). 5725–5741. 111 indexed citations

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Zorrig, Walid, Zaigham Shahzad, Chédly Abdelly, & Pierre Berthomieu. (2012). Calcium enhances cadmium tolerance and decreases cadmium accumulation in lettuce (Lactuca sativa). AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 11(34). 8441–8448. 20 indexed citations

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Shahzad, Zaigham, Françoise Gosti, & Pierre Berthomieu. (2012). Interaction between AhMTP1s, potential candidate for zinc biofortication of cereals, for their functioning.. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. 14(4). 668–670. 1 indexed citations

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Shahzad, Zaigham, Françoise Gosti, Hélène Frérot, et al.. (2010). The Five AhMTP1 Zinc Transporters Undergo Different Evolutionary Fates towards Adaptive Evolution to Zinc Tolerance in Arabidopsis halleri. PLoS Genetics. 6(4). e1000911–e1000911. 88 indexed citations

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Zorrig, Walid, Aïda Rouached, Zaigham Shahzad, et al.. (2010). Identification of three relationships linking cadmium accumulation to cadmium tolerance and zinc and citrate accumulation in lettuce. Journal of Plant Physiology. 167(15). 1239–1247. 63 indexed citations

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