2026 Hossein Akhani: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	35	5098	4774	19	18	98	5046
Ecology and Evolution	35	7342	7099	1	1	98	5170

Overview

Hossein Akhani is affiliated with the University of Tehran in Iran and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research covers multiple subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Immunology and Allergy.

The principal focus of Akhani's work revolves around plant diversity and evolution, plant ecology and taxonomy studies, plant parasitism and resistance, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, lichen and fungal ecology, and broader botany, ecology, and taxonomy studies.

The scientist has published multiple papers in various journals, highlighting a diversity of ecological and botanical topics. Notable recent papers include:

"A Review of C4 Plants in Southwest Asia: An Ecological, Geographical and Taxonomical Analysis of a Region With High Diversity of C4 Eudicots" (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
"Plant diversity of Hyrcanian relict forests: An annotated checklist, chorology and threat categories of endemic and near endemic vascular plant species" (2021, Plant Diversity)
"Differential functional traits underlying the contrasting salt tolerance in Lepidium species" (2020, Plant and Soil)
"Diversity, distribution, endemism and conservation status of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) in SW Asia and adjacent countries" (2020, Plant Systematics and Evolution)
"The hydrogeochemistry of shallow groundwater from Lut Desert, Iran: The hottest place on Earth" (2020, Journal of Arid Environments)

Akhani frequently collaborates with other researchers, with notable coauthors including:

Morteza Djamali (7 joint publications)
Emmanuel Gandouin (4 joint publications)
Alexander Rudov (3 joint publications)
Marjan Mashkour (3 joint publications)
Sara Palacio (3 joint publications)

The researcher's work has been published across recognized venues, with multiple papers appearing in Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, SSRN Electronic Journal, Plant Diversity, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Plant and Soil. This distribution reflects engagement with journals specializing in palaeobotany, plant ecology, and interdisciplinary biological sciences.

Best Publications

A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales

Patricia Hernández-Ledesma;Walter G. Berendsohn;Thomas Borsch;Sabine Von Mering

415
Citations
Plant biodiversity of Hyrcanian relict forests, N Iran: an overview of the flora, vegetation, palaeoecology and conservation.

H. Akhani;M. Djamali;A. Ghorbanalizadeh;E. Ramezani

309
Citations
A late Pleistocene long pollen record from Lake Urmia, NW Iran☆

Morteza Djamali;Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu;Madjid Shah-hosseini;Valérie Andrieu-Ponel

302
Citations
Biodiversity and phytogeography of the alpine flora of Iran

Jalil Noroozi;Hossein Akhani;Siegmar-Walter Breckle

268
Citations
Photosynthetic pathways in Chenopodiaceae from Africa, Asia and Europe with their ecological, phytogeographical and taxonomical importance

Hossein Akhani;Peter Trimborn;Herbert Ziegler

224
Citations
Application of the Global Bioclimatic Classification to Iran: implications for understanding the modern vegetation and biogeography

Morteza Djamali;Hossein Akhani;Roxana Khoshravesh;Valérie Andrieu-Ponel

217
Citations
Diversification of the Old World Salsoleae s.l. (Chenopodiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Nuclear and Chloroplast Data Sets and a Revised Classification

Hossein Akhani;Gerald Edwards;Eric H. Roalson

208
Citations
Plant biodiversity of Golestan National Park, Iran.

Hossein Akhani

174
Citations
VEGETATION HISTORY OF THE SE SECTION OF THE ZAGROS MOUNTAINS DURING THE LAST FIVE MILLENNIA; A POLLEN RECORD FROM THE MAHARLOU LAKE, FARS PROVINCE, IRAN

Morteza Djamali;Morteza Djamali;Jacques-Louis De Beaulieu;Naomi F. Miller;Valérie Andrieu-Ponel

154
Citations
European plants with C4 photosynthesis: geographical and taxonomic distribution and relations to climate parameters

Vladimir I. Pyankov;Hubert Ziegler;Hossein Akhani;Claudia Deigele

153
Citations
A contribution to the halophytic vegetation and flora of Iran

Hossein Akhani;Mahlagha Ghorbanli

134
Citations
Bienertia sinuspersici (Chenopodiaceae): A New Species from Southwest Asia and Discovery of a Third Terrestrial C4 Plant Without Kranz Anatomy

Hossein Akhani;João Barroca;João Barroca;Nuria Koteeva;Elena Voznesenskaya

127
Citations
Indian Summer Monsoon variations could have affected the early-Holocene woodland expansion in the Near East

Morteza Djamali;Hossein Akhani;Valérie Andrieu-Ponel;Pascale Braconnot

124
Citations
Phylogenetic Relationships in the Salicornioideae / Suaedoideae / Salsoloideae s.l. (Chenopodiaceae) Clade and a Clarification of the Phylogenetic Position of Bienertia and Alexandra Using Multiple DNA Sequence Datasets

Maxim V. Kapralov;Hossein Akhani;Elena V. Voznesenskaya;Gerald Edwards

102
Citations
Biodiversity of halophytic and sabkha ecosystems in Iran

Hossein Akhani

88
Citations
Structural and physiological analyses in Salsoleae (Chenopodiaceae) indicate multiple transitions among C3, intermediate, and C4 photosynthesis

Elena V. Voznesenskaya;Nuria K. Koteyeva;Hossein Akhani;Eric H. Roalson

82
Citations
Species Diversity and Life-Form Patterns in Steppe Vegetation along a 3000 m Altitudinal Gradient in the Alborz Mountains, Iran

Parastoo Mahdavi;Hossein Akhani;Eddy Van der Maarel

82
Citations
Diversity, biogeography, and photosynthetic pathways of Argusia and Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) in South-West Asia with an analysis of phytogeographical units

Hossein Akhani

81
Citations
An annotated and updated checklist of the Iranian bryoflora

Hossein Akhani;Harald KüRSCHNER

73
Citations
Differentiation of cellular and biochemical features of the single-cell C4 syndrome during leaf development in Bienertia cycloptera (Chenopodiaceae)

Elena V. Voznesenskaya;Nouria K. Koteyeva;Simon D. X. Chuong;Hossein Akhani

72
Citations
A new spiny, cushion-like Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) from south-west Iran with special reference to the phytogeographic importance of local endemic species

Hossein Akhani

67
Citations