2026 Mutez Ali Ahmed: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Rising Stars	34	903	900	30	30	101	2746
Plant Science and Agronomy	40	4029	3771	246	221	98	3532

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Rising Stars

903

900

101

2746

Plant Science and Agronomy

4029

3771

246

221

3532

Rising Stars

D-Index

Citations

2746

World Ranking

903

National Ranking

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

3532

World Ranking

4029

National Ranking

246

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Best Publications

Mucilage exudation facilitates root water uptake in dry soils

Mutez Ali Ahmed;Eva Kroener;Maire Holz;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki

194
Citations
Root hairs enable high transpiration rates in drying soils

Andrea Carminati;John B. Passioura;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed

164
Citations
Root hydraulic phenotypes impacting water uptake in drying soils

Unknown

161
Citations
Root type matters: measurement of water uptake by seminal, crown, and lateral roots in maize.

Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Félicien Meunier;Mathieu Javaux

145
Citations
Liquid bridges at the root-soil interface

Andrea Carminati;Pascal Benard;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki

144
Citations
Biophysical rhizosphere processes affecting root water uptake

Andrea Carminati;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Eva Kroener;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed

127
Citations
Measurements of water uptake of maize roots: the key function of lateral roots

Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Anders Kaestner;Andrea Carminati

123
Citations
Drying of mucilage causes water repellency in the rhizosphere of maize: measurements and modelling

Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Eva Kroener;Pascal Benard;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki

111
Citations
Surface tension, rheology and hydrophobicity of rhizodeposits and seed mucilage influence soil water retention and hysteresis

Muhammad Naveed;M. A. Ahmed;P. Benard;L. K. Brown

93
Citations
Experimental platforms for the investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in the rhizosphere-laboratory and field scale

Doris Vetterlein;Doris Vetterlein;Eva Lippold;Susanne Schreiter;Maxime Phalempin

91
Citations
Stomatal closure during water deficit is controlled by below-ground hydraulics

Unknown

86
Citations
An efficient method for the collection of root mucilage from different plant species : A case study on the effect of mucilage on soil water repellency

Ina-Maria Zickenrott;Ina-Maria Zickenrott;Susanne K. Woche;Jörg Bachmann;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed

79
Citations
Effects of Mucilage on Rhizosphere Hydraulic Functions Depend on Soil Particle Size

Eva Kroener;Maire Holz;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mutez Ali Ahmed

77
Citations
Stomatal closure of tomato under drought is driven by an increase in soil-root hydraulic resistance.

Mohanned Abdalla;Mohanned Abdalla;Andrea Carminati;Gaochao Cai;Gaochao Cai;Mathieu Javaux;Mathieu Javaux

72
Citations
Soil textures rather than root hairs dominate water uptake and soil-plant hydraulics under drought.

Gaochao Cai;Gaochao Cai;Andrea Carminati;Mohanned Abdalla;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed

71
Citations
Root hairs matter at field scale for maize shoot growth and nutrient uptake, but root trait plasticity is primarily triggered by texture and drought

Unknown

70
Citations
The impact of drought-induced root and root hair shrinkage on root-soil contact.

Unknown

69
Citations
The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in improving plant water status under drought.

Unknown

68
Citations
Hydraulic processes in roots and the rhizosphere pertinent to increasing yield of water-limited grain crops: a critical review.

Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;John B. Passioura;Andrea Carminati

65
Citations
Hydraulic conductivity of soil-grown lupine and maize unbranched roots and maize root-shoot junctions.

Félicien Meunier;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Andrea Carminati

61
Citations
Hydraulic conductivity of the root-soil interface of lupin in sandy soil after drying and rewetting

Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mutez A. Ahmed;Mutez A. Ahmed;Andrea Carminati

55
Citations
Effect of soil drying on mucilage exudation and its water repellency: a new method to collect mucilage

Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Maire Holz;Susanne K. Woche;Jörg Bachmann

49
Citations
Mucilage Polysaccharide Composition and Exudation in Maize From Contrasting Climatic Regions

Meisam Nazari;Sophie Riebeling;Callum C. Banfield;Asegidew Akale

48
Citations
Water for Carbon, Carbon for Water

Andrea Carminati;Eva Kroener;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki

41
Citations
Maize genotype-specific exudation strategies: An adaptive mechanism to increase microbial activity in the rhizosphere

Nataliya Bilyera;Xuechen Zhang;Patrick Duddek;Lichao Fan

40
Citations
Transpiration Reduction in Maize (Zea mays L) in Response to Soil Drying

Faisal Hayat;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mutez Ali Ahmed;Mohsen Zarebanadkouki;Mathieu Javaux

38
Citations
Measurements of water uptake of maize roots: the key function of lateral roots

M. A. Ahmed;M. Zarebanadkouki;E. Kroener;A. Kaestner

0
Citations