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Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

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Biology and Biochemistry
Saudi Arabia
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
19086
World Ranking
9021
National Ranking
5

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 359 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid 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 Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid is affiliated with King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, specializing in research that spans several areas within environmental science and biological studies. Their scholarly work includes significant contributions across multiple interdisciplinary fields, focusing extensively on molecular biology, ecology, and plant science.

Their primary fields of study include Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader areas, their subfields are more specialized and include Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects, reflecting a breadth of expertise:

  • Protist diversity and phylogeny
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research

Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid has contributed to several notable publications over recent years. Some of the recent papers include:

  • The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes, 2021, Nature
  • Genomes of the Venus Flytrap and Close Relatives Unveil the Roots of Plant Carnivory, 2020, Current Biology
  • Channelrhodopsin-mediated optogenetics highlights a central role of depolarization-dependent plant proton pumps, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biodiversity of freshwater ciliates (Protista, Ciliophora) in the Lake Weishan Wetland, China: the state of the art, 2022, Marine Life Science & Technology
  • Optogenetic control of the guard cell membrane potential and stomatal movement by the light-gated anion channel Gt ACR1, 2021, Science Advances

The venues where Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid frequently publishes reflect their focus on protist diversity, molecular biology, and environmental sciences. These include:

  • Marine Life Science & Technology
  • European Journal of Protistology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Current Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their collaborative network features several frequent co-authors involved in related research endeavors:

  • Rainer Hedrich
  • Sönke Scherzer
  • Anda Iosip
  • Shouguang Huang
  • Honggang Ma

Best Publications

  • Activity of guard cell anion channel SLAC1 is controlled by drought-stress signaling kinase-phosphatase pair.

    Dietmar Geiger;Sönke Scherzer;Patrick Mumm;Annette Stange

  • Recalibrating Equus evolution using the genome sequence of an early Middle Pleistocene horse.

    Ludovic Orlando;Aurelien Ginolhac;Guojie Zhang;Duane Froese

  • Guard cell anion channel SLAC1 is regulated by CDPK protein kinases with distinct Ca2+ affinities

    D. Geiger;S. Scherzer;P. Mumm;I. Marten

  • The stomatal response to reduced relative humidity requires guard cell-autonomous ABA synthesis.

    Hubert Bauer;Peter Ache;Silke Lautner;Joerg Fromm

  • Perception of the Arabidopsis Danger Signal Peptide 1 Involves the Pattern Recognition Receptor AtPEPR1 and Its Close Homologue AtPEPR2

    Elzbieta Krol;Tobias Mentzel;Delphine Chinchilla;Thomas Boller

  • Stomatal Closure by Fast Abscisic Acid Signaling Is Mediated by the Guard Cell Anion Channel SLAH3 and the Receptor RCAR1

    Dietmar Geiger;Tobias Maierhofer;Khaled A. S. AL-Rasheid;Sönke Scherzer

  • AtALMT12 represents an R-type anion channel required for stomatal movement in Arabidopsis guard cells.

    Stefan Meyer;Patrick Mumm;Dennis Imes;Anne Endler

  • Arabidopsis V-ATPase activity at the tonoplast is required for efficient nutrient storage but not for sodium accumulation

    Melanie Krebs;Diana Beyhl;Esther Görlich;Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

  • The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes.

    Pablo Librado;Naveed Khan;Naveed Khan;Antoine Fages;Mariya A. Kusliy

  • Prehistoric genomes reveal the genetic foundation and cost of horse domestication

    Mikkel Schubert;Hakon Jonsson;Dan Chang;Clio Der Sarkissian

  • Tracking Five Millennia of Horse Management with Extensive Ancient Genome Time Series

    Antoine Fages;Antoine Fages;Kristian Hanghøj;Kristian Hanghøj;Naveed Khan;Naveed Khan;Charleen Gaunitz

  • Ancient genomes revisit the ancestry of domestic and Przewalski’s horses

    Charleen Gaunitz;Antoine Fages;Antoine Fages;Kristian Hanghøj;Kristian Hanghøj;Anders Albrechtsen

  • Improving ancient DNA read mapping against modern reference genomes

    Mikkel Schubert;Aurélien Ginolhac;Stinus Lindgreen;John F. Thompson

  • Speciation with Gene Flow in Equids Despite Extensive Chromosomal Plasticity

    Hákon Jónsson;Mikkel Schubert;Andaine Seguin-Orlando;Aurélien Ginolhac

  • Ancient genomic changes associated with domestication of the horse

    Pablo Librado;Cristina Gamba;Charleen Gaunitz;Clio Der Sarkissian

  • AUX1-mediated root hair auxin influx governs SCFTIR1/AFB-type Ca2+ signaling.

    Julian Dindas;Sönke Scherzer;M. Rob G. Roelfsema;Katharina von Meyer

  • Site- and kinase-specific phosphorylation-mediated activation of SLAC1, a guard cell anion channel stimulated by abscisic acid.

    Tobias Maierhofer;Marion Diekmann;Jan Niklas Offenborn;Christof Lind

  • Open stomata 1 (OST1) kinase controls R-type anion channel QUAC1 in Arabidopsis guard cells.

    Dennis Imes;Patrick Mumm;Jennifer Böhm;Khaled A. S. Al-Rasheid

  • The Venus Flytrap Dionaea muscipula Counts Prey-Induced Action Potentials to Induce Sodium Uptake.

    Jennifer Böhm;Sönke Scherzer;Elzbieta Krol;Ines Kreuzer

  • Tracking the origins of Yakutian horses and the genetic basis for their fast adaptation to subarctic environments

    Pablo Librado;Clio Der Sarkissian;Luca Ermini;Mikkel Schubert

Frequent Co-Authors

Weibo Song
Weibo Song Ocean University of China
Alan Warren
Alan Warren Natural History Museum
Heinz Mehlhorn
Heinz Mehlhorn Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar
Fathy Abdel-Ghaffar Cairo University
Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich University of Würzburg
Henglong Xu
Henglong Xu Ocean University of China
Ludovic Orlando
Ludovic Orlando Paul Sabatier University
Eske Willerslev
Eske Willerslev University of Copenhagen
Dietmar Geiger
Dietmar Geiger University of Würzburg
Peter Ache
Peter Ache University of Würzburg

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