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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
71
Citations
19822
World Ranking
661
National Ranking
4

Salim Al-Babili 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 Salim Al-Babili sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 214 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Salim Al-Babili 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 Salim Al-Babili 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: 71 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Saudi Arabia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Saudi Arabia Leader Award

Overview

Salim Al-Babili is affiliated with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with extensive contributions specifically in Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Ecology.

The scientist has concentrated on several main topics within the field, including:

  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Their most frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Journal
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Molecular Plant

Salim Al-Babili has collaborated regularly with a number of coauthors, notably:

  • Jian You Wang
  • Muhammad Jamil
  • Lamis Berqdar
  • Jianing Mi
  • Aparna Balakrishna

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Salim Al-Babili include:

  • "Plant apocarotenoids: from retrograde signaling to interspecific communication," 2020, The Plant Journal
  • "An alternative, zeaxanthin epoxidase-independent abscisic acid biosynthetic pathway in plants," 2021, Molecular Plant
  • "Carotenoid biofortification in crop plants: citius, altius, fortius," 2020, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids
  • "Canonical strigolactones are not the major determinant of tillering but important rhizospheric signals in rice," 2022, Science Advances
  • "On the biosynthesis and evolution of apocarotenoid plant growth regulators," 2020, Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Best Publications

  • Engineering the Provitamin A (β-Carotene) Biosynthetic Pathway into (Carotenoid-Free) Rice Endosperm

    Xudong Ye;Salim Al-Babili;Andreas Klöti;Jing Zhang

  • The Path from β-Carotene to Carlactone, a Strigolactone-Like Plant Hormone

    Adrian Alder;Muhammad Jamil;Mattia Marzorati;Mark Bruno

  • Strigolactones, a Novel Carotenoid-Derived Plant Hormone

    Salim Al-Babili;Harro J. Bouwmeester

  • The genome of Chenopodium quinoa

    David Erwin Jarvis;Yung Shwen Ho;Damien Lightfoot;Sandra M. Schmöckel

  • Golden Rice: Introducing the β-Carotene Biosynthesis Pathway into Rice Endosperm by Genetic Engineering to Defeat Vitamin A Deficiency

    Peter Beyer;Salim Al-Babili;Xudong Ye;Xudong Ye;Paola Lucca

  • Metabolic Engineering of Potato Carotenoid Content through Tuber-Specific Overexpression of a Bacterial Mini-Pathway

    Gianfranco Diretto;Salim Al-Babili;Raffaela Tavazza;Velia Papacchioli

  • Rice cytochrome P450 MAX1 homologs catalyze distinct steps in strigolactone biosynthesis

    Yanxia Zhang;Aalt D J van Dijk;Adrian Scaffidi;Gavin R Flematti

  • The biology of strigolactones

    Carolien P. Ruyter-Spira;Salim Al-Babili;Salim Al-Babili;Sander Van Der Krol;Harro J J Bouwmeester

  • Provitamin A Accumulation in Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Roots Driven by a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in a Phytoene Synthase Gene

    Ralf Welsch;Jacobo Arango;Cornelia Bär;Bertha Salazar

  • MECHANISTIC ASPECTS OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS

    Alexander R. Moise;Salim Al-Babili;Eleanore T. Wurtzel

  • A Third Phytoene Synthase Is Devoted to Abiotic Stress-Induced Abscisic Acid Formation in Rice and Defines Functional Diversification of Phytoene Synthase Genes

    Ralf Welsch;Florian Wüst;Cornelia Bär;Salim Al-Babili

  • Novel carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase catalyzes the first dedicated step in saffron crocin biosynthesis

    Sarah Frusciante;Gianfranco Diretto;Mark Bruno;Paola Ferrante

  • The Structure of a Retinal-Forming Carotenoid Oxygenase

    Daniel P. Kloer;Sandra Ruch;Salim Al-Babili;Peter Beyer

  • Carotenoid oxygenases: cleave it or leave it.

    Giovanni Giuliano;Salim Al-Babili;Johannes von Lintig

  • Golden Rice – five years on the road – five years to go?

    Salim Al-Babili;Peter Beyer

  • Bioengineered ‘golden’ indica rice cultivars with β‐carotene metabolism in the endosperm with hygromycin and mannose selection systems

    Karabi Datta;Niranjan Baisakh;Norman Oliva;Lina Torrizo

  • From carotenoids to strigolactones.

    Kunpeng Jia;Lina Abdulkareem Ali Baz;Salim Al-Babili

  • A novel carotenoid cleavage activity involved in the biosynthesis of Citrus fruit-specific apocarotenoid pigments

    María J. Rodrigo;Berta Alquézar;Enriqueta Alós;Víctor Medina

  • Characterization of the rice carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 reveals a novel route for geranial biosynthesis.

    Andrea Ilg;Peter Beyer;Salim Al-Babili

  • Plant apocarotenoids: from retrograde signaling to interspecific communication

    Juan C Moreno;Jianing Mi;Yagiz Alagoz;Yagiz Alagoz;Salim Al-Babili

  • Provitamin A accumulation in Cassava (Manihot esculenta) roots driven by a single nucleotide polymorphism in a phytoene synthase gene[W] [Approved article]

    Ralf Welsch;Jacobo Arango;Cornelia Bar;Bertha Salazar

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Beyer
Peter Beyer University of Freiburg
Muhammad Jamil
Muhammad Jamil Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Heribert Hirt
Heribert Hirt King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Stefan T. Arold
Stefan T. Arold King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Tadao Asami
Tadao Asami University of Tokyo
Ikram Blilou
Ikram Blilou King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Mark Tester
Mark Tester King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Harro J. Bouwmeester
Harro J. Bouwmeester University of Amsterdam
Giovanni Giuliano
Giovanni Giuliano National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Takashi Gojobori
Takashi Gojobori King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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