2026 Morteza Soleimani Aghdam: 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	45	2897	2695	4	4	83	6613

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Plant Science and Agronomy

2897

2695

6613

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Iran Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Iran Leader Award

Best Publications

Impact of salicylic acid on post-harvest physiology of horticultural crops

Mohammadreza Asghari;Morteza Soleimani Aghdam

549
Citations
Melatonin treatment attenuates postharvest decay and maintains nutritional quality of strawberry fruits (Fragaria×anannasa cv. Selva) by enhancing GABA shunt activity.

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Javad Rezapour Fard

352
Citations
Ensuring sufficient intracellular ATP supplying and friendly extracellular ATP signaling attenuates stresses, delays senescence and maintains quality in horticultural crops during postharvest life

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Abbasali Jannatizadeh;Zisheng Luo;Gopinadhan Paliyath

338
Citations
Employing exogenous melatonin applying confers chilling tolerance in tomato fruits by upregulating ZAT2/6/12 giving rise to promoting endogenous polyamines, proline, and nitric oxide accumulation by triggering arginine pathway activity.

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Zisheng Luo;Abbasali Jannatizadeh;Morteza Sheikh-Assadi

280
Citations
Elevated CO2 delayed the chlorophyll degradation and anthocyanin accumulation in postharvest strawberry fruit.

Dong Li;Xiaochen Zhang;Li Li;Morteza Soleimani Aghdam

256
Citations
The effect of the layer-by-layer (LBL) edible coating on strawberry quality and metabolites during storage

Jiawei Yan;Zisheng Luo;Zhaojun Ban;Hongyan Lu

249
Citations
Physiological and biochemical mechanisms regulating chilling tolerance in fruits and vegetables under postharvest salicylates and jasmonates treatments

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Samad Bodbodak

229
Citations
Melatonin treatment maintains nutraceutical properties of pomegranate fruits during cold storage.

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Zisheng Luo;Li Li;Abbasali Jannatizadeh

206
Citations
The language of calcium in postharvest life of fruits, vegetables and flowers

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Mohammad Bagher Hassanpouraghdam;Gopinadhan Paliyath;Boukaga Farmani

191
Citations
Postharvest Heat Treatment for Mitigation of Chilling Injury in Fruits and Vegetables

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Samad Bodbodak

167
Citations
Hydrogen sulfide treatment confers chilling tolerance in hawthorn fruit during cold storage by triggering endogenous H2S accumulation, enhancing antioxidant enzymes activity and promoting phenols accumulation.

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Roghayeh Mahmoudi;Farhang Razavi;Vali Rabiei

149
Citations
Heat shock proteins as biochemical markers for postharvest chilling stress in fruits and vegetables

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Laura Sevillano;Francisco B. Flores;Samad Bodbodak

148
Citations
Postharvest salicylic acid treatment enhances antioxidant potential of cornelian cherry fruit

Afsaneh Yousefpour Dokhanieh;Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Javad Rezapour Fard;Hamid Hassanpour

137
Citations
Impact of postharvest brassinosteroids treatment on PAL activity in tomato fruit in response to chilling stress

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Mohammadreza Asghari;Bouokagha Farmani;Mehdi Mohayeji

136
Citations
Functions of Melatonin During Postharvest of Horticultural Crops.

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135
Citations
Melatonin treatment promotes endogenous melatonin accumulation and triggers GABA shunt pathway activity in tomato fruits during cold storage.

Yavar Sharafi;Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Zisheng Luo;Abbasali Jannatizadeh

118
Citations
Effect of exogenous sucrose on anthocyanin synthesis in postharvest strawberry fruit

Dong Li;Xiaochen Zhang;Yanqun Xu;Li Li

115
Citations
Alleviation of postharvest chilling injury of tomato fruit by salicylic acid treatment

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Mohammadreza Asghari;Orojali Khorsandi;Mehdi Mohayeji

108
Citations
Enhancement of antioxidant capacity of cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) fruit by postharvest calcium treatment

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Afsaneh Yousefpour Dokhanieh;Hamid Hassanpour;Javad Rezapour Fard

107
Citations
Impact of Exogenous Melatonin Application on Chilling Injury in Tomato Fruits During Cold Storage

Abbasali Jannatizadeh;Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Zisheng Luo;Farhang Razavi

107
Citations
Enhancement of Chilling Stress Tolerance of Tomato Fruit by Postharvest Brassinolide Treatment

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Nayer Mohammadkhani

99
Citations
Enhancement of postharvest chilling tolerance of anthurium cut flowers by γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) treatments

Morteza Soleimani Aghdam;Roohangiz Naderi;Abbasali Jannatizadeh;Mohammad Ali Askari Sarcheshmeh

85
Citations
Sumac (Rhus coriaria L.) fruit: essential oil variability in Iranian populations

Mohammad Reza Morshedloo;Filippo Maggi;Hossein Tavakoli Neko;Morteza Soleimani Aghdam

83
Citations