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Shahid Mansoor 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 Shahid Mansoor sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 368 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shahid Mansoor 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 Shahid Mansoor sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

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

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences

Overview

Shahid Mansoor is affiliated with the University of Karachi in Pakistan. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Insect Science, and Endocrinology.

Their main topics of study cover a diverse range of areas such as Plant Virus Research Studies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Insect Resistance and Genetics, Plant and Fungal Interactions Research, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Mansoor has published extensively, with frequent publications appearing in venues such as Trends in Plant Science, Scientific Reports, Australasian Plant Pathology, Gene, and Frontiers in Genetics.

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Precise CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Genome Editing in Super Basmati Rice for Resistance Against Bacterial Blight by Targeting the Major Susceptibility Gene," 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Genome Editing Technologies for Rice Improvement: Progress, Prospects, and Safety Concerns," 2020, Frontiers in Genome Editing
  • "Understanding divergent domestication traits from the whole-genome sequencing of swamp- and river-buffalo populations," 2020, National Science Review
  • "Omics and CRISPR-Cas9 Approaches for Molecular Insight, Functional Gene Analysis, and Stress Tolerance Development in Crops," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Improvement of Soybean; A Way Forward Transition from Genetic Engineering to New Plant Breeding Technologies," 2022, Molecular Biotechnology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, the most prominent being Imran Amin, followed by Rubab Zahra Naqvi, Muhammad Jawad Akbar Awan, Muhammad Arslan Mahmood, and Nasim Ahmed.

Shahid Mansoor was named a Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres

    Andrew H Paterson;Jonathan F Wendel;Heidrun Gundlach;Hui Guo

  • Geminiviruses: masters at redirecting and reprogramming plant processes

    Linda Hanley-Bowdoin;Eduardo R. Bejarano;Dominique Robertson;Shahid Mansoor

  • Universal primers for the PCR-mediated amplification of DNA beta: a molecule associated with some monopartite begomoviruses

    R W Briddon;S E Bull;S Mansoor;I Amin

  • Diversity of DNA β, a satellite molecule associated with some monopartite begomoviruses

    Rob W Briddon;Simon E Bull;Imran Amin;Ali M Idris

  • Geminivirus disease complexes: an emerging threat

    Shahid Mansoor;Rob W. Briddon;Yusuf Zafar;John Stanley

  • Identification of dna components required for induction of cotton leaf curl disease.

    R.W. Briddon;S. Mansoor;I.D. Bedford;M.S. Pinner

  • Engineering abiotic stress tolerance via CRISPR/ Cas-mediated genome editing.

    Syed Adeel Zafar;Syed Shan-E-Ali Zaidi;Yashika Gaba;Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek

  • Diversity of DNA 1: a satellite-like molecule associated with monopartite begomovirus–DNA β complexes

    Rob W Briddon;Simon E Bull;Imran Amin;Shahid Mansoor

  • Genome Editing: Targeting Susceptibility Genes for Plant Disease Resistance

    Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;M. Shahid Mukhtar;Shahid Mansoor

  • Identification of a novel circular single-stranded DNA associated with cotton leaf curl disease in Pakistan.

    Shahid Mansoor;Sultan H. Khan;Aftab Bashir;Muhammed Saeed

  • Engineering novel traits in plants through RNA interference

    Shahid Mansoor;Imran Amin;Mazhar Hussain;Yusuf Zafar

  • Geminivirus disease complexes: the threat is spreading.

    Shahid Mansoor;Yusuf Zafar;Rob W. Briddon

  • New plant breeding technologies for food security

    Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Hervé Vanderschuren;Matin Qaim;Magdy M. Mahfouz

  • Cotton leaf curl disease is associated with multiple monopartite begomoviruses supported by single DNA β

    S. Mansoor;R. W. Briddon;S.E. Bull;I. D. Bedford

  • A single complementary-sense transcript of a geminiviral DNA beta satellite is determinant of pathogenicity.

    Muhammad Saeed;S A Akbar Behjatnia;Shahid Mansoor;Yusuf Zafar

  • Legume yellow mosaic viruses: genetically isolated begomoviruses.

    Javaria Qazi;Muhammad Ilyas;Shahid Mansoor;Rob W. Briddon

  • A RanGAP protein physically interacts with the NB‐LRR protein Rx, and is required for Rx‐mediated viral resistance

    Melanie A. Sacco;Shahid Mansoor;Peter Moffett

  • Engineering Plant Immunity: Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Generate Virus Resistance

    Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Manal Tashkandi;Shahid Mansoor;Magdy M. Mahfouz

  • CRISPR-Cpf1: A New Tool for Plant Genome Editing.

    Syed Shan-e-Ali Zaidi;Magdy M. Mahfouz;Shahid Mansoor

  • Post-transcriptional gene silencing suppressor activity of two non-pathogenic alphasatellites associated with a begomovirus

    Muhammad Shah Nawaz-ul-Rehman;Nazia Nahid;Shahid Mansoor;Rob W. Briddon

Frequent Co-Authors

Rob W. Briddon
Rob W. Briddon National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Brian E. Scheffler
Brian E. Scheffler Agricultural Research Service
Muhammad Farooq
Muhammad Farooq Sultan Qaboos University
Peter G. Markham
Peter G. Markham John Innes Centre
Kauser A. Malik
Kauser A. Malik Forman Christian College
Claude M. Fauquet
Claude M. Fauquet Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Georg Jander
Georg Jander Boyce Thompson Institute
Magdy M. Mahfouz
Magdy M. Mahfouz King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Peter Moffett
Peter Moffett Université de Sherbrooke

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