2026 Raheem Shahzad: 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	36	800	798	9	9	78	4722
Plant Science and Agronomy	40	3965	3709	35	34	75	5625

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Rising Stars

800

798

4722

Plant Science and Agronomy

3965

3709

5625

Rising Stars

D-Index

Citations

4722

World Ranking

800

National Ranking

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index

Citations

5625

World Ranking

3965

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Best Publications

Inoculation of abscisic acid-producing endophytic bacteria enhances salinity stress tolerance in Oryza sativa

Raheem Shahzad;Abdul Latif Khan;Saqib Bilal;Muhammad Waqas;Muhammad Waqas

363
Citations
Bacillus aryabhattai SRB02 tolerates oxidative and nitrosative stress and promotes the growth of soybean by modulating the production of phytohormones

Yeon-Gyeong Park;Bong-Gyu Mun;Sang-Mo Kang;Adil Hussain;Adil Hussain

333
Citations
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

300
Citations
What Is There in Seeds? Vertically Transmitted Endophytic Resources for Sustainable Improvement in Plant Growth

Raheem Shahzad;Abdul L. Khan;Saqib Bilal;Sajjad Asaf

289
Citations
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

249
Citations
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

218
Citations
Endophytic fungi promote plant growth and mitigate the adverse effects of stem rot: an example of Penicillium citrinum and Aspergillus terreus

Muhammad Waqas;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Raheem Shahzad

201
Citations
Synergistic association of endophytic fungi enhances Glycine max L. resilience to combined abiotic stresses: Heavy metals, high temperature and drought stress

Saqib Bilal;Raheem Shahzad;Muhammad Imran;Rahmatullah Jan

191
Citations
Plant growth-promoting endophyte Sphingomonas sp. LK11 alleviates salinity stress in Solanum pimpinellifolium.

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

171
Citations
Plant growth-promoting potential of endophytic fungi isolated from Solanum nigrum leaves.

Abdur Rahim Khan;Ihsan Ullah;Ihsan Ullah;Muhammad Waqas;Raheem Shahzad

153
Citations
Endophytic Microbial Consortia of Phytohormones-Producing Fungus Paecilomyces formosus LHL10 and Bacteria Sphingomonas sp. LK11 to Glycine max L. Regulates Physio-hormonal Changes to Attenuate Aluminum and Zinc Stresses.

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

134
Citations
Plant growth-promoting endophytic bacteria versus pathogenic infections: an example of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens RWL-1 and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici in tomato.

Raheem Shahzad;Abdul Latif Khan;Saqib Bilal;Sajjad Asaf

132
Citations
Gibberellin-producing Serratia nematodiphila PEJ1011 ameliorates low temperature stress in Capsicum annuum L.

Sang-Mo Kang;Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Waqas;Young-Hyun You

128
Citations
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

124
Citations
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

122
Citations
Melatonin Ameliorates Thermotolerance in Soybean Seedling through Balancing Redox Homeostasis and Modulating Antioxidant Defense, Phytohormones and Polyamines Biosynthesis.

Muhammad Imran;Muhammad Aaqil Khan;Raheem Shahzad;Saqib Bilal

105
Citations
Endophytic infection alleviates biotic stress in sunflower through regulation of defence hormones, antioxidants and functional amino acids

Muhammad Waqas;Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Muhammad Hamayun;Muhammad Hamayun;Raheem Shahzad

100
Citations
Mechanisms of Cr(VI) resistance by endophytic Sphingomonas sp. LK11 and its Cr(VI) phytotoxic mitigating effects in soybean (Glycine max L.)

Saqib Bilal;Abdul Latif Khan;Raheem Shahzad;Yoon-Ha Kim

95
Citations
Mutualistic fungal endophytes produce phytohormones and organic acids that promote japonica rice plant growth under prolonged heat stress.

Muhammad Waqas;Abdul Latif Khan;Abdul Latif Khan;Raheem Shahzad;Ihsan Ullah;Ihsan Ullah

90
Citations
Complete chloroplast genome sequence and comparative analysis of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) with related species.

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

82
Citations
Indoleacetic acid production and plant growth promoting potential of bacterial endophytes isolated from rice (Oryza sativa L.) seeds

Raheem Shahzad;Muhammad Waqas;Abdul Latif Khan;Khadija Al-Hosni;Khadija Al-Hosni

79
Citations