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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
10177
World Ranking
13367
National Ranking
240

Han Asard publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 169 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Han Asard D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Han Asard sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Han Asard is affiliated with the University of Antwerp in Belgium and primarily contributes to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, focusing on areas such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, and Atmospheric Science. Their research explores multiple facets of plant physiology and environmental interactions, particularly emphasizing plant stress responses and tolerance mechanisms.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals
  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Cassava research and cyanide
  • Plant responses to water stress

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Starch biosynthesis contributes to the maintenance of photosynthesis and leaf growth under drought stress in maize" (2020), published in Plant Cell & Environment
  • "Soil arsenic toxicity differentially impacts C3 (barley) and C4 (maize) crops under future climate atmospheric CO2" (2021), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Essential Oil Composition and Antioxidant and Antifungal Activities of Two Varieties of Ocimum basilicum L. (Lamiaceae) at Two Phenological Stages" (2022), published in Agronomy
  • "Drought tolerance in selected aerobic and upland rice varieties is driven by different metabolic and antioxidative responses" (2021), published in Planta
  • "Hormonal seed-priming improves tomato resistance against broomrape infection" (2020), published in Journal of Plant Physiology

Han Asard frequently publishes in several academic venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Agronomy

Throughout their career, Han Asard has collaborated with various researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Hamada AbdElgawad
  • Gerrit T.S. Beemster
  • Hans J. De Boeck
  • Ivan Nijs
  • Simon Reynaert

Best Publications

  • High Salinity Induces Different Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Responses in Maize Seedlings Organs

    Hamada AbdElgawad;Gaurav Zinta;Momtaz M. Hegab;Renu Pandey

  • The Role of Auxin, pH, and Stress in the Activation of Embryogenic Cell Division in Leaf Protoplast-Derived Cells of Alfalfa

    Taras P. Pasternak;Els Prinsen;Ferhan Ayaydin;Pál Miskolczi

  • Transport and action of ascorbate at the plant plasma membrane.

    Nele Horemans;Christine H Foyer;Han Asard

  • Ascorbate and glutathione: guardians of the cell cycle, partners in crime?

    Geert Potters;Laura De Gara;Han Asard;Han Asard;Nele Horemans

  • Variation in leaf flushing date influences autumnal senescence and next year’s flushing date in two temperate tree species

    Yongshuo S. H. Fu;Yongshuo S. H. Fu;Matteo Campioli;Yann Vitasse;Hans J. De Boeck

  • Ascorbate function and associated transport systems in plants

    Nele Horemans;Christine H. Foyer;Geert Potters;Han Asard

  • Metabolic Analysis of Various Date Palm Fruit (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars from Saudi Arabia to Assess Their Nutritional Quality

    Ismail Hamad;Hamada AbdElgawad;Soad Al Jaouni;Gaurav Zinta

  • Dehydroascorbate Influences the Plant Cell Cycle through a Glutathione-Independent Reduction Mechanism

    Geert Potters;Nele Horemans;Silvia Bellone;Roland J. Caubergs

  • Drought induces distinct growth response, protection, and recovery mechanisms in the maize leaf growth zone

    Viktoriya Avramova;Hamada AbdElgawad;Zhengfeng Zhang;Bartosz Fotschki

  • Physiological, biochemical, and genome-wide transcriptional analysis reveals that elevated CO2 mitigates the impact of combined heat wave and drought stress in Arabidopsis thaliana at multiple organizational levels

    Gaurav Zinta;Hamada AbdElgawad;Malgorzata A. Domagalska;Lucia Vergauwen

  • Elevated CO2 mitigates drought and temperature-induced oxidative stress differently in grasses and legumes

    Hamada AbdElgawad;Evelyn Roxana Farfan-Vignolo;Dirk de Vos;Han Asard

  • Maize roots and shoots show distinct profiles of oxidative stress and antioxidant defense under heavy metal toxicity.

    Hamada AbdElgawad;Gaurav Zinta;Badreldin A. Hamed;Samy Selim

  • Tomato phospholipid hydroperoxide glutathione peroxidase inhibits cell death induced by Bax and oxidative stresses in yeast and plants.

    Shaorong Chen;Zarir Vaghchhipawala;Wei Li;Han Asard

  • Solubilization and Separation of a Plant Plasma Membrane NADPH-O2- Synthase from Other NAD(P)H Oxidoreductases

    P. Van Gestelen;H. Asard;R. J. Caubergs

  • Ascorbate and dehydroascorbate influence cell cycle progression in a tobacco cell suspension.

    Geert Potters;Nele Horemans;Roland Julien Caubergs;Han Asard

  • Climate extreme effects on the chemical composition of temperate grassland species under ambient and elevated CO2: a comparison of fructan and non-fructan accumulators.

    Hamada AbdElgawad;Darin Peshev;Gaurav Zinta;Wim Van den Ende

  • High clay content accelerates the decomposition of fresh organic matter in artificial soils

    Hui Wei;Bertrand Guenet;Sara Vicca;Naoise Nunan

  • The Role of Ascorbate Free Radical as an Electron Acceptor to Cytochrome b-Mediated Trans-Plasma Membrane Electron Transport in Higher Plants.

    N. Horemans;H. Asard;R. J. Caubergs

  • Anti-oxidative defences are modulated differentially in three freshwater teleosts in response to ammonia-induced oxidative stress.

    Amit Kumar Sinha;Hamada AbdElgawad;Terri Giblen;Gaurav Zinta

  • Vitamin C : function and biochemistry in animals and plants

    Han Asard;James May;Nicholas Smirnoff

Frequent Co-Authors

Hamada AbdElgawad
Hamada AbdElgawad Beni-Suef University
Gerrit T.S. Beemster
Gerrit T.S. Beemster University of Antwerp
David Costantini
David Costantini French National Museum of Natural History
Ivan A. Janssens
Ivan A. Janssens University of Antwerp
Marcel Eens
Marcel Eens University of Antwerp
Ivan Nijs
Ivan Nijs University of Antwerp
James M. May
James M. May Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Els Prinsen
Els Prinsen University of Antwerp
Geert Baggerman
Geert Baggerman University of Antwerp
Wim Van den Ende
Wim Van den Ende KU Leuven

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David Costantini

French National Museum of Natural History

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Gerrit T.S. Beemster

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Nicholas Smirnoff

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Publications: 17

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