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Vahid Niknam

Vahid Niknam

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
34
Citations
4293
World Ranking
5419
National Ranking
23

Vahid Niknam 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 Vahid Niknam sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 148 publications — 57th percentile

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

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

Vahid Niknam 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 Vahid Niknam sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 19th percentile

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

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

Best Publications

  • Oxidative damage and antioxidative system in algae.

    Maryam Rezayian;Vahid Niknam;Hassan Ebrahimzadeh

  • Effect of drought on biomass, protein content, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes in two sesame cultivars

    F. Fazeli;M. Ghorbanli;V. Niknam

  • Diverse role of γ-aminobutyric acid in dynamic plant cell responses.

    Maryam Seifikalhor;Sasan Aliniaeifard;Batool Hassani;Vahid Niknam

  • Salt stress effects on growth, pigments, proteins and lipid peroxidation in Salicornia persica and S. europaea

    M. Aghaleh;V. Niknam;H. Ebrahimzadeh;K. Razavi

  • Effect of NaCl on biomass, protein and proline contents, and antioxidant enzymes in seedlings and calli of two Trigonella species

    V. Niknam;N. Razavi;H. Ebrahimzadeh;B. Sharifizadeh

  • Nitric Oxide Stimulates Antioxidant System and Osmotic Adjustment in Soybean Under Drought Stress

    Maryam Rezayian;Hassan Ebrahimzadeh;Vahid Niknam

  • Plant hormones as signals in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis.

    Mohammad Miransari;A Abrishamchi;K Khoshbakht;V Niknam

  • Effect of salt stress on physiological and antioxidative responses in two species of Salicornia (S. persica and S. europaea)

    Mohammad Aghaleh;Vahid Niknam;Hassan Ebrahimzadeh;Khadijeh Razavi

  • The alleviating effects of selenium and salicylic acid in salinity exposed soybean

    Narges Oraghi Ardebili;Sara Saadatmand;Vahid Niknam;Ramazan Ali Khavari-Nejad

  • Activity of antioxidant enzyme during in vitro organogenesis in Crocus sativus

    E. Vatankhah;V. Niknam;H. Ebrahimzadeh

  • In vitro organogenesis and antioxidant enzymes activity in Acanthophyllum sordidum

    A. A. Meratan;S. M. Ghaffari;V. Niknam

  • Effect of salinity and waterlogging on growth, anatomical and antioxidative responses in Mentha aquatica L.

    Bahareh Sadat Haddadi;Halimeh Hassanpour;Vahid Niknam

  • Growth enhancement and salt tolerance of Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.), by salicylic acid

    Fatemeh Shaki;Hasan Ebrahimzadeh Maboud;Vahid Niknam

  • Central Role of Salicylic Acid in Resistance of Wheat Against Fusarium graminearum

    Mona Sorahinobar;Vahid Niknam;Hassan Ebrahimzadeh;Hassan Soltanloo

  • Ultrasound-assisted extraction process of phenolic antioxidants from Olive leaves: a nutraceutical study using RSM and LC–ESI–DAD–MS

    Habib Shirzad;Vahid Niknam;Mehdi Taheri;Hassan Ebrahimzadeh

  • Developmental changes of protein, proline and some antioxidant enzymes activities in somatic and zygotic embryos of Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.)

    M. Jariteh;H. Ebrahimzadeh;V. Niknam;M. Mirmasoumi

  • Effects of salicylic acid on hormonal cross talk, fatty acids profile, and ions homeostasis from salt-stressed safflower

    Fatemeh Shaki;Hasan Ebrahimzadeh Maboud;Vahid Niknam

  • Effect of Endophytic Fungus, Piriformospora Indica, on Growth and Activity of Antioxidant Enzymes of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.) Under Salinity Stress

    Ali Asghar Bagheri;Sara Saadatmand;Vahid Niknam;Taher Nejadsatari

  • Expression analysis of dehydrin multigene family across tolerant and susceptible barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes in response to terminal drought stress

    Amin Karami;Maryam Shahbazi;Vahid Niknam;Zahra Sadat Shobbar

  • The Effects of Excess Copper on Antioxidative Enzymes, Lipid Peroxidation, Proline, Chlorophyll, and Concentration of Mn, Fe, and Cu in Astragalus neo-mobayenii

    P. Karimi;R. A. Khavari-Nejad;R. A. Khavari-Nejad;V. Niknam;F. Ghahremaninejad

  • Effect of NaCl on Biomass and Contents of Sugars, Proline and Proteins in Seedlings and Leaf Explants of Nicotiana tabacum Grown in vitro

    V. Niknam;M. Bagherzadeh;H. Ebrahimzadeh;A. Sokhansanj

  • Differential responses of phenolic compounds of Brassica napus under drought stress.

    Maryam Rezayian;Vahid Niknam;Hassan Ebrahimzadeh

  • Effects of penconazole and water deficit stress on physiological and antioxidative responses in pennyroyal ( Mentha pulegium L.)

    Halimeh Hassanpour;Ramazan Ali Khavari-Nejad;Vahid Niknam;Farzaneh Najafi

  • Effects of drought stress on the seedling growth, development, and metabolic activity in different cultivars of canola

    Maryam Rezayian;Vahid Niknam;Hassan Ebrahimzadeh

Frequent Co-Authors

Faezeh Ghanati
Faezeh Ghanati Tarbiat Modares University
Mohammad Bahram
Mohammad Bahram Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kourosh Vahdati
Kourosh Vahdati University of Tehran
Mohammad Ali Faramarzi
Mohammad Ali Faramarzi Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Mohammad Reza Naghavi
Mohammad Reza Naghavi University of Tehran
Sasan Aliniaeifard
Sasan Aliniaeifard University of Tehran
Rita Musetti
Rita Musetti University of Padua
Mohammad Miransari
Mohammad Miransari Shahed University
Mohammad Pessarakli
Mohammad Pessarakli University of Arizona
Naser Safaie
Naser Safaie Tarbiat Modares University

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