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D-Index
44
Citations
7227
World Ranking
3041
National Ranking
85

Kiran K. Sharma publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kiran K. Sharma sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 111 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Kiran K. Sharma D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kiran K. Sharma sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 55th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • DNA

His primary scientific interests are in Genetically modified crops, Botany, Biotechnology, Shoot and Plant breeding. His Genetically modified crops research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Cultivar, Agronomy, Drought tolerance and Agrobacterium. In his study, Abiotic stress is strongly linked to Introgression, which falls under the umbrella field of Drought tolerance.

His work deals with themes such as Organogenesis and Transformation, which intersect with Botany. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Gene, Transgene, Crop species, Crop and Aspergillus. Kiran K. Sharma interconnects Kinetin, Basal shoot and Somatic embryogenesis in the investigation of issues within Shoot.

His most cited work include:

  • Transgenic approaches for abiotic stress tolerance in plants: retrospect and prospects. (428 citations)
  • High efficiency transformation of Brassica napus using Agrobacterium vectors (387 citations)
  • Stress-inducible expression of At DREB1A in transgenic peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) increases transpiration efficiency under water-limiting conditions. (197 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Botany, Genetically modified crops, Agronomy, Shoot and Crop are his primary areas of study. Kiran K. Sharma combines subjects such as Organogenesis and Horticulture with his study of Botany. His Genetically modified crops research integrates issues from Cultivar and Transformation.

While the research belongs to areas of Agronomy, he spends his time largely on the problem of Transpiration, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Stomatal conductance and Plant physiology. His study in Shoot is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Murashige and Skoog medium, Kinetin, Basal shoot, Axillary bud and Micropropagation. His Crop study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Biotechnology and Integrated pest management.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (33.64%)
  • Genetically modified crops (25.23%)
  • Agronomy (22.43%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Abiotic stress (18.69%)
  • Gene (20.56%)
  • Cell biology (6.54%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Kiran K. Sharma spends much of his time researching Abiotic stress, Gene, Cell biology, Biochemistry and Signal transduction. His work on Biotic stress as part of general Abiotic stress study is frequently connected to Abiotic component, therefore bridging the gap between diverse disciplines of science and establishing a new relationship between them. His study looks at the intersection of Gene and topics like Computational biology with Polymerase chain reaction, Genotype and Real-time polymerase chain reaction.

His Promoter research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Transformation, Seedling, Transgene and APX. His research on Drought tolerance is centered around Horticulture and Botany. As a part of the same scientific study, Kiran K. Sharma usually deals with the Genetically modified crops, concentrating on Resistance and frequently concerns with Biotechnology.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Nitric Oxide (NO) in Plant Heat Stress Tolerance: Current Knowledge and Perspectives. (52 citations)
  • Peanuts that keep aflatoxin at bay: a threshold that matters (30 citations)
  • Heat responsive proteome changes reveal molecular mechanisms underlying heat tolerance in chickpea (20 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Gene
  • Botany
  • DNA

His main research concerns Gene, Abiotic stress, Biochemistry, Cell biology and Signal transduction. His study in the field of Genotype and Real-time polymerase chain reaction also crosses realms of Database normalization and Eleusine. His studies deal with areas such as Gene expression, Transformation and Botany, Seedling as well as Abiotic stress.

His study on Cell signaling and Kinase is often connected to Heat tolerance and Cellular homeostasis as part of broader study in Cell biology. His Cell signaling study combines topics in areas such as Biotechnology and Osmolyte. In general Biotechnology study, his work on Mycotoxin often relates to the realm of Export control, thereby connecting several areas of interest.

Best Publications

  • Transgenic approaches for abiotic stress tolerance in plants: retrospect and prospects.

    Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;V. Vadez;Kiran K. Sharma

  • High efficiency transformation ofBrassica napus usingAgrobacterium vectors.

    Maurice M. Moloney;Janis M. Walker;Kiran K. Sharma

  • Stress-inducible expression of At DREB1A in transgenic peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) increases transpiration efficiency under water-limiting conditions.

    Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;M. Jyostna Devi;D. Srinivas Reddy;M. Lavanya

  • Applications of biotechnology for crop improvement: prospects and constraints

    H.C. Sharma;J.H. Crouch;K.K. Sharma;N. Seetharama

  • An efficient method for the production of transgenic plants of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) through Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated genetic transformation.

    Kiran K Sharma;Vanamala Anjaiah

  • Biotechnological advances for combating Aspergillus flavus and aflatoxin contamination in crops

    Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Sowmini Sunkara;Madhurima Bhatnagar-Panwar;Farid Waliyar

  • Genetic Transformation of Crops for Insect Resistance: Potential and Limitations

    Hari C. Sharma;Kiran K. Sharma;Jonathan H. Crouch

  • Prospects for using transgenic resistance to insects in crop improvement

    Hari C. Sharma;Kiran K. Sharma;Nadoor Seetharama;Rodomiro Ortiz

  • Evaluation of Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.)] Reference Genes in Various Tissues and under Abiotic Stress Conditions for Quantitative Real-Time PCR Data Normalization.

