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Sudhir K. Sopory publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sudhir K. Sopory sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 241 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

Sudhir K. Sopory D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sudhir K. Sopory sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Sudhir K. Sopory is affiliated with the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in Italy. Their research primarily covers Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broader domains, their work focuses mainly on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Clinical Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Neurology.

The scientist's research topics include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Advanced Glycation End Products research, and GABA and Rice Research.

They have published extensively in several academic journals, with frequent publications appearing in Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • Serotonin and Melatonin Biosynthesis in Plants: Genome-Wide Identification of the Genes and Their Expression Reveal a Conserved Role in Stress and Development, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Reassessing plant glyoxalases: large family and expanding functions, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Thermo-Priming Mediated Cellular Networks for Abiotic Stress Management in Plants, 2022, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Priming by High Temperature Stress Induces MicroRNA Regulated Heat Shock Modules Indicating Their Involvement in Thermopriming Response in Rice, 2021, Life
  • From methylglyoxal to pyruvate: a genome-wide study for the identification of glyoxalases and D-lactate dehydrogenases in Sorghum bicolor, 2020, BMC Genomics

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Sneh L. Singla-Pareek
  • Charanpreet Kaur
  • Ashwani Pareek
  • Sampurna Garai
  • Neeti Sanan-Mishra

The scientist was awarded the distinction of Fellow by The World Academy of Sciences in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Role of DREB transcription factors in abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in plants

    Pradeep K. Agarwal;Pradeep K. Agarwal;Parinita Agarwal;Parinita Agarwal;M. K. Reddy;Sudhir K. Sopory

  • Methylglyoxal levels in plants under salinity stress are dependent on glyoxalase I and glutathione.

    Sudesh Kumar Yadav;Sneh L. Singla-Pareek;Manju Ray;M.K. Reddy

  • Genetic engineering of the glyoxalase pathway in tobacco leads to enhanced salinity tolerance

    S. L. Singla-Pareek;M. K. Reddy;S. K. Sopory

  • Plant growth-promoting bacteria Bacillus amyloliquefaciens NBRISN13 modulates gene expression profile of leaf and rhizosphere community in rice during salt stress.

    Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal;Suchi Srivastava;Puneet Singh Chauhan;Karishma Seem

  • Deciphering the regulatory mechanisms of abiotic stress tolerance in plants by genomic approaches.

    N. Sreenivasulu;S.K. Sopory;P.B. Kavi Kishor

  • Glyoxalase I from Brassica juncea: molecular cloning, regulation and its over-expression confer tolerance in transgenic tobacco under stress.

    Veena;Vanga S. Reddy;Sudhir K. Sopory;Sudhir K. Sopory

  • Redox homeostasis, antioxidant defense, and methylglyoxal detoxification as markers for salt tolerance in Pokkali rice

    Hattem El-Shabrawi;Bhumesh Kumar;Tanushri Kaul;Malireddy K. Reddy

  • In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants

    S. Mohan Jain;S. K. Sopory;R. E. Veilleux

  • Comparison of single cell culture derived Solanum tuberosum L. plants and a model for their application in breeding programs.

    G. Wenzel;O. Schieder;T. Przewozny;T. Przewozny;S. K. Sopory;S. K. Sopory

  • Chemical signaling under abiotic stress environment in plants.

    Narendra Tuteja;Sudhir K Sopory

  • Transgenic tobacco plants overexpressing glyoxalase enzymes resist an increase in methylglyoxal and maintain higher reduced glutathione levels under salinity stress

    Sudesh Kumar Yadav;Sneh L. Singla-Pareek;M.K. Reddy;S.K. Sopory

  • Pea DNA helicase 45 overexpression in tobacco confers high salinity tolerance without affecting yield

    Neeti Sanan-Mishra;Xuan Hoi Pham;Sudliir K. Sopory;Narendra Tuteja

  • An improved protocol for efficient transformation and regeneration of diverse indica rice cultivars

    Khirod K Sahoo;Amit K Tripathi;Ashwani Pareek;Sudhir K Sopory

  • Enhancing salt tolerance in a crop plant by overexpression of glyoxalase II

    Sneh L. Singla-Pareek;Sudesh Kumar Yadav;Ashwani Pareek;M. K. Reddy

  • Overexpression of PgDREB2A transcription factor enhances abiotic stress tolerance and activates downstream stress-responsive genes.

    Parinita Agarwal;Parinita Agarwal;Pradeep K. Agarwal;Pradeep K. Agarwal;Arvind J. Joshi;Sudhir K. Sopory

  • Abiotic Stress Adaptation in Plants

    Ashwani Pareek;S.K. Sopory;Hans J. Bohnert

  • Genome-wide analysis of rice and Arabidopsis identifies two glyoxalase genes that are highly expressed in abiotic stresses

    Ananda Mustafiz;Anil Kumar Singh;Ashwani Pareek;Sudhir Kumar Sopory

  • Heterotrimeric G-protein complex and G-protein-coupled receptor from a legume (Pisum sativum): role in salinity and heat stress and cross-talk with phospholipase C.

    Shikha Misra;Yuliang Wu;Gayatri Venkataraman;Sudhir K. Sopory

  • Transcriptome map for seedling stage specific salinity stress response indicates a specific set of genes as candidate for saline tolerance in Oryza sativa L.

    Sumita Kumari;Vaishali Panjabi nee Sabharwal;Hemant R. Kushwaha;Sudhir K. Sopory

  • Stress-inducible DREB2A transcription factor from Pennisetum glaucum is a phosphoprotein and its phosphorylation negatively regulates its DNA-binding activity.

    Parinita Agarwal;Parinita Agarwal;Pradeep K. Agarwal;Pradeep K. Agarwal;Suresh Nair;S. K. Sopory

Frequent Co-Authors

Sneh L. Singla-Pareek
Sneh L. Singla-Pareek International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Ashwani Pareek
Ashwani Pareek Jawaharlal Nehru University
Narendra Tuteja
Narendra Tuteja International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Sona Pandey
Sona Pandey Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Jitendra P. Khurana
Jitendra P. Khurana University of Delhi
Girdhar K. Pandey
Girdhar K. Pandey University of Delhi
Akhilesh K. Tyagi
Akhilesh K. Tyagi University of Delhi
Ralf Oelmüller
Ralf Oelmüller Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Seyed E. Hasnain
Seyed E. Hasnain Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Baishnab C. Tripathy
Baishnab C. Tripathy Jawaharlal Nehru University

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