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Nemat O. Keyhani

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
10782
World Ranking
16110
National Ranking
6677

Nemat O. Keyhani 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 Nemat O. Keyhani sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 180 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nemat O. Keyhani 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 Nemat O. Keyhani sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nemat O. Keyhani is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their academic work spans multiple disciplines primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Keyhani's research interests focus on insect science, plant science, molecular biology, cell biology, and ecology.

Their scholarly contributions include numerous publications in well-known journals. Frequent publication venues feature the Journal of Fungi, with 16 papers; Frontiers in Microbiology, with 6; Environmental Microbiology and Preprints.org, each with 5; and Entomologia Generalis, with 3 publications.

Keyhani's main fields of study include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Subfields in which Keyhani has produced significant research are:

  • Insect Science
  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Ecology

The primary topics of their work encompass:

  • Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior

Keyhani has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Junzhi Qiu, Xiayu Guan, Ross Joseph, Huili Pu, and Amr A. Mohamed.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Keyhani include:

  • Characterization of a fungal competition factor: Production of a conidial cell-wall associated antifungal peptide, 2020, PLoS Pathogens
  • Long-term field evaluation and large-scale application of a Metarhizium anisopliae strain for controlling major rice pests, 2021, Journal of Pest Science
  • Odorant-Binding Proteins and Chemosensory Proteins in Spodoptera frugiperda: From Genome-Wide Identification and Developmental Stage-Related Expression Analysis to the Perception of Host Plant Odors, Sex Pheromones, and Insecticides, 2023, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Fungal mutualisms and pathosystems: life and death in the ambrosia beetle mycangia, 2021, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Insect fungal pathogens secrete a cell wall-associated glucanase that acts to help avoid recognition by the host immune system, 2023, PLoS Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Have biopesticides come of age

    Travis R. Glare;John Caradus;Wendy Gelernter;Trevor A. Jackson

  • Action on the Surface: Entomopathogenic Fungi versus the Insect Cuticle

    Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza;Nemat O. Keyhani

  • Physiological aspects of chitin catabolism in marine bacteria.

    Nemat O Keyhani;Saul Roseman

  • Adhesion of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana to substrata.

    Diane J. Holder;Nemat O. Keyhani

  • Two hydrophobins are involved in fungal spore coat rodlet layer assembly and each play distinct roles in surface interactions, development and pathogenesis in the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana

    Shizhu Zhang;Yu Xian Xia;Byong Kim;Nemat O. Keyhani

  • Lectin mapping reveals stage-specific display of surface carbohydrates in in vitro and haemolymph-derived cells of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.

    Arun Wanchoo;Michael W. Lewis;Nemat O. Keyhani

  • Pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae to Ixodidae tick species Dermacentor variabilis, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and Ixodes scapularis.

    Brett H. Kirkland;Greg S. Westwood;Nemat O. Keyhani

  • Surface characteristics of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana.

    Diane J. Holder;Brett H. Kirkland;Michael W. Lewis;Nemat O. Keyhani

  • Targeting of insect epicuticular lipids by the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana: hydrocarbon oxidation within the context of a host-pathogen interaction

    Nicolás Pedrini;Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza;Carla Huarte-Bonnet;Carla Huarte-Bonnet;Shizhu Zhang;Shizhu Zhang

  • The chitin catabolic cascade in the marine bacterium Vibrio furnissii. Molecular cloning, isolation, and characterization of a periplasmic chitodextrinase.

    Nemat O. Keyhani;Saul Roseman

  • The Chitin Catabolic Cascade in the Marine Bacterium Vibrio furnissii MOLECULAR CLONING, ISOLATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PERIPLASMIC β-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE

    Nemat O. Keyhani;Saul Roseman

  • Improving mycoinsecticides for insect biological control

    Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza;Zhibing Luo;Nemat O. Keyhani

  • Discovering the secondary metabolite potential encoded within entomopathogenic fungi

    Donna M. Gibson;Bruno G. G. Donzelli;Stuart B. Krasnoff;Nemat O. Keyhani

  • Ancient Origin of the Tryptophan Operon and the Dynamics of Evolutionary Change

    Gary Xie;Nemat O. Keyhani;Carol A. Bonner;Roy A. Jensen;Roy A. Jensen;Roy A. Jensen

  • Stress response signaling and virulence: insights from entomopathogenic fungi

    Almudena Ortiz-Urquiza;Nemat O. Keyhani

  • Directed evolution of a filamentous fungus for thermotolerance.

    Eudes de Crecy;Stefan Jaronski;Benjamin Lyons;Thomas J Lyons

  • Regulatory cascade and biological activity of Beauveria bassiana oosporein that limits bacterial growth after host death

    Yanhua Fan;Xi Liu;Nemat O Keyhani;Guirong Tang

  • Molecular Genetics of Beauveria bassiana Infection of Insects

    A Ortiz-Urquiza;N O Keyhani

  • CYP52X1, Representing New Cytochrome P450 Subfamily, Displays Fatty Acid Hydroxylase Activity and Contributes to Virulence and Growth on Insect Cuticular Substrates in Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana

    Shizhu Zhang;Emilie Widemann;Grausem Bernard;Agnes Lesot

  • EST analysis of cDNA libraries from the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria (Cordyceps) bassiana. I. Evidence for stage-specific gene expression in aerial conidia, in vitro blastospores and submerged conidia.

    Eun Min Cho;Li Liu;William Farmerie;Nemat O. Keyhani

Frequent Co-Authors

Saul Roseman
Saul Roseman Johns Hopkins University
Roy A. Jensen
Roy A. Jensen University of Florida
Yuan C. Lee
Yuan C. Lee Johns Hopkins University
Gary Xie
Gary Xie Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lai-Xi Wang
Lai-Xi Wang University of Maryland, College Park
Bonnie L. Bassler
Bonnie L. Bassler Princeton University
Drion G. Boucias
Drion G. Boucias University of Florida
Edward L. Braun
Edward L. Braun University of Florida
Alison Stewart
Alison Stewart Foundation for Arable Research
Thomas Brettin
Thomas Brettin Argonne National Laboratory

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