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Muhammad Aaqil Khan

Muhammad Aaqil Khan

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
45
Citations
5972
World Ranking
2919
National Ranking
280

Muhammad Aaqil Khan 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 Muhammad Aaqil Khan sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 79 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Muhammad Aaqil Khan 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 Muhammad Aaqil Khan sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 200 scientists 31 D-Index: 236 scientists 32 D-Index: 253 scientists 33 D-Index: 283 scientists 34 D-Index: 288 scientists 35 D-Index: 240 scientists 36 D-Index: 246 scientists 37 D-Index: 243 scientists 38 D-Index: 247 scientists 39 D-Index: 229 scientists 40 D-Index: 232 scientists 41 D-Index: 230 scientists 42 D-Index: 228 scientists 43 D-Index: 219 scientists 44 D-Index: 193 scientists 45 D-Index: 164 scientists 46 D-Index: 158 scientists 47 D-Index: 143 scientists 48 D-Index: 131 scientists 49 D-Index: 127 scientists 50 D-Index: 122 scientists 51 D-Index: 122 scientists 52 D-Index: 110 scientists 53 D-Index: 102 scientists 54 D-Index: 98 scientists 55 D-Index: 79 scientists 56 D-Index: 85 scientists 57 D-Index: 88 scientists 58 D-Index: 91 scientists 59 D-Index: 62 scientists 60 D-Index: 61 scientists 61 D-Index: 59 scientists 62 D-Index: 54 scientists 63 D-Index: 61 scientists 64 D-Index: 59 scientists 65 D-Index: 58 scientists 66 D-Index: 41 scientists 67 D-Index: 49 scientists 68 D-Index: 39 scientists 69 D-Index: 32 scientists 70 D-Index: 40 scientists 71 D-Index: 47 scientists 72 D-Index: 38 scientists 73 D-Index: 28 scientists 74 D-Index: 29 scientists 75 D-Index: 28 scientists 76 D-Index: 22 scientists 77 D-Index: 21 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 26 scientists 80 D-Index: 19 scientists 81 D-Index: 16 scientists 82 D-Index: 12 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 14 scientists 85 D-Index: 11 scientists 86 D-Index: 17 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 10 scientists 89 D-Index: 12 scientists 90 D-Index: 18 scientists 91 D-Index: 16 scientists 92 D-Index: 16 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 12 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 9 scientists 97 D-Index: 9 scientists 98 D-Index: 11 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 5 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 4 scientists 103 D-Index: 11 scientists 104 D-Index: 5 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 8 scientists 109+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • Seed-borne endophytic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens RWL-1 produces gibberellins and regulates endogenous phytohormones of Oryza sativa

    Raheem Shahzad;Muhammad Waqas;Abdul Latif Khan;Sajjad Asaf

  • Thermotolerance effect of plant growth-promoting Bacillus cereus SA1 on soybean during heat stress

    Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Sajjad Asaf;Abdul Latif Khan;Rahmatullah Jan

  • Indole-3-acetic-acid and ACC deaminase producing Leclercia adecarboxylata MO1 improves Solanum lycopersicum L. growth and salinity stress tolerance by endogenous secondary metabolites regulation

    Sang-Mo Kang;Raheem Shahzad;Saqib Bilal;Abdul Latif Khan

  • Exogenous melatonin induces drought stress tolerance by promoting plant growth and antioxidant defence system of soybean plants.

    Muhammad Imran;Abdul Latif Khan;Raheem Shahzad;Muhammad Aaqil Khan

  • Complete Chloroplast Genome of Nicotiana otophora and its Comparison with Related Species.

    Sajjad Asaf;Abdul L. Khan;Abdur R. Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Muhammad Waqas

  • QTL mapping of fire blight resistance in apple

    Muhammad A. Khan;Brion Duffy;Cesare Gessler;Andrea Patocchi

  • Metal Resistant Endophytic Bacteria Reduces Cadmium, Nickel Toxicity, and Enhances Expression of Metal Stress Related Genes with Improved Growth of Oryza Sativa, via Regulating Its Antioxidant Machinery and Endogenous Hormones.

    Rahmatullah Jan;Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Sajjad Asaf;Lubna

  • Plant growth-promoting endophyte Sphingomonas sp. LK11 alleviates salinity stress in Solanum pimpinellifolium.

    Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Muhammad Waqas;Sajjad Asaf;Muhammad Kamran

  • Halotolerant bacteria mitigate the effects of salinity stress on soybean growth by regulating secondary metabolites and molecular responses.

    Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Atlaw Anbelu Sahile;Rahmatullah Jan;Sajjad Asaf

  • Enhanced Flavonoid Accumulation Reduces Combined Salt and Heat Stress Through Regulation of Transcriptional and Hormonal Mechanisms

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  • Pragmatic role of microbial plant biostimulants in abiotic stress relief in crop plants

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  • Alleviation of salt stress response in soybean plants with the endophytic bacterial isolate Curtobacterium sp . SAK1

    Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Sajjad Asaf;Abdul Latif Khan;Ihsan Ullah

  • Osmoprotective functions conferred to soybean plants via inoculation with Sphingomonas sp. LK11 and exogenous trehalose.

    Sajjad Asaf;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Qari Muhammad Imran

  • Plant growth-promoting endophytic bacteria augment growth and salinity tolerance in rice plants.

    Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Sajjad Asaf;Abdul Latif Khan;Arjun Adhikari

  • A Review on the Role of Endophytes and Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria in Mitigating Heat Stress in Plants

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  • The Complete Chloroplast Genome of Wild Rice (Oryza minuta) and Its Comparison to Related Species

    Sajjad Asaf;Muhammad Waqas;Abdul L. Khan;Muhammad A. Khan

  • Bacterial endophytes from arid land plants regulate endogenous hormone content and promote growth in crop plants: an example of Sphingomonas sp. and Serratia marcescens

    Sajjad Asaf;Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Waqas

  • Integrated phytohormone production by the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Bacillus tequilensis SSB07 induced thermotolerance in soybean

    Sang-Mo Kang;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Sajjad Asaf

  • Drought and UV Radiation Stress Tolerance in Rice Is Improved by Overaccumulation of Non-Enzymatic Antioxidant Flavonoids

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  • Halotolerant Rhizobacterial Strains Mitigate the Adverse Effects of NaCl Stress in Soybean Seedlings

    Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Sajjad Asaf;Abdul Latif Khan;Arjun Adhikari

  • Salt tolerance of Glycine max.L induced by endophytic fungus Aspergillus flavus CSH1, via regulating its endogenous hormones and antioxidative system.

    Lubna;Sajjad Asaf;Muhammad Hamayun;Abdul Latif Khan

  • Culturable endophytic fungal diversity in the cadmium hyperaccumulator Solanum nigrum L. and their role in enhancing phytoremediation

    Abdur Rahim Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Muhammad Waqas;Ihsan Ullah;Abdul Latif Khan

  • Chloroplast genomes of Arabidopsis halleri ssp. gemmifera and Arabidopsis lyrata ssp. petraea: Structures and comparative analysis.

    Sajjad Asaf;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Muhammad Waqas

  • Extending thermotolerance to tomato seedlings by inoculation with SA1 isolate of Bacillus cereus and comparison with exogenous humic acid application.

    Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Sajjad Asaf;Abdul Latif Khan;Rahmatullah Jan

  • Complete genome sequencing and analysis of endophytic Sphingomonas sp. LK11 and its potential in plant growth.

    Sajjad Asaf;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Ahmed Al-Harrasi

  • Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas psychrotolerans CS51, a Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium, Under Heavy Metal Stress Conditions

    Sang-Mo Kang;Sajjad Asaf;Abdul Latif Khan;Lubna

  • Isolation and characterization of a novel silicate-solubilizing bacterial strain Burkholderia eburnea CS4-2 that promotes growth of japonica rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Dongjin)

    Sang-Mo Kang;Muhammad Waqas;Raheem Shahzad;Young-Hyun You

Frequent Co-Authors

In-Jung Lee
In-Jung Lee Kyungpook National University
Sajjad Asaf
Sajjad Asaf University of Nizwa
Sang-Mo Kang
Sang-Mo Kang Kyungpook National University
Abdul Latif Khan
Abdul Latif Khan University of Houston
Muhammad Hamayun
Muhammad Hamayun Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Raheem Shahzad
Raheem Shahzad University of Haripur
Sumera Afzal Khan
Sumera Afzal Khan University of Peshawar
Anwar Hussain
Anwar Hussain Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Muhammad Shahid
Muhammad Shahid COMSATS University Islamabad
Jong-Sup Bae
Jong-Sup Bae Kyungpook National University

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