    Palakolanu Sudhakar Reddy;Dumbala Srinivas Reddy;Kaliamoorthy Sivasakthi;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur

  • Nitric Oxide (NO) in Plant Heat Stress Tolerance: Current Knowledge and Perspectives

    Santisree Parankusam;Srivani S. Adimulam;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Kiran K. Sharma

  • Genetic transformation technology: Status and problems

    Kiran K. Sharma;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Trevor A. Thorpe

  • Efficient shoot regeneration of Brassica campestris using cotyledon explants cultured in vitro

    John E. Hachey;Kiran K. Sharma;Maurice M. Moloney

  • Program for the application of genetic transformation for crop improvement in the semi-arid tropics.

    Kiran K. Sharma;Rodomiro Ortiz

  • Development of transgenic sorghum for insect resistance against the spotted stem borer (Chilo partellus).

    V. Girijashankar;V. Girijashankar;H. C. Sharma;Kiran K. Sharma;V. Swathisree

  • NO to drought-multifunctional role of nitric oxide in plant drought: Do we have all the answers?

    Parankusam Santisree;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Kiran K. Sharma

  • Overexpression of a chitinase gene in transgenic peanut confers enhanced resistance to major soil borne and foliar fungal pathogens

    Kalyani Prasad;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Farid Waliyar;Kiran K. Sharma

  • Genetic engineering of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) with the P5CSF129A gene for osmoregulation with implications on drought tolerance

    Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Vincent Vadez;M. Jyostna Devi;M. Lavanya

  • An efficient protocol for shoot regeneration and genetic transformation of pigeonpea [ Cajanus cajan (L) Millsp] using leaf explants.

    S. Dayal;S. Dayal;M. Lavanya;P. Devi;K. K. Sharma

  • An efficient protocol for the regeneration of whole plants of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) by using axillary meristem explants derived from in vitro -germinated seedlings

    B. Jayanand;G. Sudarsanam;Kiran K. Sharma

  • Differential antioxidative responses in transgenic peanut bear no relationship to their superior transpiration efficiency under drought stress.

    Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;M. Jyostna Devi;Vincent Vadez;Kiran K. Sharma

  • Transgenic peanut overexpressing the DREB1A transcription factor has higher yields under drought stress

    Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Jagana Sridhar Rao;Vincent Vadez;Srinivas Reddy Dumbala

  • Genome-wide identification and characterization of the aquaporin gene family in Sorghum bicolor (L.)

    Palakolanu Sudhakar Reddy;Tata Santosh Rama Bhadra Rao;Kiran K. Sharma;Vincent Vadez

  • Peanuts that keep aflatoxin at bay: a threshold that matters

    Kiran K. Sharma;Arunima Pothana;Kalyani Prasad;Dilip Shah

  • Evaluation and Validation of Reference Genes for Normalization of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Based Gene Expression Studies in Peanut

    Dumbala Srinivas Reddy;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Katamreddy Sri Cindhuri;Kiran K. Sharma

  • An efficient method for the production of marker-free transgenic plants of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.)

    Madhurima Bhatnagar;Madhurima Bhatnagar;Kalyani Prasad;Kalyani Prasad;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;M. Lakshmi Narasu

  • DREB1A promotes root development in deep soil layers and increases water extraction under water stress in groundnut

    V. Vadez;J. S. Rao;P. Bhatnagar-Mathur;K. K. Sharma

  • Heat responsive proteome changes reveal molecular mechanisms underlying heat tolerance in chickpea

    Santisree Parankusam;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Kiran K. Sharma

  • Relationships Between Transpiration Efficiency and Its Surrogate Traits in the rd29A:DREB1A Transgenic Lines of Groundnut

    M. J. Devi;P. Bhatnagar-Mathur;K. K. Sharma;R. Serraj

  • Cloning and validation of reference genes for normalization of gene expression studies in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.] by quantitative real-time PCR

    Palakolanu Sudhakar Reddy;Dumbala Srinivas Reddy;Kiran K. Sharma;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur

  • Root research for drought tolerance in legumes: Quo vadis?

    Vadez;S Rao;J Kholova;L Krishnamurthy

  • Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).

    Kiran Kumar Sharma;Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur;Boddu Jayanand

Frequent Co-Authors

Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur
Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories
Vincent Vadez
Vincent Vadez Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Trevor A. Thorpe
Trevor A. Thorpe University of Calgary
Hari C. Sharma
Hari C. Sharma International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Rodomiro Ortiz
Rodomiro Ortiz Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
L. Krishnamurthy
L. Krishnamurthy International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
P. B. Kavi Kishor
P. B. Kavi Kishor Osmania University
Jana Kholova
Jana Kholova International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
Rachid Serraj
Rachid Serraj Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki University of Tokyo

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